That’s my opposite of Black Friday if you’re wondering. We hope it’s sunny today, which it’s supposed to be, but you never know. Yesterday the misses kind of slept in but was up when I took of for the gun shop to work retail for the day. I didn’t know what to expect but was hoping for the best as it was my advice that lead to spending money on ads in the Denver Post and putting this whole thing together. My buddy really needed to move some inventory and isn’t the smartest when it comes to business so after some convincing, he followed my suggestions. We ran some specials (in an ad I wrote) and had manufacturer reps and a contestant from the tv show Top Shot on hand so all we needed was some customers. I pulled up and there were 3 guys standing out front a half an hour before the store was to open. Not a huge line but better than no one. We opened at 8am and had around a dozen people right off the bat. At then end of the first hour things were looking good but from 9 to 9:30 it was pretty sparse. Then all of a sudden, it hit. We had non stop customers until 2pm when we shut the doors. We probably sold $25,000 worth of weapons and accessories which was a really great day for this shop. Better yet we had people that drove from almost an hour away to find the store and had never been there before. Everyone was thrilled to find the place kind of like when a bunch of women stumble on a Prada outlet mall. I’m sure many of them will be back. We had couples in their 70’s to father and sons to women wanting to buy their hubby’s a Christmas gift. We also had a strong group of seasoned veterans from the Rangers and Special Forces (active and retired) as this place is a real pro’s shop as well. My buddy and his wife (who showed up an hour before closing) at the end of the day were thrilled and thanked me profusely for my advice. Today is day 2 and although I won’t be working the store, we’re hoping for a repeat of yesterday. He had a party at his home 30 minutes up the hill into the mountains after work but the misses still wasn’t up to par so I passed.
When I arrived home she was patiently sitting in front of the Christmas tree trying to figure out why one strand of lights wouldn’t work. Finally though her persistence, she fixed it. I ran down to a local dive restaurant for some tacos as we were all too tired to even fix some leftovers. The boys wanted to start hanging ornaments and we let them do a few but most will go on the tree today. We also plan to hopefully get the outside lights up. Ours are so old and broken we’re going to check out what the new led lights cost but might pass depending on the price.
The oldest slept in until 9:30 am yesterday! I told you he’s in that teenage sleep mode didn’t I. The youngest was up early as usual. Yesterday felt like a Saturday and today feels like Sunday so it’ll be nice to get that extra day of rest. It’s almost 5:45 and I think I’ll head to the gym so I guess I’ll sign off. We haven’t even thought about Christmas shopping yet and won’t until around mid December. I think Uncle T is all through. I need to call him as he bought the oldest a gift for his birthday and it looks like the misses best friend bought both boys the same thing! Oh are they spoiled, lucky lucky boys. This will also give Uncle T something to do as he’ll have to shop some more. We joked we should wait until the day before the oldest ones birthday to tell him so he’ll have to shop with the crowds in mid December!
Time to run, hope all’s well and that everyone’s stomach has shrunk back to normal size. Have a great day and God Bless,