Hi! It's been a while!

OK, so the latter part of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 was a little crazy...you haven't seen us around the blog much...why, you ask?  In a nutshell...

We got a wild hair...

   OK, I got a wild hair...(sheesh!  the look!)
   

Me...I got a wild hair...(Laurie never has a wild hair...literally...she uses really great hair products...anywho...)

 We found a neglected space that needed some Hen lovin...

 Could we do it?

 Would we be biting off too much?

 

 We took a gamble before...so what the heck?

 

 Kinda sentimental leaving our little spot...but excited to decorate the new one!

Packing was fun....

 Yeah...NOT so much! 
 (Laurie's gonna be sure she holds the camera more after she sees these beauties!)

So we signed the lease in January (that's my man...he's not really signing the lease...he's drawing a floor plan - the dressing rooms behind his head need to come down)

 Honey...come out of the closet...

That's better...no more dressing rooms!  We need a stockroom!

Boys will be boys...they still like to break things...and tear things apart...and make noise.  And they made lots of noise!

The stockroom takes shape...with a little help from our friends.  We fed them.  They'd do anything.

Laurie couldn't wait to try the new paint color. (see what I mean, still good hair...)

Just so there's proof I was there...note: not so good hair...yikes!  We look like we're having so much fun, don't we?  I neglected to have the camera the day we were curled up in a ball in the corner sobbing..."What were we THINKING?!"

My church moved us...God love 'em.  They were like little army ants...aaand by that evening everything was unpacked and put in beautiful displays...wait...that's not right...oh yeah, remember that curled-up-in-a-ball thing?  Yep, this is where it comes in.  Note the lumber?  That's right, construction wasn't done yet...product & displays were stacked everywhere...utter chaos.

The City wouldn't let us hang the awning outside...go figure...so we put it over the counter.  We like it better anyway!

It took almost 2 months but we re-opened the end of March, and we love it here!
So there you have it...that's what we've been up to.

Stay tuned for more blogging!

See you soon,
Mary