Day 7

So, today Emily informed me that she had put in her 3 weeks notice. She had already been working here as manager for almost 2.5 years and she figured it was time to move on and get back to designing, which was her original dream. I will miss her greatly because she was such a great but chill person! My errands for the morning included: buying an x-acto knife from Design Partners, another black flower from Charm Creations, picking up a beading sample from Rehka, and picking up swatches at Eastern Silk and C & J textiles. Eastern Silk had all the chiffon organized in cabinets it was so neat and beautiful, as was C&J: very organized and pretty. I have learned that all the real business establishments operate upstairs in some corporate building, haha!

Upon my return, I made a swatch request form for Rhonas with the 2 swatches I had collected (the fabric of the dress they ordered was no longer produced so we were sending 2 options of available fabric currently), checked on production downstairs, and also ran inventory. I also helped make press kits this time, and using the x-acto knife carved out the center of Pesavento letterhead, placing in order this season's collection pictures behind it in a folder. I also had to run to Home Depot to pick up tiles that Jamie had ordered for the office floor. They were so unbelieveably heavy that I had to bring my rolling suitcase and the 12x12 box even almost crushed my right wheel! But it's all good because they paid for my lunch this time, and I went and got Pad See Ewe at Pongsri.

Throughout the entire day Emily was running interviews for the new managerial position. There were some girls that didn't even finish school yet, some women who were way overqualified, and another few that seemed just right. It was a great learning experience to hear Emily's questions and the various responses of each interviewee.

Off to the workroom, and more tomorrow!

-La Vie En Rose