The first thing that most people will say when I tell them I am opening a women's clothing boutique is, "where did this come from?" And I promise, it did not just come to me a few weeks ago...I have been thinking about this and researching it for over a year now...maybe longer. Anyone that knows me well would tell you that opening my own business has always been my overall career goal. I can't imagine going through life without at least having one business (or trying one business that is).
The boutique is a bit random, I know. I'm not some fashionista and I would rather be in sweatpants and a T-shirt most days. However, I do love clothes, accessories, shoes and purses. I like putting things together and love trying the trends. My background is in sales and customer service. And one thing that I know for sure is that Omaha definitely needs more clothing shops and more customer service! Besides your usual Gap, Banana Republic, J Crew, we do have a Von Maur, Anthropologie and a few boutiques that are good but other than that, nothing. We need MORE!! We have the people (and its growing so fast) and the right economy.
I am also a Mom to a beautiful 1 yr old. She is just the most amazing little person and I can't believe she is my daughter. She is pictured at the top right corner with me. I decided when I first got pregnant that I would stay home with her, at least for a while. I was at a good place to be done with my current job and my husband was at a good place with his law practice. I was hoping that I would absolutely love being at home- it does make life easier if you are able to for both you and your husband- there is no doubt about that. And I am not saying that it is easy to be at home with your kids, it is the hardest job in the world!! I'm just saying that it does make life a bit less hectic- no one has to get the kids to daycare and there is someone running the house full time. But I quickly knew something was missing for me. I waited and waited thinking that it would get better but I just really felt like I was missing a big part of myself. So the job search started, I knew that I would want something not full-full time and something that I could actually put my business degree to work again. Well, that is pretty much impossible to find. So the whole business thing came up again...we have so many ideas. Seriously, this is what my husband and I do for fun, we think of business ideas, I know- total losers. But finding one that would actually have the possibility of working, one where I would not have to be there 60 hours a week (I may be working 60 hours a week but I do actually close at the end of the day) and one that I would really be excited to go to everyday (especially if I was going to leave my daughter for it) ruled out almost every single one of them except for the boutique. So I started reading and talking to everyone I knew that had retail, boutique ownership and fashion buying experience and found out that it would be possible and was actually a really good idea.
This is a blog to document my experience from start to finish, keep people in the loop and hopefully get you excited to see the shop!
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