I have not posted for a few days, my shop has been nice any busy, I know that this was down to Mr sunshine being out in full force, oh and that pay day had just passed!!
Anyway, change has come my way and I am deathly quiet! I know that everyday cannot be a busy day, but where is the balance? I know that I am still a newbie and that I am still gaining customer confidnece, but this is getting depressing!
I used to relish quiet days when I worked for someone else! Yippee, a chance to stand around and chat, surf the internet, have longer coffee breaks. It is a very different game when it is your own shop that no-one is entering. It becomes a personal attack. Am I a failure? Is this the beginning of the end?
I know that the answer to all of the questions is NO, but these are the things that run through my mind bashing into each other and causing greater confusion.
I am not good at keeping myself entertained or waiting for it to be my turn to be busy again.
Working for yourself is great and I do enjoy it very much. But no-one told me of these days where I would be near to tears and desperate for someone to chat to!!!

I have been reading you posts for a while and I have to say its really interesting. I have wanted to get into this for a while and just do not know where to start. i work in mail order at the moment and want to move into retail, before you started up your business where did you start your research, could you recommend any websites. How did you develope your supplier base.
tracy