march should tell us how bad the economy reallly is for us....the first 2 months were , i really think , affected by weather....quite a bit more than usual.....a predicted 8 in snow the night before our big sale day hurt a lot...we get out of towners..
if that opinion turns out wrong and we really are facing a 10...15% downturn...then some new ideas better be popping up.....
so many of our huge expenses cant change .. house payments and health insurance for 8 family members...and all the insurance money...for the trucks cars houses and shop....all that is a huge number....
we havent laid off anyone yet...and have bought normally for our spring and summer inventory...
a lot of big potential custoers have been in contact thru the winter...so thats a hope...we have a new billboard which looks great... the summer people arent here yet..
weve expanded into one other market , a mall booth...and are dabbeling into craigs list, whilch has brought some buyers, and now dabbeling into etsy.....and fluffed up the store as much as possible...
i know one thing ...the hardest time to sell anything is when you really need to!!! so i dont want to be there...
so my big hope is we get back to normal....and the good things start to kick in....
and im looking for painless budgeting hints or downturn plots...
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