By my standards Ladies' Night went really well.....I didn't faint as the first women came in the door! That may have had something to do with the first person being my older sister and she hasn't managed to make me faint yet so.....
The food seemed to go over well, but who wouldn't love specialty cheeses and home-made brownies!
The goal of the evening was really to see if the ladies in our community would even enjoy an evening of demos and food at the hardware store. Our pilot programme seemed to please the fifty or so ladies who attended and we have received some very nice compliments on the evening.
The point of the Ladies' Night isn't just to sell things (although we enjoy doing that) but we want to open up the vistas of what this store has to offer, especially to the women shopper. As well as providing a helpful source of information and hands-on workshops geared towards providing beneficial information. We are looking forward to planning more of them and hope that they will continue to refresh and inspire any who attend. Thank you to all who came, we appriciate your support.
Here is an email I recived from Jacque Tanner, which expresses what she thought of the evening.
"Just wanted to pass on to you how successful I thought the Ladies' Night Out was. Very delightful, fun and educational! I know it was a lot of work, but I am excited to know how to clean windows in an efficient and satisfactory manner-Sherry did an excellent job in her demonstrations! And it was very helpful to see the newest products available for hanging items without putting huge holes in the sheet rock!! But I say, (besides the great goodies-brownies and cheese!!!) the highlight was the painting demonstration. Wow, did I learn a lot!! LOVE the suede look-and the endless possibilities with the glazing leaves much room for creativity. Very inspiring. Maybe if there is another Ladies' Night Out you could give a demonstration on how to make more hours fit into a day so we have the opportunity to DO all these things!!! (Wouldn't THAT be nice!) Seriously, you did a great job-well worth our time. Thanks!"
