I can scarcely believe I'm saying this.

Both TMTM and Odditoria have ZERO outstanding orders as of right now.

----------------ZERO-----------------

I have worked like crazy after the supply snafu and tomorrow's mailings, which includes all the backordered stuff, is sitting by the front door for tomorrow's mail. I seriously cannot remember the last time I had zero orders outstanding. It's crazy and I am proud of myself. I get to hang out with my kid for the rest of the day!!!! YAY!!!

I even got to change my turnaround time.

Wow.

Oh, the irony........

So my supplies finally came in. I got up at 5:00am to start work, with BIG plans to get all outstanding orders out. Go to print shipping labels, and Paypal isn't working. Call Paypal tech support and they tell me to clear my cache and cookies, restart my computer, and try again. All that done, still not working. I try Internet Explorer (usually use Firefox)...still no dice. So I update my Flash player, my Java, download the latest version of both IE and Firefox, restart the computer about 7 times.... nothing. Call tech suppport again and find out they're having technical difficulties. No idea when the site will be back up again. So I'm sitting here with a bunch of outstanding orders and no way to fill them. Seriously, why today of all days?

UGH - finally

Part of my supplies came in today. I'm working like heck to fill orders I can. I'm expecting the rest of them tonight, so tomorrow things should start getting back to normal (after I catch up).

TAT

I'm really pretty angry right now, but I will try not to be as nasty as I want to be.

I've been doing this for a while. I know how things work. when I am beginning to run out of supplies, I know how much time I have to get it ordered and delivered to me before I totally run out. Lately, this little formula of mine has been turned on its ear. 3 (yes 3) of my suppliers have decided getting things out just isn't very important, apparently. As a result, I am completely out of some really MAJOR supplies, which has now pushed my turnaround time to a week. I have so many outstanding orders right now, that when the supplies do come in, I will be looking at pulling at least one all-nighter to catch up.

I had to do something I hate doing today, which is email a bunch of people and tell them their orders are going to be late. I'm really frustrated, and wanted to give everyone a heads-up. If you're still waiting for your order, this is why.

I'm really sorry.

A Sale and New Stuff

I'm having a sale in both shops today. Over at The Morbid The Merrier, it's buy two 5ml perfumes, get one free. At Odditoria, it's buy two perfumes, get one free, and buy two postcards, get one free. Sale ends tonight.

There are going to be a few new additions to the postcards (after I get the files to the printer, that is). Here they are:

Have a great weekend everyone!

Love, Lysa

ODDITORIA

Well, it's up an running - somewhat. I will be dding product all night tonight. Zzzz...... I'm already tired.

http://www.odditoria.etsy.com

And here's Isabella - my dark horse. I've had really amazing feedback from the samples I've sent out. Really surprised, and it's not my usual dark scent. I love it when that happens!

Okay, you asked for it......

One more time - WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Okay, it's out of my system now.

so the announcement is this...............

I'm opening a sister store!! This has been something on my mind for a while now. While I LOVE and adore TMTM, sometimes I feel there are things I want to do that just don't "fit" over there. I'm in the process of getting the branding done, getting everything printed up, and getting all the merchandise up and ready to go. This shop will be quite a bit different from TMTM. I'll be selling ephemera, bone jewelry, vintage odd things I come across, perfumes, postcards, art prints, and more! I'm really excited about it, actually. Scared, too, because it's a HUGE endeavor. I like the look of the new shop quite a lot - it's got sort of a creepy elegance.

So, wanna peek?

I present to you................ODDITORIA.

The new shop is located @ odditoria.etsy.com. I will post here when I get it up and running.

Soooooo....................................?