The boxes of dolls are piling up!!

Our doll shop is lovely and charming--Dutch door, right by a fountain, nice wall moldings, cozy corners and nooks. So, I don't regret picking this location for the doll shop for one moment. However, I DO seriously regret how small our back room is. The problem with selling dolls for a living is that you have to keep all the empty boxes in the back room for the dolls out on the floor (plus the dolls, obviously, still in box waiting to be sold on the Internet or in shop).

Which means that a large back room would be ideal. We don't have that! So, this time of year, when the doll orders from Toy Fair are streaming in, we end up with big boxes of dolls in the back of the selling floor that need to be unloaded immediately, priced, displayed, and then for the extra stock and boxes, stored in a much-too small room! Arrggh. We know we have to move to a store with a larger back room--the question is only when and where.

As to what we are unboxing--we've already received many of the new Marie Osmond dolls, and huge crates of Madame Alexander dolls are on the way! We've also gotten a few Robert Tonner dolls, including the lovely Lady Kitty and some darling Tiny Kitty dolls.

There are also new miniatures, new Ty (Beanie Baby) products, new Showstopper porcelain dolls, Charm! Its and so much more to display, price, unbox and store! Its a great exercise program! And, its a fun time of year, to see all the new products come into the store and our customers reactions to them. Well, I'd better run...the UPS man has just shown up with more boxes!!