Due to technical difficulties, this post is a tad later than it should have been! Yesterday really means two days ago…

I have mentioned a few times in this here  blog that I have started a new Mary Kay bizz.  So far, all that has entailed is purchasing a small inventory (choice is always totally up to you just how much you want… you can start with a whole lot of nothing, if that’s the way you want to roll) and participating in various training sessions, meetings, and whatnot.

Well, yesterday I finally had my launch!  Apparently, as far as launches go, it was a success (according to my leader, Martine).  Who am I to argue?  I’m in training!  Of the 20 or so ladies I invited to help me start out, 14 showed up (and three called to let me know they were tied up and couldn’t make it ~ very appreciated).  This, too, is considered a good turn-out.

The table

Some may, or may not, have come for the food (!)  No, seriously.  Some totally came for the food!  😉 I made sure there were plenty of goodies to eat (Thai Salad Wraps, Chicken Chipotle Wraps, Open-Faced Smoked Salmon sandwiches, veggies and baba ganouj, salmon and coffee bites, prosciutto-wrapped shrimp and brownies and fruit tarts.)  Only thing left over was the second plate of sweets that got forgotten in the fridge!  Much to my sons’ chagrin…

Thankfully my friend Dominique called to ask if she could come early.  Absolutely.  As long as she understood that I would be putting her to work!  I have this problem, you see.  I can be over-ambitious when it comes to food.  I have a reputation to uphold, you know.  I needs must deliver!  Thanks to Dominique, I did.  She took care of all my veggies for the platter as well as the salmon sandwiches.  Woot!

My helper

Martine arrived early to help ~ OK, she totally set up my table with the products while I finished in the kitchen and getting my cadeaux ready.

Martine and silly me

We sat/stood around my dining room table whilst Martine explained the company and the products and I went around “sputching” creams on hands and handing out wet cloths.  There were many laughs…  After the presentation, they were all invited to take a closer look at the products and see if there was anything that tickled their fancy.

Laughing

Don’t forget to show these!

A good time was had by all, I sold a few items and am now pumped to get this going.

It’s funny… ever since I signed up with Mary Kay, I have a phrase from the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes” that keeps repeating in a loop in my head. (I wanted to add the clip but don’t have the technical ability (read inclination)

• 02:03:14 You’re the reason I get up every morning…
• 02:03:18 and that Mary Kay’s havin’ such a good year…