Supa Star

Last night was our Premier "Year End Celebration". We decided to do it after Christmas because everyone is SO busy over the holidays & it's hard to get 30+ people together. Plus if we waited until after the new year, we would all have our show & retail numbers for recognition.

We had dinner at Christie's in Salem. My Premier grandma, Gerilee, always has a nice spread laid out! See the tv? That was our contribution to the evening. Gerilee had mentioned that she'd like to get 'a few pictures together' to show. Hmmmm - me & pictures? Got.it. So I went back through all the pictures I had taken all year at the rally's & trainings & B-rad told me about a really cool program on our computer called 'windows moviemaker'. I made an 8 minute DVD of pictures set to music & everything! Then we took B-rad's gaming tv & Play Station 3 with us so we could play it for everyone. I also took family pics of everyone & B-rad & I were able to get our picture taken too!
This is Mandy, my new jeweler.

And this is my 'step-mom', Rose. I call her my step-mom because my real Premier mom couldn't go to National Rally with us because her mother in law had passed away. Rose moved her room situation around so she'd be in the hotel room with me. She showed me the ropes & explained the craziness of National Rally to me. I would've been lost without her!! (She also almost got us lynched by other jewelry ladies! We had to stay at a hotel like 20 minutes from the arena. And Premier had shuttle buses for us. But at the end of the day - like 9 billion jewelry ladies were trying to pile onto those buses. And the lines were reaaaaaaly long. But Rose was all like, "C'mon-we're not waiting way back here!" So we very innocently (& stealthily) made our way to the front of the line & got on the very first bus out. Score! We were back in our hotel in bed before the others even got to there!)

So the celebration is all about recognition for what we've done the previous year. And ya'll know I love me some recognition. So this is me getting the servant's heart award. This award is basically just what it says - for having a servant's heart & a 'happy to do it' attitude! Gerilee (she's on the left) gave me this award because of all the things I help her with behind the scenes at trainings & for the website. I was really honored! But notice my face?! This is me telling B-rad (yes, while I was up front in front of God & everybody...) "B-rad. Office. Gotta happen!"

Here's the deal with the office. Our house has 3 bedrooms. Obviously we only need to use 1. So we've made one into an 'office' & the other is a 'storage/junk/whatever we can't fit anywhere else' room. The office is pretty large & half of it has morphed into 'B-rad's gaming room'. This is a problem. This is also where his stuffed turkey & deer are. Hmph. Like I wanna look at that when I'm doing official jewelry business? So I've been on B-rad about making the storage/junk/whatever we can't fit anywhere else room his gaming room & make the office THE office. As a matter of fact on the way to the celebration I told him, "I'm going to be gone next weekend. That would be a PERFECT time for you to get your game stuff outta the office!"

Here I am with my Servant's Heart award! Brenda, my real Premier mom is on the right & Gerilee.

Next up was recognizing the top retailers. She recognized the top 5. And I wasn't in the top 4. Hhmmmm? B-rad said, "Who's number 1?" I said, "I don't know...." And really - I don't pay attention to things like that. I know every month how many shows I do & my retail, but I never added it together for the year. But when they started to 'talk' about the top retailer - I knew it was me! YAY! I did 44(!) shows & had somewhere around $22,000 retail. G.u.l.p! Something else I was pretty proud about was the fact that Tracey has 88 people in her downline. I.was.number.6!! I told her, "You should LOOOOVE me!"

This is my entire Premier upline. Tracey is on the left, she's my Premier Great-grandma, Brenda, me & Gerilee.

So I went up front & I had no idea what they had in store for me. First they gave me a frame with a 'J' on it with a paper saying 'top retailer'. I also got a super sassy 'star' pin because I was a 'star' (I dubbed myself a supa star)! THEN they put me on a chair & gave me a black boa! I kinda thought I might get a pedicure.

THEN they gave me a paint roller. And I was like, "Uhm-I don't paint. Ask B-rad - I have NO patience for it!" And they said, "Well, that's good - because you don't have to paint! WE'RE coming to your house to give you an office makeover! Painting, accessories, everything!" OMG!! YEE-HAW!!!! I love that B-rad caught my face when they told me! I am SOOOO excited! (Uhm-but doesn't this tell ya'll I've been bitching about the office all over town?!)

Next up was a 'White Elephant' exchange. The guys brought guy gifts & the gals brought gal gifts. Gerilee did something cute with the guys. When their number was up, they had to go up & Gerilee asked them a question about their wives' Premier businesses. B-rad did pretty good at his question! His was, "When your wife sponsors a jeweler - & that jeweler makes $3000 retail, how much does your wife get?!" B-rad said 10%, which is half-way correct! I make 10% of the wholesale cost which is half of that $3000 ($1500). So I would make $150. (Remember how I said Tracey should LOVE me?! She made 10% of the wholesale cost of my total retail. And my retail was $22,000. YOU do the math!) It was a really fun night & I am so thankful for my Premier family! I had lotsa girls come tell me congrats on my achievement but that I better watch my back for next year! Bring it on, girls! I LOVE the competition!!