back from vegas - back to reality!

it has taken me a few days to get back into the swing of things - back to reality!

jordana & i surprised nicole, our store manager, with a 4 day vegas extravaganza!! 4 days of doing whatever we wanted - shopping, reading books, eating out, lounging by the pool, dancing at a club, more shopping, a cirque de soleil show . . . what a nice break!! everything was awesome, but it is amazing how such a relaxing time can be so exhausting!! hmmm, could it have been the 8 hour day of shopping at the outlet mall or staying up til 4am? not sure - but it sure was fun!!

r.

vegas!!

management retreat in vegas this weekend! becca & i surprised our manager, nicole, with a trip to vegas yesterday! she thought we were going to a trade show in regina and would be working over the long weekend. this is the first time becca and i are going and we will have NOTHING we have to do! so excited for the weekend and to spoil nicole...she does such a fabulous job for us!! shopping coupons are printed, bathing suits are packed and we're ready (well, almost ready) for our 6am flight tomorrow morning!

have a great long weekend!

j

no awards this year - great after party!!

both jordana and were pretty sure this wasn't going to be our year to win big at the SABEX awards - stiff competition and the fact that we took home SABEXes last year and the year before. we were right :( no need to reinforce the awards shelf - for now!!

both of the SABEX categories that were we finalists in, customer service & small business of the year, were won by dale lemke of display systems international! congrats dale!!

the highlight of the evening for us was the after party at scratch!! nicole, jor and i are all feeling a little under the weather today - we stayed out way too late and maybe had a couple more beverages than we should have!! but the company and the dancing were loads of fun - worth a bit of a headache this morning!!

thanks to the organizers, sponsors & to everyone who made last night's gala a huge success!!

r.

SABEX tonight

quick note before becca is here to pick me up. we're off to get our make-up done for the SABEX awards tonight. i love having an excuse to get dressed up!! manicure & pedicure are done. hair is done....although i think i've changed it 10 times already...just can't seem to get with the new bangs.

anyway, it's always a fun evening. rehearsal is at 4pm, cocktails at 5pm and the reception starts at 6pm (i believe). there is an after party at scratch as well, so i know it's going to be a bit of a late night. already dreading waking up early tomorrow morning!

thanks to all of our customers for getting us where we are today!!

j

hello out there!!

hi! first off, i have to apologize for not writing on the blog for ages and ages!! WAY too many things on the go right now! the store has been super busy - lots of babies!!

- last week angie & alison had a three day course to become certified carseat technicians. so, once they receive their certification, we will have 4 staff members that are able to assist you in installing your cravings carseat.

- tomorrow night nicole, jordana & i will be attending the SABEX awards at TCU place. cravings is a finalist for customer service & small business of the year. wish us luck!!

- tomorrow's "craving" will be an extra special one!! stay tuned for the details!

- my family is in the process of renovating our upstairs level. we are turning 4 bedrooms and a loft-office into 4 bedrooms, a walk-in closet and a office/laundry room. we are living in sheer chaos at this point!! my boys are sharing a very jammed packed bedroom and steven and i are sleeping in our bedroom with the linens, all of our clothing on racks and baskets and various other boxes of stuff!! we are all cranky and excited for the work to be completed! realistically, we still have a few more weeks of this though!!

- jor also has a ton of things going on at her house!! i'll let her share her stories herself!!

hope you are enjoying this amazing weather!!

r.