Well, this weekend finally got  here, and is now finally over.  This was the weekend of the yearly Craft  Show I participate in here in town.  I did
 well, even though I had honestly not even wanted to do  it this year (so much happening).  Against my wishes, I DID participate,  and came away
 happy that I did.  Not only did I make enough to  catch up on 2 bills, but I also had a great time visiting with the 2 vendors on  each side of me.......
 truly wonderful people.  Both of them, it turns  out, have purchased from me in the past.  The one vendor purchased pain  cream from me and 
 gave me raves about how it helped his back pain.   He purchased more........then close to the end of the day we traded products,  lol.  This vendor
 and his wife make and sell cinnamon almonds (company is  Perfectly Nuts)!!  These are to DIE for.  SO good, and SO  addicting.  But, it works for us
 both to trade!  Then, the vendor on the other side  of me is a man who I met last year during the winter craft show  (Winterfest)!  He had run up to my
 booth, bought a lip balm, and ran back to his booth,  lol.  He came by later that day and told me I was selling them too cheap  cause he loved it!  It
 felt great to hear.  Then, this weekend was full of  them complimenting not only the products they had purchased in the past, but  ones they just bought
 Saturday!!!  I also had customers from past years  coming back to buy more items, and giving me great feedback and  compliments.  SO, I went from
 dreading the weekend, to being VERY proud!
     The items selling great for me  this year were the pain cream, the room sprays, the wax tarts, the incense, and  the body mousse.  Lip balms went 
 great, but not as well as the other items.  Wax  crumbles didn't sell at all, sold 2 detox soaks, sold about 15 bars of  soap.  MANY of them were
 asking when my site was going to be up and running for  sales.  SO, hubby says we ARE going to get it done asap!  That would  be nice.
     Overall, it was a great  weekend.  I also met another soaper.........though it could have been thru  better circumstances.  I did not know what had gone
 on, til after it was brought to my attention.  I  felt horrid, and needed to speak to the other soaper.  Apparently, while I  was helping my neighbor vendor
 (watch his booth while he went potty), my hubby had my  daughter friend go down to the other soapers booth.  He had her check out  their soap (one kind
 is all they sell) and ask what size, price, etc.   WELLLLL, it is a husband and wife team that run that booth, and the husband came  to my booth while I was 
 answering a question from the other vendor  neighbor.  He saw my daughters friend, asked if she was at that booth  (mine), she told him yes, and he got
 upset looking and asked her "then why were you at my  booth asking about my soap and my prices"?  He was upset, and rightfully  so.  He walked away, and
 it was after he left that I was told what had  happened.  As I said, I was upset, and am still angry with my  husband.  SO, I went down to the booth that this
 man and his wife have.  I asked to speak to them  both, and I apologized for what my husband had this girl do, and for the girl  doing it.  It was not right
 and I didn't approve of it.  I told them I did not  know he had done that, and I do not know WHY he did that.  I felt terrible,  and needed to apologize to them
 myself.  They were fine with it, they  understood.  I ended up speaking to them for a bit, and I spoke to the wife  of the soaping groups on Yahoo that I am 
 a member of............she asked for me to send her the  names of the groups since she is not a member of any of them and would love to  join.  SO, I have
 her card and will be sending her the information so  hopefully she can join.  As I told her, I felt horrible cause fellow  soapers (heck, fellow crafters), are part
 of a big "family" and support each other........they do  not do what my husband did.  
     But, I am now very worn  out.  I am sunburned horribly (mostly my upper back, face, the part in my  hair (lmao, ouchy), and my lower arms.  I am going to take a 
 shower, get comfy, and hopefully get some decent sleep  finally.............before I have to get up for work tomorrow morning,  lol.
     Hope everyone had a great  weekend and great fathers day!!!!!
Alice in SD
 Alice in SD
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