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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

11.29.11 - Tragic Tuesday sale...

I'm listening to Sonata Arctica right now. I haven't listened to them in like two years. They were the first concert I ever went to.

Anyway! Yesterday, I had a closing shift and I completely forgot that we were now on Holiday hours which meant we closed an hour later! Which would mean that I might be home AT midnight! Which really sucks for my Tragic Tuesday sale! Because I wanted to be on time! I'm one of those people that HAS to be punctual. :/ 

So when it was closing time, I was getting irritated and pissed that we were closing with mostly new hires. I pulled them out at 9pm (again) and still, they couldn't finish in two hours X_x; 

I think I also went over 5 hours (by ONE minute). But that was an accident and my manager even said so. Hopefully, I won't get in trouble for that... 

Anyway, once I got home it was 11:50pm! The first thing I did after I dropped all my stuff on my bed was turn on my laptop. But I forgot how long it takes to load up (and if you're impatient, it takes even LONGER ;D). So I decided to just post up a message saying how sorry I was that I was late ;(

I had dinner, relaxed my feet for a bit before I went back to the laptop and posted up the sale. Unfortunately, my ETSY site wanted to be a butthole! So I linked that only the Storenvy site was selling. (Etsy deleted everything after I took off the vacation mode!) I definitely don't mind that because Storenvy has LESS fees than Etsy.

In 30 minutes, I got 6 sales! O_o; I was surprised. I honestly thought that I was only going to get 5 sales ;P 

 This is how many sales I got. These are my invoices. I'm known for my hand-written ones. I spent all day on these. When I did take a break, I was figuring out how to organize myself so I could do this easily. I decided:
-1 day filling full sized jars
-1 day filling clamshells
-1 day filling baggie samples
- 1 day filling LUCKY PACKS
- 1 day printing flyers/ingredient listings that I usually put in my "packaging"


I also made a spreadsheet. I needed to know exactly how many jars/clamshells I needed to use because I don't have many jars or clamshells left (I think I have 100 each). 

This was my first time making a spreadsheet ;P I was quite mad because I accidentally closed the window and didn't save it X_x; so I had to re-do it. 

I thought the spreadsheet would be easier to help me fill orders too. I'm thinking of doing another spreadsheet/checklist for orders. 

(BTW, I had more on the spreadsheet; just took a quickstyle pic ;P The LUCKY PACK listings are wayyy on the bottom and I sold 4 (yay!))

I'm going to try to find a way to organize this better and since I stated that my turnaround time would be 10-14 business days; I'll have plenty of time. 

At my job, whenever we have a BIG ASS SALE (ex: Black Friday, day before Christmas, Anniversary sale); the day/weekend afterwards... we (supervisors) have a form to fill out called "Correction of Errors". Basically, it's a "What could we have done better". I'm thinking of doing that for my Tragic Tuesday sale too. 

Anyway, I don't know why I always end up blogging late into the night because I have an opening shift tomorrow ;) 


3 comments:

  1. lol I appreciate your personal touch, but I wouldn't mind a typed invoice!! If you wrote a little "With Love from Linda!!!" I'd be stoked! hahaha A little less work for you would be good. You sound like you need a vacation. & a massive care package. HMM.

    I wish Lucky Packs came with a hot 6 pack guy...

    CONGRATS on your full sell out!!! Uh... Sale... store all sold out. I'm so tired. Good night!!

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  2. Congratulations for the successfully sale Linda! I'm curious wich shade was the top seller from the holiday collection :)

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  3. @StrawberryMilkMade I like my hand-written invoices :D

    @SwatchFreak The top seller from the Holiday Collections
    BAGGIES - Peppermint Kisses
    CLAMSHELLS - Shooting Stars, Guilty Grinch, Champagne Bath, & Grieving Flame
    5GRAM JARS - Hidden Present

    The overall top shades were: Shooting Stars and Hidden Present

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