Spring Cleaning in the Summertime, Singin' the Blues

Since Spring is such a busy time here at Lovely Manors, we waited until the Summer to get stuck into our Spring cleaning, because we're thinking about Fall....(confused yet?!).

We have been planning a good clear up of our stock and storage areas for a while now. We realized just how overdue our clean-up was yesterday. We were merrily taking inventory in the store, when the ground began to shake....vibrate...positively roll. It couldn't be an earthquake, we're in Maryland, we don't get earthquakes. We looked at each other, and then looked up at the stock room. You know it's time to rationalize your belongings when your first thought upon hearing an ominous rumbling sound is that it could be an avalanche of things in your disorganized storage area, rather than a natural phenomenon.

It turns out we were wrong. Our store room is so crammed that even a 5.9 magnitude earthquake couldn't shift it...so we had to.

We've spent a busy 'team building' morning clearing out the hoop house and re-covering it with plastic, ready for winter. You wouldn't believe how much we had accumulated in there! The dumpster is brim full, but we still have a large pile of 'not sure what to do with you' items. You know, those 'don't really need it but can't bring ourselves to throw it away' bits and pieces. After much standing around with hands-on-hips, making hmmmm noises, we hit upon it. A Flea Market! We ran a flea market here at the store a couple of years ago, and we're going to give it another go. We are looking for some Fabulous Flea Marketeers for the first weekend in October (1st & 2nd) so please contact us if you're interested in being a vendor. If you have nothing to sell, come along and see what you can buy! After our clear out we have LOTS of great things which we will be selling.

We're very excited about the Fall season. Next week we will start working on our Halloween displays (look out for fancy dress employees), and we are running late night shopping events with FREE live music. The first event will be on Saturday 10th September from 6-9pm, and will feature local Blues and Bluegrass bands. The same event (with the Blues band playing as our regular band and guest bands to be announced) will take place on Sat 24th Sept, Sat 8th & 22nd October. Listen while you browse the store, and enjoy pit beef from the stand next door, which will be open. We have Lovely Manors discount vouchers available on our newsletter, so sign up if you haven't already done so. Don't miss it....it'll be fun, and even better, it's totally FREE!

We're going to have our great regular Blues Band playing all four Free Fall Music Dates. Guest bands of various styles will also be appearing!