Am I Going To Open A Store?!

Asked by a few people lately,

this question has been visited in my mind

over and over again.

my display of faux pastries and custom stands

It's been talked about, debated and 

written about in a 

pro's and con's type of list.

refinished furniture and boutique pillows

It's fun to talk about but

I never had intentions of it,

especially moving to the South.

sparkly pumpkins

Toile pumpkins (my favorite)
and custom cheese stands

I thought I would be running my

B & B right now and serving

breakfast and tea and having a little

in-house boutique with mementos of

a quaint little Country town. 

The Shanks home now owned by some wonderful peeps!

I would be spending my mornings

pressing coffee and making beds

and cutting flowers for sweet little

bouquets for my guests.

That's what I thought I would be doing.
~

"But, the location is perfect for a store."

Yes, it is!

NOT my image (I wish people would watermark their images!)
AND I doctored it up to reflect my idea of what
my boutique would look like if there ever was one
(similar but not exactly the same).
This is JUST an inspiration photo.
This is a real pastry shoppe in France
(with a different name, of course).

There's plenty of real estate to choose from.

I can see what it could look like.

Mentally, it could all very well work out.

My answer is...

No.

I am not going to open a shoppe.

*It is not feasible for our family

to run a brick and mortar

right now, with young children.

*We're still finding our place here.

*We can't afford the time commitment or

the financial responsibility of it nor 

carry the worry of survival.

Do I still fantasize about it?

HECK YEAH!!

I We have it all painted out on how 

it would look, what we would sell,

the colors of it, the style of it,

the building(s) we could see it in, etc.

Yes, I could very easily do it if there 

weren't children to worry about and 

there was an ever flowing river of money.

See, I worry about these things A LOT.

So, in my plan, there isn't

going to be a "store" but, eventually,

another website and or ETSY.
Maybe I'll do a sale at the house
every once in a while when I need to 
purge some furniture.
Maybe.

I do see other opportunities though,

all of which I shall keep tucked 

under my wing, for now.

I'm still doing my "research".

Don't ask because I swore myself

to secrecy. 

Maybe someday.

Dreams are good.

They do come true.

But maybe they aren't "dreams", at all.

Sometimes His plan happens

to be, what we believe, to be our dream.

Look where we ended up. 

{big smile on my face as I type that sentence}

my cherub still awaits his garden.

When the time comes to 

Open Up Shop,

this is the place you will find out about it.

The horse (garage/shop/outbuilding) 

needs to come before the cart (online store).

Mr. B's tools are currently residing in my

 pantry, laundry room and basement

and the eviction notice is getting closer by the day.

{THAT'S why so little photos of the house!!}

I think you  catch my drift.

Time for a coffee break,

care to join me?

xo, Amber