Market Rookie

I went to market for the first time yesterday.  I have always just made contacts with people, and ordered everything from catalogs.  But this was a completely different experience.  I met a lot of people, and found some great products already!  Did you know retailers order all their Spring inventory in September and October??  Crazy, huh?  Here is a sneak peak of some of the lovelies I picked up for Spring...

Cool, right?  I felt like these two lines embodied what we are about-trendy, whimsical, colorful, lovely, etc.  I am in the process of finding several other great lines to bring to Little Rock.  I spent 7 hours on ONE FLOOR of the World Trade Center in Dallas!  I somehow did not manage to see everything either.  Now I know why people spend several days at market.  I wish you could have seen me yesterday.  I am sure all these showrooms could tell I was new to the game.  I was walking around with my shoulder bag with SEVERAL VERY HEAVY catalogs looking like my arms were about to fall off.  I recall making fun of all these ladies walking around with their rolly suitcase/briefcase things.  After a couple hours, I envied these ladies.  Mid-afternoon, a lovely line representative told me I could buy one just one floor below where I was- I am forever in debted to that woman.  I did realize, though, I am getting into the right business.  I had so much fun, and I am just getting started.  See y'all later.