Now that your belly is full of that wonderful Thanksgiving dinner you just had last eve, are you ready to go shopping and support the local businesses in your community? Local businesses across Washington are hoping to make the most of Small Business Saturday and other promotions as the coronavirus pandemic continues to redefine the holiday shopping season.
Independently owned boutiques, gift shops, mom-and-pop hardware stores, restaurants and the like are facing unprecedented challenges as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic changes how Americans do their holiday shopping.
The idea for this special day is to encourage people to shop small during the post-Thanksgiving weekend and support their local economies. It has become a holiday shopping traditional dedicated to supporting all kinds of businesses — from the corner store, to your favorite local restaurant, to your neighborhood comic book shop — and everything in between!
What’s new this week for Small Business Saturday?
HYFVE in with cold shoulder velvet tops and cropped sweaters. Perfect with high-waisted pants. JODIFL has lovely tops with a magenta jewel tone top and also a floral top full of jewel tones. These tops are a breath of fresh air! DOUBLE ZERO gives us some leggings with pockets and light colored crop sweatshirts. Everything we get in these days seems so appropriate for this renewed holiday season. We have so many beautiful scarves as well and before I left today there were sweat-shirts with MERRY on the front delivered to our doorstep. If you are looking to warm up your tootsies, well, we have 2 new styles of boots, so check them out below!
I am loving everything in the store right now, and as you can imagine, that could pose a problem for me buying gifts for me, me, me. I did buy the person behind me in line this morning a latte at Starbucks. That was the best feeling in the world….to buy a stranger something and see the surprise on their face. Priceless. We show kindness unconditionally to our friends and family, but what about a perfect stranger? She was very gracious and said she was going to pay it forward to someone too. The whole ordeal did my heart good. If you can find some kindness in your heart, I ask you to do something nice for a stranger. I promise you the feeling will give you such joy. We don’t ever know what others are going through in their life and an act of kindness may be just what they needed to make life feel a little better!
We want you to know that we are so appreciative of all your support. You have been there for us through thick and thin in the past year and we are forever grateful! We always hear from you how it is important to you to support local businesses and we like your way of thinking. You don’t just talk the talk, you walk the walk all the way into our boutique. You tell your friends and family about us and you bring them in when they are visiting, or just to having a day out shopping together. With all that has happened in the world we are so happy to be in business and to be able to serve you. It is truly because of you!
We hope to see you this Saturday. We will help you find exactly what you need! We absolutely make that promise to you. Thank you again for all your love and support. xoxoxox
“When you support a small business, you are supporting a dream.” ~ Author Unknown