Originally Posted by louisa

im no longer a virgin (i m talking about the owning of a shop) i have always managed other peoples shops so i took the plunge when i saw a shop for sale that was a bit run down but not enough that it was not viable. ive spent most of my time when its closed painting it from pillar box red to a clean fresh white everythings going fine but every now and then in the quite five moments of the dayi start feeling sick thinking what the heck have i done no ones going to use me all the regualr customers might hate me and go some where else im not sure how to advertise the shop whith out looking tacky the windows like an oven and now my minds gone blank and cant think of any cool funky window dislpays when i used to work for someone else they just rolled out oh well ill keep my nose to the stone and keep plugging away at it i just wondered if anyone else ever felt like this or had any inspiring ideas to motivate me