Phew! The shop event is over, and things can get back to normal... well, semi-normal. Normal now includes Peanut Preparation.

So, I spent a good part of the last two weeks reorganizing the shop to get ready for this event and a total of about 20 people came... needless to say, I have not been in the mood to blog about our unsuccessful weekend. Anyway, now the shop is pretty and I can take pride in that at least. Here's a short tour...This is a view from just inside the door. You can see H standing behind the counter looking like a dignified owner. We've got fridges on the left and TVs on the right. Down the center is a mock kitchen counter. To the far right is a shower/bath but it's hard to see behind the free standing TV.Vacuums, fridges, microwaves and rice cookers, irons and electric shavers...Light bulbs, blood pressure checkers, stuff we bought in the US, sensor lights, CD player, photo frame, LED light bulbs, etc...

TVs, washing machines and MY brand new microwave/oven/grill/ toaster!

That's it... I really should have taken before/after shots... there are some old pictures somewhere I think. I'll save that for another time.

Even though a lot of people didn't come, we actually did pretty well. We were completely on our own this time too, just the four of us. Usually a Hitachi Rep. comes to support us, but there was some big thing in Matsumoto and no one was available.

With MY new microwave thingy, I baked muffins and cookies and grilled chicken. I made oatmeal cookies... they don't really have oatmeal cookies in Japan, so I got several requests for the recipe. Everyone was very impressed with the things that my new thingy can do, and two people bought a cheaper and slightly smaller version. Yay! My mother-in-law got a new sewing machine and had it out to display and we ended up selling three!

I was all ready to take my new thingy upstairs and start using it, but H said that we should leave it in the shop a bit longer. (T_T) But I wanna play with it! Wahhh... OK, I'm done. I'll make him take it upstairs for me by the end of the month.

Comments