Cookies, cookies...
It seems just when I was happy to leave this little cookie operation to itself (and have) it decided to generate a few orders. I haven't touched my website. There isn't a single thing I have done to it to give it an update. It is in the same state it was in when I first launched it with the exception of the paypal shopping cart I added last year.
I received my largest order this past March when I baked and delivered 90 dozen cookies for the third time to a corporate account. They first ordered from me last year about the same time (or was it the year before-not sure) and then again in December last year. I figured with this 90 dozen order I was done for this year. It was my largest sale and even though it was the first quarter in March I blew away the projection my younger son, Dante, had imposed on me.
Then in the past few weeks I have had some small orders trickling in. I had a woman call and order a dozen cookies. Then she called me back a week later and order another 2 dozen. Great! I can fill these orders here and there. Then this past week I delivered a pail of cookies (4 dozen) to another person that called out of the blue. Sales I hadn't expected! From a site I haven't touched and know things don't run as smoothly as they should. (that darn shopping cart)!
Yesterday, I came home from shopping and I had another order for cookies for someone else! I baked them up and by the time I had them all packaged up and the kitchen cleaned and back in order...well, yes...I got another cookie order. I took everything back out and baked up another batch. I need to make a trip to the store to complete the turtle cookies for that last order. Blast - but I ran out of caramel.
Just when I was thinking I was going to wind down the entire operation, something is trying to tell me to take another look at that site. I need to carve a few more minutes out of my busy weeks to see what can be done to refine a few things. (like that darn shopping cart)! I need to order a few tins, and buy some new cookie sheets.
Just when I thought it was time to wind this cookie venture down, it seems to be telling me something different. So, I'll put in a little time and get myself a little more organized and see what happens next.
Cookies, cookies...
TT
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