Nov 18, 2007 01:33
We got back this evening from attending a day at ChiTAG. I will take some time later and post more detailed experiences and thoughts, but the show continues to be disappointing. Were it not for the chance to see my son up in Chicago (alas my daughter was already off with her busy schedule, being back for only a week from college, by the time we arrived so I did not get to see her) it would not have been worth the trip. But that was not completely unexpected.
On Friday we got permission from the mall to execute our plans for the store renovation over the next couple of days and so will be closed from Sunday thru Wednesday and ready to re-open by Black Friday. We continue to run into a few unexpected expenses with the mall and government, but I did try to factor in some buffer in the budget for the possibility of such, hopefully there will not be too many more.