Some of you know the business model of my store. The whole store is your store. I have about 100 styles and colors in the store. When a customer walks in my store he can choose any style and color and then we will order that color in your size specifically for you. We have started to find moderate success and I am well pleased.
I was able to meet some great people. I have totally obsoleted the vendor from NYC and have found some great vendors. I can do and blend suit from 34S-70L!!! And any wool suit from 34S-60L! And we are able to do 2 pant suits!!! Send any would-be missionaries my way!!
It was so crazy. We went down to the LA Fashion District. It was NYC meets China town. You could buy pretty much anything fashionable there. I didn't have time to see if they do "watches" like they do in NYC china town. We were able to register our business with the fashion district and work with vendors at wholesale pricing.
I met Sammy. He is a 30 something year old millionaire. He took me to his warehouse where he has 100,000 suits at all times. crazy!!! We were able to work up some deals with him. He is a great Jewish Business man that says he likes to work with mormons. He asked me what I am passionate about. I told him a lot of things that I love. He told me that I was very fortunate and that he isn't passionate about much of anything. He is a prime example of someone who has tried to appease his appetites with sensations and materials and can't do it. It is true of what Elder Robert D. Hales said in last conference: the natural man can't ever be satisfied. I hope to send him out a Book of Mormon as a gift as our relationship grows.
The fore mentioned individual helps us with our blend suits. We use another vendor for our wool suits. We also had a great meeting with him and he also asked if we were mormons. This guy did not look what the suit business usually looks like. wow! he was pretty inked up. He is not the guy we usually work with but one of their employees. He did however know his stuff when it came to suits. He helped us out quite a bit and gave us some screaming prices for suits to go in our show room.
My Uncle Kent got us a smoking deal on the hotel. Thanks. I went down with Jesse and his wife Kelsy. Jesse is one of my best friends and former missionary companion. And my cousin Amanda came with us. They were all great to have on the trip. I got a new cell phone and it has GPS functionality. It was such a saver for us. We drove down Friday morning after finals and drove back Saturday night. Quick trip!
We went to a couple of beaches. The weather was a little chilly and the water even more so. It reminded me of Oregon a little bit. It was great to have the sand between my toes nonetheless. We went to Newport Beach and Malibu. I was glad that we were able to play a little bit but so happy that I was able to meet with some great vendors and get exactly what I needed for the store.
I am excited to plan my next adventure!
