Just yesterday I was telling my better half that I was through the worst of it with regards to orders and that after tomorrow's orders - which are ready and waiting by the door - get picked up then it would really just be a small push for the next two weeks and then I'd really just be focused on building up inventory before we take off on our (belated) honeymoon in December.
And then today I got a rather impressive order. Actually, not only is it the biggest order to date - it doubles what we did all of last year (though keep in mind last year we were really only up and running for 4th quarter). Have I mentioned that I have no inventory? So yeah, it's going to be a really really busy next two weeks.
In fact, I'm calling up the reserves and have harnessed the power of some friends to come in and help me package up the product as that's just as time consuming as making the product itself. There's just no way, short of going the next two weeks without sleep, that I could get this order filled without them.
But truthfully, it's a pretty nice problem to have, isn't it? Much better than sitting here with a ton of product and no one wanting it. Plus I think this sale will push us up to our sales goal for this year which is fantastic. The only thing that has me worried is that I just started a promotion with one of my reps which, if retailers like it, could really put me up a creek.
So while I really did do a decent job of not working too much this past weekend - maybe only 20% of the time - it looks like the next two weekends that percentage will be closer to 75%.
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