Bring your cat to work day

(and: a Boxing Week discount code!)

I got a handful of new subscribers over the past couple of weeks, which is always super exciting. With each new subscriber however, I felt increasing pressure to make an online update, especially considering the potential of added holiday sales. People buying things from our online shop makes a tangible difference in the viability of our whole … lives, really.

At the same time, I felt like I should be:

• Making a bunch of Xmas decorations for the store.

• Updating our website to put all the new things on there.

• Finishing this paint by numbers kit so I can hang it up.

(I love all of these so much!)

In case that to-do list wasn’t stressing me out enough, sometime in early-November, I had the lofty idea that we should stay open until 9pm for the Saturdays leading up to Christmas.

I had visions of local student musicians performing holiday classics while seasonal movies were projected onto the wall behind them. I thought we’d have tables overflowing with baked goods and candy, and a big Christm…