Progress - We're Progressing - Winter Is Still on Vacation and the Sale is Fun

Yesterday's "50% Off Clearance Sale" was all about the beads. My first five people came in solely to shop whatever beads were on sale. And even though one of them switched from sale beads to other beads, it was a bead morning. In the afternoon we were a bit more varied, but the sale definitely is bringing people in for that bargain, and they're loving it. 

50% is a HUGE discount, and my customers are 
absolutely delighted with their choices and the 
total of their sale. It's a total win/win. We're not 
doing something like this often (in fact, this is the 
first time we've offered savings this big), but our 
customers are loving it. 

We're loving it too. It's fun to visit with customers, help them find what they never actually knew they needed and achieve those "I Must Have This" moments when they see the perfect thing. Happy customers, happy sales people = the perfect combination. The method I had developed for pulling and selling the beads is working quite well too. We'll see how Chickie does today. Hopefully I won't be getting any calls from the shop asking me to come in. That's always hard on days when I have things in the oven. 

Usually I have a pretty good idea of what I want to cook 
on my Wednesdays, but today, I haven't a clue. I know 
I need to make some dinners, but what? I'll have to figure 
things out pretty quickly before I head off to the store after 
finishing my swim at the YMCA. 

I'll get some shopping done, buy gas for the car (although that can wait until Friday if necessary), and grumble at how DH has been taking over my little section of the freezer. I took at look at it last night when I was checking something and I'm NOT happy with how his three sections are overflowing into my little single section. I need my own space too! GRRRR 

We shouldn't be seeing bare ground in 
January, but my front yard (which this is 
NOT) has NO snow at all. My roof - usually 
a hell spot - also has NO snow. DH hasn't 
had to pull snow from the roof AT ALL this 
winter so far! It's not going to help our 
drought conditions, but I'm loving this 
winter so far. 

We're ending the month of January with bare ground and above-freezing temperatures. So bizarre (and so welcome - at least by me - LOL). It's an absolutely CRAZY winter up here in the Frozen Northlands. We're barely living up to our nickname this year. I suspect we'll be losing a lot of wild trees, etc because of lack of moisture. That's going to be a problem. But it's not like winter is a spigot that we can turn on and off at will. Mother Nature has her own agenda and She really doesn't care about anything outside of that. So, I'm off to the swimming pool. I hope you have a wonder-filled Wednesday and I'll be back tomorrow. How's YOUR weather. Is it all topsy-turvy for you too? Please share. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.