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Well, I hardly know where to start.  But I guess the important part is to START.  To say the last few weeks & months have been unkind would be to simply skim the surface.  The one thing I will share is that, for the last 2 weeks a dear friend of mine has been in hospice care battling the last stage of brain cancer.  I visited with her about 10 days ago.  She was aware I was there, but not able to participate in conversation.  I spent a long time holding her hand & talking with her housemate & caregiver (also a friend from school).  Sunday night, she finally let go of the fight.  Even though we (her friends from school, sorority, work, rowing, her band and so many more...) knew this would be the result, it has actually hit me harder than I anticipated. 

Perhaps it is the deep sadness that has propelled me to grab my laptop & JUST DO THIS!  I might just be burying myself in work (& more work!), but if it jumpstarts me to get this newsletter off to you, then I'll take it.  So let's get on with it.

 

It is Thanksgiving week!  I'm hoping that you are overwhelmed with gratitude & thanks.  However you spend Thanksgiving, please know that WE are thankful for YOU.  I hope you join us for Small Business Saturday!  If you are local, please drop in & see all the great new things!  If you aren't in our area, remember you can always order online. No matter where you live, PLEASE go out & support YOUR small local businesses.  I've chatted with lots of y'all about all the changes taking place in the retail world in general, and I can't say I know what the future holds for small retailers, but if we allow big box stores with cheap, standard uniform stock to elbow out small businesses, we will find ourselves all wearing the same clothes, eating the same food, reading the same books, watching the same plays, listening to the same music...there will be nothing new under the sun. 

So get out there & find the unique, charming one-of-a-kind treats that you can only get in YOUR neighborhood!

 

One important note before we jump into the latest treats out there.

 

Beginning the week after Thanksgiving, our hours are going to change.  Please make note of this.

Beginning the week of November 27th, our new SHOP hours will be:

Thursday & Friday, 10AM ~ 5PM.

Saturday, 10AM ~ 3PM.

 

We have analyzed our sales reports ~ daily, weekly, monthly etc. ~ and these are the best hours to accommodate everyone.  So while we won't have as many "walk-in" days, the days we do have will be longer. 

ALSO, if you can only make it to the shop on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, then do it!  If you can let us know ahead of time, even better. But just because the shop itself isn't open, that doesn't mean we won't be here working.  The main reason for this change is to allow us set aside specific time to do framing, finishing, ordering, mailorder & all the other million things we do around here.  Therefore, if you find yourself stopping at the shop on a Tuesday & then think, "Crud, they're closed!", DON'T LEAVE.  As long as the lights are on, we're inside ~ so just knock on the door!  You may have to wait a few minutes if we're upstairs, but if the lights are on we'll be thrilled to open the door & welcome you in!

 

OKAY!  I promised not to continually apologize for letting y'all down, so we're just gonna jump into the latest new & awesome things.  If you're reading this newsletter then you are obviously are online & you have no doubt seen lots of new goodies, even though I have dropped the ball lately.  So instead of trying to catch you up on EVERYTHING since my last newsletter, I'm gonna start with the NEWEST things ~ those that have arrived & those that are on the way.  Not only that, we've got a bunch of new models at the shop that those of y'all who aren't local haven't seen, so I'll give ya peek at those too!

 

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I'm gonna get this little "info" note out & into your hands tonight (Monday) & will do my damnedest to get the "big deal" newsletter on Tuesday night.  I'm quickly being pulled under back into the black hole & I wanna get SOMETHING accomplished!

 

Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for more good stuff!

 

Hugs & stitches ~

Beth & all the thankful folks at TSS