I had my second party on Friday, which was actually part 2 of a party I had a few weeks ago at my hostess' office. We put all the sales together after Friday's party, and I had over $1400 in sales! Yay! I also scheduled another party in January, and a woman wants to get together with her coworkers tomorrow and will hopefully schedule a party in December. I've got a party the first week of December as well. I really hope these parties will give me more leads for more parties, and I will soon reach my goal of 1 party a week.
I really hope to soon start making a profit, because it seems like every time I make a sale, I end up buying more inventory with the money I make. The hardest part is figuring out what to order - what styles, what colors. And it never fails - if a bag comes in 6 colors and I have it in 5 of them, someone wants that bag in the one color I don't have and I have to order it.
And I hope more people in my city go to these parties - my friend who has had these parties lives an hour away, and all her friends live around there. Fortunately, her sister in law lives where I live, and she is the one who wants to have a party in December - if I can get sales leads from her and be able to stay in town, I won't have to spend so much $$$ on gas to get to the parties!
Okay, I need to enter my sales into the Beijo extranet. And then start working on a Thanksgiving menu. Thanksgiving is coming so early this year!
You know why I changed the look of my blog to Christmas already? Because I'm a lazy ass and haven't posted in over 2 months and missed out on the cool Halloween designs, so who knows when I'll be back here!
Update on my business. I had my first party a few weeks ago. I know, I've been at this since April, what the hell took so long? Well, I made the beer and wine festival over Memorial Day weekend my "coming out party" so to speak, and didn't realize that the business goes dead in the summer. I got no sales leads from the festival, but I sold a few bags to individuals over the summer. Then in September I ordered some new styles of bags, and a couple we are friends with were over the house when the bags came in. The wife loved the bags, bought one, and then scheduled a party for her coworkers. The first party wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either - I sold 7 bags, and 10 people showed up for the party - I'm happy with that. My hostess then scheduled a second party at her house for close friends and family, and two women from the party are going together to host another party for their friends and family. And then my mom decided to host a party, which blew me away because I asked her to host a party over the summer and she would have nothing to do with that.
I'm hoping to get out of the red with these parties, but I feel like any time I make any money I'm immediately spending it on more inventory. It is a vicious cycle!
My office job has been crazy busy. My work literally doubled in September, so I've been running around town every day, with two permanent offices and a third location I show up in at least twice a week. I'm expecting a very nice Christmas bonus. I've earned it!
Okay, I need to refill my wine glass, and then eat some dinner. Have a great night, y'all!
