What's going on? It's not GOOD!

It's true - business is really bad. No one is coming into the store. Now during the winter months this can happen - it's freezing, it's snowing, it's miserable - really - who wants to be out and shopping then? NOT ME! So for the last few years we have been closing the store for the months of February and March. That's been great - the first two weeks of February we're busy buying for the next winter season - then my boss goes to Paris to buy. Mid March we come in and start opening the new spring merchandise - boy! nothing is more fun than that! First weekend in April we open the doors and the customers can't wait! After having the store closed for two months, they can't get back in fast enough!

This is something different though - and it's not very nice! No one is shopping! No one is out! The messages that we're getting from the news makes us really nervous and we don't know what to do. Should we shop? Should we not shop -if we do - we should feel guilty - if we don't we should feel guilty too. After all, if we don't shop that will cause further problems for our economy. People are confused and frightened and I certainly don't blame them.

What will be interesting though is how the merchandise will do on ebay. I have started listing things from the store on ebay at good prices. Will they sell on ebay? I have been doing a brisk business there - people are smart - this is the place to get bargains - real good deals for your money. I've heard it said that people are eating more at McDonald's - more bang for the buck!

Oh oh OBAMA - we need you to help get things back in order. H-E-L-P!