It feels so weird that the Field Trip is almost here. This summer flew by. Yes, I admit, I am a freaking out a little bit, just a little bit. I want to do all these little things for treats then I start and realize I can no longer just order 500 of of whatever, I need like 10k just to get through the fist couple of weeks. It’s a whole new train of thought. Ha, and a whole new budget and by that I mean I really need to watch it.
While feeling a little weird about the growth of MJC, the feel of my team has never felt so right. And I say that with 100% heart. Everything feels so right, so in place and so..once again can’t think of the word. But my team cares so much about you and MJC it makes me just giddy inside! I love that, I love they feel ownership because they are now me. We are all Matilda Jane. And maybe the part about feeling weird about growth will settle soon. It has always been my baby and I am certain with all of me that the entire team will take care of it as their own.
ha, I love all these pics. They are walking me right through my blog and it wasn’t even planned. here is the weird part, I have to think in a new way. I always thought small, now the tent is too small, the one pallet jack is almost not enough, one UPS truck is certainly not enough and I hear a loud scream, one phone line is not enough. Ya, we are getting a few new gals at 435 too. We can hardly wait!
And my contest to you…to win this super sweet outfit from Field Trip
is to name the following folks. and you must follow this EXACTLY, List there FULL NAMES from left to right and then lastly, Name the middle. I will put all names in a bucket and pick 7 (one for each person in photo)
I have comments so they are being held….please leave answers in comment box…thanks. If they are sent to an email they will not be counted
Seriously, it is so weird to me, so flattering to me to have all of you. It’s crazy. never had I imagined i would get a box full of pics of the most beautiful photos of little ones wearing my clothing, nor did I ever expect I would meet so many fabulous customers, and my gosh, this weekend I got to meet around 70+ TK’s who all have the hugest heart and are now part of Matilda Jane Clothing. It is truly amazing, almost kinda surreal.
Okay, Gabe just came in here with a pink shrug on asking if he looked cute and could he maybe get a pink one. Pure cuteness. Now he is singing Hey Soul Sister…
And now I lost my train of thought. Yup, it’s as easy as that, a 4yr old enters and I lose my mind!
So the Field Trip…..so right around the corner and tomorrow my plate will be cleared. I am catching up on emails right now and getting 435 re-organized, so tomorrow will be the beginning of some real fun giveaways.
The festivities are over and I am totally taking today to do nothing. Well, nothing besides catch up on emails, blog, clean the house, and clean up 435. But that is it and the rest of the day…totally laying in the sun. I realized I hadn’t even shared a single pic from our France Trip. So here you go, and all of course are of Joe!! Oh, Oh…I need to take a pic of him, we shaved his head. I’ll be back tonite with some more pics, I just didn’t want you to think I had forgotten I have a blog!!
have a great Sunday and I will talk to you more tonite.
So what does one do with a UPS truck that looks awfully empty??
Pack a few boxes….
And fill it to the rim….and today they sent 2 trucks. We’ve already warned them Monday would be a replay.
We’re working hard to get you your orders as soon as possible. We are all working overtime this weekend! Thank you for the great sale!
Tomorrow is the day Kayla come home!!! She’s been on vacation and we can hardly wait to get her back!! WOW..Now I will say, I am not a slacker, nor lazy but I do work at home a lot. And most of my work allows me to sit and sit in a house with AC. Well, due to the overwhelming success of our sale (and a huge thanks to you) I have been working at 435 pulling shows. It is now I realize, holy cow (and yes, I knew this before) but my girls are amazing. They work so hard, on their feet all day, no AC, in a steamy hot building with about 20 fans and never complain. Without these girls, life at 435 would be pretty dang tough. A huge thanks to them. I love you!!
I am sure just as we get all sales orders out the door, it will be time for the Field Trip!! I swear I have never seen so many boxes. We are shipping about 600 plus a day thanks to David puling a night shift!! Love that guy too!
And now, I must get this house cleaned up and off to bed for another day of pulling. I am so our of show shape. My feet kill!!!
Got up at 7am sharp, dressed, kids up, dressed, laundry started, house cleaned and now we are off to pick up Sophie, Claudia, Abi and Jessica in Michigan. They are coming down to hang with us for a few days. And if they are lucky, real lucky, I’ll let them help fold shipping boxes!!! David is staying to ship, you should see the massive pile. I’ll try to stop in and take a pic. I’ve got huge goals of shipping out all sale orders FAST… Huge, but I know my girls and I know they can do it.
Many of you have already noticed this, but because the shipping for the sale is a flat $2, it turns out that Platinum shipping is by default the same. Our system doesn’t allow us to specify different shipping rates for the main website and the Platinum website. So even though Platinum is not 40% off, you can order whatever you’d like for just $2 shipping to the lower 48.
Hey Folks, some are having success but not all. We are going to do a quick RAM upgrade. Please take a snapshot of your cart because you may lose it. Once the upgrade is done, add your items back in and hopefully you will notice that things are better! Site will be down temporarily during this process.
I don’t think I have ever sat in front of the computer for so long..(ya, I am sure you know the feeling). While you are all patiently waiting for the system to slow down I am trying to get the Fall 2010 “Field Trip” catalog done. I think I am on hour 12 and if I have to make one more change, I may freak. Anyhow, so I am working on the catalog and I come across this photo. I so wish I could just step into it right now and bring you all with me!
Everything gets so crazy sometimes. It seems no matter how bad you want something to work, it just doesn’t. I totally get the whole thing, we have been waiting for the sale to happen to. Trust me, we have Fall shipment to put away and we can’t until we get rid of all the inventory upstairs. There are somethings that are just out of one’s control. And I am not sure what it is, but maybe it is the curse of the MJC sale! It brings out the (can’t think of a word) in many of us. David is beside himself and ready to just turn it off, he has a hard time handling all the disappointment. Me? I have learned to see things in a different manner. I know there are things you can control and things you can’t. This I cannot control and stressing over it is not gonna make it better. Despite our new dedicated server, MJC has once again surpassed the Oprah Effect. People always say how great it would be to be on Oprah. Personally, I don’t think they know the stress that can go along with it. I am focusing on getting everything lined up at the office so as soon as thing slow down the girls can get your orders out ASAP.
It feels so weird that the Field Trip is almost here. This summer flew by. Yes, I admit, I am a freaking out a little bit, just a little bit. I want to do all these little things for treats then I start and realize I can no longer just order 500 of of whatever, I need like 10k just to get through the fist couple of weeks. It’s a whole new train of thought. Ha, and a whole new budget and by that I mean I really need to watch it.
While feeling a little weird about the growth of MJC, the feel of my team has never felt so right. And I say that with 100% heart. Everything feels so right, so in place and so..once again can’t think of the word. But my team cares so much about you and MJC it makes me just giddy inside! I love that, I love they feel ownership because they are now me. We are all Matilda Jane. And maybe the part about feeling weird about growth will settle soon. It has always been my baby and I am certain with all of me that the entire team will take care of it as their own.
ha, I love all these pics. They are walking me right through my blog and it wasn’t even planned. here is the weird part, I have to think in a new way. I always thought small, now the tent is too small, the one pallet jack is almost not enough, one UPS truck is certainly not enough and I hear a loud scream, one phone line is not enough. Ya, we are getting a few new gals at 435 too. We can hardly wait!
And my contest to you…to win this super sweet outfit from Field Trip
is to name the following folks. and you must follow this EXACTLY, List there FULL NAMES from left to right and then lastly, Name the middle. I will put all names in a bucket and pick 7 (one for each person in photo)
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