The short answer - NO!!
When I was a part of the dating pool, there was this unspoken rule that if you dated someone for three months and then kept dating - it meant that the relationship had legs. After three months, you saw how things really were with another person - you can only keep smiling for so long :) Well, we've been in business three months as of this weekend and Sugar Pine Bake Shop is going strong. The holidays were definitely a test, as they are on any new relationship but even though we are still a little tired, we have come through with flying colors. No disasters and lots of wonderful people who enjoyed our baked treats - plus we learned just how busy we can be and how many consecutive mornings we can get up at 5am.
All kidding aside, what a learning experience this fall and early winter has been. As you can probably see from the lack of postings (which I am not good at in the best of circumstances), there's been alot to get used to. Getting up is definitely difficult for this not a morning person but with a wonderful team in place, one of whom is Angel who gets up even earlier so I don't have to, some of the burden is shared. I actually feel really fortunate with the people I have working with me - all ladies, aside from Angel and my best unpaid worker Jim (my husband - he gets paid in "favors"). I keep adding new items to our menu - keeps it interesting and I hope keeps our regulars happy because they get to try new things all the time. And I've learned that I can process numbers, as long as a calculator isn't far away and that I am a business person - dare I say business woman. I like having my own business, as challenging as it might be. When Jim asked me what I wanted for Christmas I couldn't come up with a single thing because I have everything I want.
So that's that and more posts about cakes and stuff later but I just wanted to comment on where I am in the business and how it feels - which is fabulous!!!
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