Well ok,
maybe my mind isn’t completely clear of ideas and tasks quite yet, as following
on from yesterday’s ‘doing’ day, I’ve another list going through my mind of
things to follow up or complete! This list is less persistent though, and many
of the items are quick and easy- I’m very hopeful that I’ll have everything completely
checked off by the end of the day.
Mike is
working from home today, which means he’s on the school run- freeing me up to
finish sorting the recycling and get a head start on the early morning jobs.
With the washing machine happily working away, I sit down and write down today’s
list- happily noting that out of the dozen or so items on yesterday’s, only a
couple are still outstanding and both of those are already part completed. Perhaps
I should teach Mike how to work a ‘to do’ list properly? On second thoughts,
maybe not- he’s already given me enough grief and sarcasm over the fact that I
even wrote one in the first place!!
I did at
least actually manage to pin him down over dinner last night, and discuss the
couple of points that we needed to. Although not entirely conclusive, it did
manage to get us talking, and opened up some issues that have been hanging over
us for a while. Another work in progress maybe, but one that I hope will get
resolved quicker now Mike knows I’m both on his case, and more importantly- on
his side.
As I start
working though today’s tasks I quickly realise that I’m unlikely to get any
sewing done today either. Even straightforward jobs always seem to take a lot
longer than they appear to need, and I also want to run the vacuum around today
to keep up with having got all the housework so up to date last week. I’ve got a
couple of standing orders that I want to set up, so I begin with them as they’ll
help us keep to our new even-stricter-than-usual budget. I’ve a few more quick
things also related to this that I want check over with Mike, which could make
the difference between deciding to book our Easter holiday or not. With him
busy working at the other table today, fortunately for once this isn’t too much
of a problem!
With the
downstairs vacuumed in record breaking time for once, thanks to having done it
so thoroughly last week, I return to my admin tasks just in time for lunch. I
ordered some wrapping paper off eBay yesterday, with the aim of introducing
gift wrapping as an option on Little Dolly Clothes Shop at some point, and
noticing that it has been dispatched I place a ‘coming soon’ notice on the
homepage of the website. I’m not entirely sure how to work it yet, I’m going to
have a proper think about it later, but it’s an idea I toyed with a couple of
years ago but never followed up. The idea came back to me along with everything
else yesterday, so I’m sure there must be an easy way to manage it.
After lunch
I return to the vacuuming and clean around upstairs. Less than an hour later my
housework is finished for the day. Mike heads off to pick up our littlest
daughter as I once again log onto the computer to check some more jobs off my
list. It’s going well today, there are already more ticks than unfinished jobs,
and those that are left should be easy to do before I need to stop and cook
dinner. Our little girl comes running in with a parcel she’s taken out of our
letter box on the gate, and another job gets added to the list- two designs of
the wrapping paper have arrived today which I take as a sign that I need to get
on and sort out this gift wrapping idea!
Dinner
tonight needs to sit in the oven to cook for half an hour or so, so after
taking a break to prepare it, I return to my website. I was thinking about how
to fit this gift wrapping idea in with my items while I was making the meal,
and I think I’ve found the solution. The issue I’ve always had with the idea is
that I don’t want each and every item to have individual gift wrap as an option on it.
Most of my customers buy more than one item when shopping on my website, and
they would either end up paying out for far too much for the service, or else
nothing at all. There is no option available for me to add the option at the
checkout, and that’s where I’ve previously got stuck.
Suddenly this
evening it came to me though- if I offer Gift Wrapping as a separate item in my
shop, customers can purchase just one of it to cover all items they’ve bought.
Obviously if they’ve bought for more than one child, they are then free to buy
more than one. It’s so obvious really; I don’t quite know why it’s been a
problem before! A couple of photos and some typing out later and, just in time
for dinner, my latest idea for Little Dolly Clothes Shop is all set to go. Now
to just watch and wait, and see if it proves to be something my customers actually want…
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