Why does Monday keep coming round?

Apologies to those of you who took a look at my blog this evening and realised I hadn't actually got round to posting anything. Still, better late than never I guess.

The reason my blog is late this evening is that I got caught up in a meeting at full-time job and despite the fact that I was meant to leave the office at 5pm, the fact that it over-ran meant I didn't get out until 5.45pm. Don't tell anybody, but end of day meetings aren't the best as I tend to zone out and be thinking about what I'm going to cook when I get home and then what nappy cakes I'm going to make and/or thinking up new designs :0)

To top the day off, I woke up with a vicious headache this morning and it has stayed with me pretty much all day. First thing I did when I walked through the door was take two of the strong painkillers I keep for emergency situations and after managing some of my evening meal, my brain feels less like its being squeezed by a vice.

I played around with my website a little last night so if you get a chance please take a look. I've added a new page for some nappy cakes I put together yesterday. I've called them teddy cakes as I've combined a mini nappy cake together with a really huge teddy. That way the purchaser gets the best of both worlds. The neutral one has a Me To You Bear (a large one!) so for any fans it may be worth a look. I'll post a pic on here too.

So, worst day of the week over and done with - countdown to weekend starts here!

Have a good one.

On the Phone

I promised myself that 2011 would be better and I would get my act together enough to try and get my nappy cake business well and truly up and running and ultimately making a profit which has to be my main goal.

I made a list of hospitals with maternity units and have been sitting all morning making phone calls to try and establish whether I can get them to stock my nappy cakes. Mind you, I hadn't realised quite how many hospital shops had closed - mainly due to the economic climate I would imagine, but many of them no longer have any sort of facility to buy things on site.

Some of them do have the little ladies who push their trolley round selling newspapers and sweets but that's about it.

Amongst all the phone calls I've made this morning (and I have to say I'm dreading the phone bill this month!) I have managed to get one or two phone numbers of the people in charge so at some point tomorrow I'm going to be using the office phone (joke) to give them a call and use all my powers of persuasion.

I'll let you know how I get on.

My poor bank account

Well, following on from this morning's post, I duly took my daughter to a shop recommended by a work colleague as being one of the less expensive places to buy a prom dress.

Elz was convinced she wanted a blue dress and we duly wandered round the shop picking out all the ones she liked and putting them on a rail for her to try on. Eight dresses later and she found one she really liked but the shop assistant thought it may be worth her trying it on in one size bigger to see whether she felt more comfortable (a size 8 instead of a 6).

She had exactly the same dress in a size 8 but in a very pale lemon instead of the original blue the size 6 one was in. Well, she tried in on and we both fell in love with it instantly. It looked like it had been made especially for her. It really is the most gorgeous dress ever.

While we were on a roll, we also got the shoes and a tiara. It then suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't asked any prices! Are you sitting down cos I certainly had to when the woman announced she had chosen the most expensive dress in the shop - eekk!!!

So, deposit put down and payment in installments from now on. I know what you are saying - I should have said no, but ultimately its only actually £20 more expensive than both the elder daughters' dresses and what you do for one you have to do for the others.

The prom isn't actually until June time so I'm afraid you will have to wait for then to see the photos but now I need your help - if you or anyone you knows needs a gift for a newborn or a baby shower please please get in contact as it looks like I need all the money I can get!

Shopping

Well, today I am off out shopping for a prom dress. Youngest daughter wants to get out and about before everybody else so she gets the pick of the dresses and I can't say I blame her. They didn't do proms in my day but I still have a yearning to buy a dress with a huge skirt and float about in it - sad or what!

OH has strategically announced he is going to be very busy today - doing what I'm not quite sure - so its just me and Elz. We're going to venture slightly further afield to a shop somebody at work has recommended and secretly I'm quite looking forward to it although not so looking forward to parting with the money involved!

I am going to have to sell a lot more nappy cakes and things from my website to pay for all this you know so please please help me out by forwarding and recommending my link to anyone you think could use it or needs a gift for a newborn baby - just think of it as aiding and abetting a mother of 3 daughters who are steadily draining her bank account! :0)

I'm also holding out for the postman as I'm still waiting for some deliveries of new items I want to put on my website - its a bit like watching a kettle boil - nothing ever arrives when you're waiting for it. All I ever seem to get in the post is bills and more bills.

So, apart from the things I want to add to the collection, I also have some other plans afoot but I'm going to save those and tell you about them when I've got them straight in my mind and they have (hopefully) moved on a bit.

Keep reading to find out more.

Friday at last

Okay, I've only been at work at my full-time job for the last two days but it already feels like a lifetime!

Its frantically busy but I do sometimes feel its all a bit deja vu if you know what I mean? You end up doing the same things over and over again - there just doesn't seem to be any end to it.

Still, I've got the weekend to recover from the shock of being back to the grindstone. I'm off to look at prom dresses with my youngest daughter tomorrow. The prom isn't actually until June but apparently if you don't get in nice and early all the good stuff gets snapped up and nobody wants to be seen in the same dress as anybody else do they!

It hasn't been a bad week for nappy cakes. I had one website sale and 3 phone calls for various shapes and sizes. I haven't heard from the hospital shops yet - I must do that after I've finished here.

I'm also waiting for some stock so I can add some things to my website - its really coming together quite nicely but it never hurts to keep re-arranging and updating to keep it fresh - nobody wants to sit and look at the same old things each time they check it out.

If you have any suggestions or even want to buy a nappy cake - give me a call and mention my blog and I will make sure I do you a very good deal.

Have a good Friday evening.