23 November 2007
I was wrong. I thought, and I even put it in writing last night, that we’d have a slow day at TRF on this Black Friday, as it is called in the retail world.*
Well, the official word regarding attendance is somewhere in the 27,000 range. That’s a lot of people, and anything but slow. The crowd was large, and we stayed relatively busy—although we were down by one member of our sales staff. But, unfortunately, lots of comp tickets and even the regular ticket price being reduced by five bucks, makes for a rather . . . shall we say, “cheap” crowd on the average. “You want how much?” was a common attitude.
Oh, well. On the one hand, it was an extra day. A bonus. Of course the weather forecast for the next two days indicates much of the “r” word and even more cold than what we had today, so this “bonus day” might be our only decent day this weekend.
This photo is of the fabric in a little doublet that Kelly made me years ago. I love the piece and it always gets many compliments when I wear it, which is precisely what I did today. Today was all about layers and insulation! We sold lots of cloaks!
*Black Friday: contrary to popular belief, named not because it’s evil or awful, but rather because this is the day that traditionally, retailers begin to see black in their ledger books. From here through the holiday season should all be profit!
~MB
