Saturday, September 18, 2010

Starting Business

Yesterday we got our final inventory in and within minutes we had our first customer calling to tell us they needed their mats, towels, and aprons asap! Nothing like preparing and preparing for everything to go smoothly and then comes chaos. Thankfully Shane and I were able to get everything together and delivered to Chops by 5pm when their doors opened. Check us out at www.peachmatservice.com. It feels so good to finally have our business up and going after months and months of working to get everything together.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Soon to be Mrs. Bridges...

So I have been engaged since March and we have finally decided on a wedding date but we can't book the event place until October 21st. I am counting down the days til I can book the pavilion. I will feel much at ease once this is done. I have been planning most of the details already and I am so grateful for the Internet: I have found several great ideas on how to save money and create an Eco-friendly wedding. Shane and I are very Eco-friendly conscious and we want to be able to show this at our reception. We are going to create our own invitations and wedding favors. We are going to leave our reception in a very unique way:) 
A huge plus for Shane and I is my mom already has a business that creates flower arrangements for weddings!!!! And her friends will be a huge help in creating this unique wedding. Also one of my close friends will be helping me with some of the plans: Casey Lavender Mims with Modern Events; check out her website~ modernevents.biz
I think theknot.com is an incredibly helpful website and I wish I would have created it:) My main concern at this point is the wedding dress. For the first time in this planning I do not know what I want- I have looked and tried on several different dresses but have not found the one yet: I like too many different things.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Corporate World

Today, I have been contemplating the corporate world. As I mentioned in my last blog I have started a business. It is a floor mat rental and dust control company called Peach Mat Service. We have started this business in Milledgeville, GA because there is not a local company that offers this type of service. However there are several national companies that currently service the Milledgeville area. We have landed the hospital and three other restaurants and are super excited to start this new adventure. In our few days of selling we have encountered problems with trying to get corporate businesses to use a local service. A lot of the corporate chain restaurant managers are not allowed to make the decision on what vendors they want to use. I could understand this when it comes to the food product considering that they want all the restaurants to have the same food quality but when it comes to servicing floor mats and dust control products you would think these corporate businesses would allow general managers to use a local business if they wanted to. In this struggling economy it is important to shop local and help support local businesses.
 

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Beginning Blogging Again...

The first blog that I created was for an Education class that I had in the Spring. I have decided to go back to blogging but instead of writing about school I will be writing about my everyday life! I have a lot going on in my life: engaged and planning a wedding, starting a new business, searching for a family who needs a nanny, working for my family's dry cleaners, and more!
To begin, I am engaged to the most incredible man, Shane Bridges. To describe him I will sum it up with his favorite quote: "Do not speak-unless it improves on silence"~Buddhist Saying. Shane and I met in Lake Oconee and started a wonderful relationship. We are planning on getting married October 2011 in Lake Oconee where it all began. We are both ready to be married and travel through this life's journey together.