Tuesday, July 27, 2010

FINALLY OPEN!!

After what seems like an eternity, our newest store is finally open! I won't even go into all of the drama that surrounded the acquisition of the lease, negotiations, build-out, inspections, etc. that occurred over the last 15 months, but believe me, it was A LOT!

We opened on Tuesday, July 20th and have been VERY busy every single day. A couple of days revenue in the new store even surpassed the original - not by much, but still, what a relief! The stress of when it would open and IF it would do well is pretty much over. Now we're just dealing with the stress of our business partner leaving for Ireland the day after we opened! It is definitely a lot more work to run 2 stores (one being brand new) and training new employees without our right hand man. There have definitely been times that we thought it would have been nice to be able to do all of this on our own without a business partner, but I am certain now that we'd be hard pressed to do it without him!

Here are some pics of the new place.



I actually like this lighted sign so much that I'm pretty much ok with the fact that it cost so much!!



LOTS of fun!!



Our check-in area



The Party Room



Inside the Party Room

2 comments:

  1. YAY! You didn't post a picture of Audrey's Toddler room. She will be disappointed :o)

    Love ya!
    Weslea

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  2. Looks great!! It has been a long time coming, but so worth it!

    Love y'all,
    Mary

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