A Truly Grand Opening

A ginormous "THANKS!" goes out to everyone who came by for our Grand Opening.  I know, I know, we have been open for a while - getting our feet wet.  But, we had a spectacular time, throwing open our doors and letting everyone know that this was the big day!  It was so much fun to see both old and new faces.  Our advertising was successful insofar as we had people waiting for us to open; we had a free gift for the first 25 people.  I had a lot of fun with that, personally - handing out the gifts to the little kids.

It was a busy, busy day.  We had so many new friends come by the store.  Children were playing at the Thomas Train Table and the Calico Critters table all day long.  We had some wonderful story times.  Craft times were a big hit as well.  We had a popcorn machine and gave away bags of popcorn, so the whole store smelled like a movie theatre depending on how the wind blew.  And, it was a windy day!  Our balloons had a hard time surviving all the bluster!

Some roads were closed due to the Annual Mansfield Parade, downtown.  We were afraid that we would lose traffic as a result.  Actually, our main road wasn't closed and so we were fine, and the post-parade traffic gave us another afternoon rush of customers.  Exciting!

We ended the day happily exhausted.  We should do this every year!  Okay...maybe not.

Only 22 days until Christmas!