Going forward… taking a deep breath and thinking what I want to do… I’ve come up with a plan of action for the next year or so:

1.  Work on my website.  Get it looking just how I want it, change the backgrounds for holidays and give it a very homey feel.  Keep it updated weekly and consistently.
2.  Start up business as an LLC or corporation.
3.  Work on my line of products.
4.  Ebay.
5.  Amazon store.
6.  Find other venues to sell your wares

**more later… someone came in and is annoying**

On a personal note…
I want to be able to deal with people better.  To make rules and stick with them and IGNORE their B.S.  People can ooze negativity and I let that get to me.  I want to be able to build an invisible fortress around me and not let their stupid energy get to me.  I want to be able to go into the world and hold onto the good energy I’ve collected.  It’s mine.  I don’t want to give it away. This applies to all of my customers, my partner, jealous family members and anyone else you encounter.

Having the store was hard because people want to be your best friend… then they try to PRY discounts, information and rule bending out of you.  I have someone in here right now, for example, who is returning a pair of earrings because when the light comes through them, they look different than up against the card. It is SO subtle and the earrings are $8.99 half off = $4.49. Now, normally, a liquidation means ALL SALES ARE FINAL… it means just that.  I told her she could pick something else out because I didn’t want to hear her b.s.  I was happier taking this negative energy, this feeling of being USED than having her ANGRY.  I’m tired of feeling this way.  I want to put their picky, ignorant, it’s all about them energy and leave it with them.  These earrings are like… $5.00.  She felt the need to drive them all the way back up here because there was a spot on them, smaller than the size of half a pea that ONLY showed up in the light (not against her head) that she didn’t like.  People like that… are sad.  People who can’t read the signs that are EVERYWHERE in HUGE BOLD marker are sad.

Another lady… a regular… ALWAYS dumps on me.   Today, her dog doesn’t like her.  It’s that simple to her…. her 6 month old puppy doesn’t like her and therefore she should get rid of it.  She admitted that she’s a negative person… and went on and on about her mother being positive.  Then wished me luck in moving… because, obviously, I would need it.  I’m so so so so so so over hearing this.

IF I do another store… I want boundaries.  I don’t want to hear about their lives.  I want to say NO to returns.  I want to be strong, set rules and STICK TO THEM.  I won’t be their friend, I won’t listen to their problems.  I will have a place they can go and shop.  Not go for therapy.

Authority… I can have a computer at the desk that I”m working at.  Have things going on.  Have a platform behind the counter that makes me taller than them.  A spotlight that shines directly into their eyes.  Alligators, spikes, cold breezes.  Make it uncomfortable for them somehow.  But only when they check out.