Ya gotta take the good with the bad... but I'm not so good with the bad...

So I've been working my little jewelry fingers to the bone lately. And I ALWAYS spread myself too thin. But hey, ya gotta make hay while the suns shinin' people.

Since this is Premier's 25th year in business, they are offering us MAJOR incentives to get out there & have home shows & touch lives. And since I'm all about a contest (I'm sorta competitive that way...), I am booking my boo-tay off to win me some free jewelry and perhaps... a CAR!!!

Here's the deal - in our little group of jewelers in Southern Indiana, at January's training, we set goals for the next month. And I stated my goals in front of God & everybody. Well, the little competitor in me came out & I said, "I SAID I was gonna do it. And I'm gonna do it!" So I had to book a certain amount of shows & share the business with a couple of people (Thanks Alicia & Denise! Practice makes perfect!). And boy was I glad I facebooked & emailed my way into 6 bookings in March because Premier offered us DOUBLE the incentive for jewelry sales in March. Woo to the hoo!

So Wednesday night I had a show in Pleasureville, KY. Now - if you don't know where that is - I didn't either. But it's about 1 hour past no freakin' where. Seriously - it took me one & one half hours to get there. It was 153 miles round trip (Thank God I can use mileage as a tax expense...). The girl is getting married next month. She was stressed about all that & she wanted to cancel about 2 weeks ago. But I talked to her & said, "Hey, if you cancel, you're going to lose the extra $25 free for having it on the original date." And I was honest with her & told her about my contest. So she said, "ok - we'll do it."

Now - I drove 1 1/2 hours to Pleasureville. She had 4 people show up. One girl was a past hostess that had an almost $900 show! Another one was a girl who is already booked on my calendar. So I knew my chances at getting 3 bookings (that's what the hostess needs to get another $25 free...) were slim to nu uh.

Her show was only $129. And I say only like it's a bad thing, but it's really not. She's going to end up with around $85 in free jewelry. Which is nothing to shake a stick at. And this is where I need to rely on FAITH (Gretchen & Jami Leigh Lee, what have I told you about my faith?!) that GOD will provide for me & I shouldn't be so darned selfish. 'Cuz after all is said & done - I still made around $50 bucks. Which is $50 bucks I didn't have before. I just get frustrated because I had to drive SO far. And it was a lonely drive (can you imagine me with no one to talk to for 90 whole minutes?! Oh, the humanity!!!) And I was SO tired at 11:00 when I got home. And I SO didn't wanna get up for work Thursday. And I was a LITTLE (thought I was gonna say SO? I was a tad...) cranky during the day. PLUS I had another show that night too. But there was a girl at the show in Pleasureville who was like looking in a mirror. She was spunky, talkative, funny & just outgoing. And while I was doing my jewelry talkin' thang, she was on her iphone - getting me bookings. She got 2 to be exact. Then SHE booked a show too. And just like that - I had my 3 bookings. The only down side? They're all out in forever away-ville. Sigh.... I'm such a brat... Faith, Jaime...faith. AND, she may be interested in selling it... be still my heart...

OK-so this leads me to my show last night in Sellersburg. WAY closer to home (30-40 minutes). I was still feeling all bad about myself from the night before. But I went into that show with a clean slate. Because if I've learned anything in the jewelry biz it's that it's ALL up to the hostess. If she wants to earn a ton of free jewelry, she's going to work HER bootie off to make that happen. All I can do is show it & talk about the company. I'm just the information lady.

So last night - 4 people. De ja vu?! But none of them had ever heard of or been to a Premier show. Whaaa?! And these girls came through for their friend. My hostess had a $460 show. That's freakin' awesome. And while I didn't get any bookings last night (they all had lotsa 'life' stuff going on... babies, moving...), one girl wants me to call her after the summer for a show. AND she may be interested in selling. Faith....faith....

So my worldwind jewelry tour continues this weekend with a show Saturday night in Salem & a bunco show Sunday afternoon at the girl who lives behind us. Then Monday another trip to Salem to get a catalog order. Wish me luck & pray for me that I trust in a higher power ... I struggle with that. I'm always interfering & trying to make MY own destiny...

And I know this sounds selfish, but pray for me that I know the right things to say to ladies who might want to sell. Because if Premier could meet a need in their life, I don't wanna screw it up...