This time we decided that a couple of briefcases would do the job, so we filled them with all the fun of the fair (lots of £1.99 education books, picture flats and Mr Gum etc), and off i set. It's amazing what you can squeeze into 2 small cases, and this is how the completed table of treats looked like. Katie and Freya joined me, and this proved a great marketing ploy.

We had a lot of fun and the cakes were delicious. We also gave out loads of Big Green Bookshop Bookenier loyalty cards, and sold about a hundred quids worth of books.
I think these kinds of thing are really great for new businesses like ours. We get to show our support for a local school, we introduce ourselves to new customers, and we make a bit of money. At the same time Tim was in the shop being photographed and videoed for another schools project, so it was a really fun day for all of us.
A couple of days ago Mr and Mrs Flynn, some lovely regular customers, came in and gave us a bag of toffees and some rock. Special football rock. Regular readers will know that I'm a huge Bristol City fan (we won 4-1 yesterday!), but i'm not going to turn down some Arsenal rock am I? I was scoffing the rock yesterday evening and I noticed that perhaps this wasn't an official product.

And by the way, isn't Boo Weekly an arsehead.
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