So hi guys.
Roy and Helen have been here all day.
Vivs have been here all day.
I can't take any credit for this because you know I'm organized chaos.
They've had a massive clean up today.
I'm so chuffed because we are literally charity shop fatigued.
So yeah they've had a massive clean up.
We haven't sorted that out but it's tidier in there.
Look at this.
There we are.
Jay Marnie's Charity Boutique.
Got to thank the Girls in Arby's Cafe for that one.
That wasn't my creation.
So yeah we've got the slack wall.
I don't know if you can see them down there.
Like they have in the shops to hang the clothes off.
So they'll be going up there.
We'll have shelves put in there.
Possibly shelves but they might take the door off because we don't need the door.
We've got a bit of a leak there but the boys will be on that tomorrow.
This bit will need to be tidied up.
We've got tons of wood left.
We've got room over there for shelves.
I mean most slack walls might come up.
I can get at least another load in here can't I?
So I'm absolutely over the moon with this.
I've got all my paint there ready.
I've had all that since we moved in.
I've had all of that.
So I'm ready now.
I've got to get these walls done tomorrow and get it down.
Do the sealant.
Get everything down.
Clean them down.
Get the rails up.
Get those boutique clothes in here.
Absolutely chuffed with this.
Viv and Helen have been working on this all day.
I was going to start the toilet and then other things happened so I didn't get around to doing that.
We've got the light on but it's staying on too long now.
Viv and Helen haven't stopped in here all day.
Great light on.
I've just been dithering around trying to put stuff away because you know me.
Organised chaos.
But look.
Look how wide the walkways are now.
Absolutely fab.
Roy's just measured up for more shelves here.
Absolutely fabulous we are.
Look at this.
This is it.
We'll try and get that sorted tomorrow.
It's mainly baby stuff there now so it's literally just getting all the shelves tidy.
We haven't stopped all day.
The boxes are full with stuff.
We've had more scarves in and stuff.
So this pile will be gone.
This pile will be gone.
Those three rails and everything that's left on the table will all be in the J Marnie's boutique.
And then we'll just have our £2 and our 50p's out here.
It's easier for customers then.
They know the price range.
Prices are up.
Loads of designer stuff coming in again today.
Loads of beautiful donations again.
Thank you everybody who's donated.
Our beautiful dresses are up.
So yeah.
Absolutely brilliant.
And what a difference it makes having the lights on.
It's crazy isn't it?
Just something simple like that.
Because it was well lit anyway wasn't it?
From the skylights.
But what a difference that's made.
And of course customers can see the lights from the road now as well.
This was all blocked up look.
So we can bring this bit back a bit now.
Giving us a little bit more room down there.
But the plan is to work on getting shelves up now.
I've ordered 20 shelf brackets and I've got some shelf brackets already here.
Some of the Christmas stuff went out today.
So yeah.
Look at the walkways now.
Absolutely brilliant.
Brilliant isn't it?
They can come to my house next.
Fab.
That's what we need to see.
That's why I need volunteers.
Because we've been doing this now for two years.
And we're exhausted.
Don't forget we don't take a wage.
We don't take petrol expenses.
So it is exhausting.
I think it was Charlotte who said Jayne works 20 hours a day.
I do work 20 hours a day.
It's crazy isn't it?
That's because Primaria only sleeps two hours a night.
If I'm lucky.
So I wouldn't have it any other way mind.
I love that.
I like to maximise my days the best I can.
But yeah.
How fab is that?
They've even had a goal behind it.
Didn't do the kitchen today.
That was fab.
That's done.
No problems with the kitchen.
So we need some other tools to deal with that.
But we'll get it up.
We'll get it up you know.
So they've had a tidy up behind there.
I've got to bolt my till down now.
Bolt it down to a breeze block.
The sink that I didn't realise the sink was in.
I didn't even see that yesterday.
So yeah.
Brilliant isn't it?
I mean I might put some of the counter stuff in that other room.
Like for example.
If I can get.
Well I might leave them there.
If I can get some more of these cupboards.
I might leave them there.
And get some more glass ones in the boutique.
And then a bigger.
We can put the football shirts and stuff in there and display them properly.
Because they're snow movers.
Because it's only something that a collector is going to be looking for you see.
So.
Absolutely fab.
And look at it with the lights on.
I'm going to order some backdrops.
Do a grotto.
And then.
But we have backdrops for every sort of event.
So like Christmas.
Chinese New Year.
Whatever you can think of really.
Easter.
Spring.
Autumn.
And then you can come in and take pictures on your phone of the children yourself.
And it's not costing you anything you know.
You haven't got to go to a photographer.
I mean I don't know how much the school photographers cost now.
Or the nursery photographers.
But it was about five, ten quid when I was having my son photocopied.
That would be cheap.
One extra stick of hair on a photocopier.
There we are.
Ten pence.
Job done.
Send that to all your relatives.
When I was having him photographed.
It was probably about five, ten quid to send these pictures out to people.
And then you can do things like virtual Christmas cards and stuff.
Email them to friends and family.
Facebook them.
WhatsApp them.
And then we can just put it away.
Get a new one for the following year.
And rotate them.
And I have two different ones.
Like you know.
I'll get the following Christmas out.
See if I can get a Halloween one now.
In time for Halloween.
And get it up.
You can bring the kids down there and dressed up.
And take a picture of them.
In front of the display.
That would be fab.
And you can have their brothers and sisters and stuff.
Can't you?
And do it that way.
Bring your dog if you like.
Stick a pair of antlers on the dog.
Bring them down.
So thank you to my volunteers today.
Like I've said before.
A volunteer is priceless.
They literally are.
Thank you so much to Helen and Roy for all the work they've done.
And everything they've volunteered.
We're absolutely over the moon with it.
