My craft fair season did not go well. I had prepared 100 + cards, 9 various stationary sets, 20+ tea matchbooks, 12 envelopes of homemade cappuccino (1 serving size), 12 jars homemade cappuccino, 6 mini notebooks, 6 notebooks with matching pen, and Santa, reindeer and snowman soup. I did sell 2 jars of homemade cappuccino at $8 each, 8 envelopes of cappuccino 6 teabag matchbooks at $1 each, 1 card at $2.50 and 1 mini notebook at $4. Mom had made some coasters for me to set out as well and there were no takers on that. Many of the crafters said that it was a poor year because it occurred before the pension checks were out. I’m not sure how drastic the pension checks affected the sales but I did learn some lessons. The main thing is people here do not like packaging. I had the cards packaged with a matching stamped envelope and the inside verse displayed. The notebooks with matching pen were packaged together as were the stationary sets. There were less than five people who glanced in their direction. All in all, I made just over the cost of my tables and gas. I’m glad I did it just for the experience, but next year? We’ll have to see.

Work is going well. I'm not even out of training and am already getting a 6 day week. I don't mind the job and actually think I will enjoy it once I'm out of training. That will be Wednesday, by the way. I can't wait to just get at it.