The Aftermath

When I think about the most thrilling, adrenaline rushing, sweat-on-my-brow moments in my life, I think of…

…jumping out of an airplane the day before my 19th birthday.

…cliff jumping when I don’t really know how to swim.  (I’d jump dangerously close to the shore and doggie paddle the few yards until my feet could reach.)

(Not me. Photo credit: Tourism Edge)

…giving birth.

…twice.

And now, I also think about… the Cute Stuff Sale.

Y’all, it was crazy!!  If you weren’t there, you’re just going to think I’m being ridiculous, but if you WERE there, back me up!  It was B-A-N-A-N-A-S.  In a good way.

The morning sale went from 9:30am to 10:30am.  The afternoon sale went from 1:30pm to 2:30pm.  I spent a good portion of the afternoon tallying up the rest of the items for sale, emailing shop owners, getting last minute requests to join (all very cool), saving pictures, writing down prices…

And then at 7:45pm, about 15 minutes before 8:00pm, I realized that I had 62 items for sale.  62. I’m supposed to end this thing at 9:00pm?  Not happening.  We’re staying up late, folks.

So, right before 8:00pm, my computer froze.  I grabbed my cell phone and called my friend Lindsey, begging her to post something on the NiceGirlNotes Facebook wall.  Last thing I needed was people thinking that I bailed!

So then we started.  I was posting pictures with special prices.  Y’all were loving it!  It was the excitement of the competition, the anticipation of each item, the rush to get your comment in before someone else could steal some awesome merch from you!

It was crazy on my end, too!  After each post, I had to check back to see who “won” it, declare a winner, request their email address, cross it off my list, etc.  I kept needing breaks!  And some of you wanted to just stay in the game!

It was obvious that I had a lot of work on my hands (and not pee, by the way).

And then Facebook started slowwwwwwing down.  Slowwwww.

And apparently, Mindy is a Facebook prophet.

Literally.  Facebook gave me a pop-up and warned me that I would be blocked from Facebook because of my “over-interaction.”  Of course I was too indifferent to look it up, but maybe I broke a bunch of TOS rules.  *shrugs shoulders*

So then I was like… FORGET THAT NOISE!!!  LET’S BRING THIS JUNK TO MY BLOG!!!

And then you broke my blog.  Everyone ran to it at once.

It wasn’t working.  Not well, anyway.

Come and get me, Mark Zuckerberg!!!

We managed to finish the sale on Facebook (with a serious lag… my punishment), and honestly?  I had SO much fun!!!  I think you did, too!  It was like a Tupperware party… but without Tupperware or weird fruit punch.  It was like.. a really fun cocktail party and a shopping spree smooshed together.

If you missed a sale, don’t fret!  Check out these amazing shops!

Bride Blu :: Lilac Ave :: murdock design :: Two Poodle Press :: Yokomono Studio :: Emerging Em :: Our Hiding Place :: simply pretty prints :: Mandipidy :: Flamingo Toes :: aPearantly Sew :: Torch Illumination :: Barefoot Lake :: Along for the Ride :: Linkel Designs :: Jenna Baggs :: Ninth Street Notions :: anycards :: Twattenburger :: Mama Jill Designs :: Beauty for Buttons

The Etsy shop owners were amazing (seriously, some beautiful stuff!) and you guys were incredible.  I’d totally do it again, but the only future I can foresee at this moment consists of an inhaler, a long hot shower, and some therapeutic music.  But not Dido.  Never Dido.