Sorry for the lack of postings, we have been keeping busy here at Figs. The Holidays were GREAT! We sold a ton of stuff and doubled our sales from 2008 to 2009!! So, we were pretty happy, and we had this large amount of money. We were house hunting for a house we could have a studio in and getting all excited, but we realized we have so much debt still, we should really cut that down before we make any huge huge decisions.
The Wolf was getting cramped, and it was insanely cold here in Asheville, so The Wolf would NOT get warm. We decided, now that we have this lil’ cusion of cash, we’ll rent a studio that will fit Figs growth, AND another large purchase we will be revealing soon(super super super excited for this!!!!)
We found the perfect place! It’s located on Biltmore Ave in downtown Asheville. We’ll have some great photos soon, once we get our photographer friend, Rich, to take some photos for us, cause he’s the bestest(please, Rich?). We share a space with the Dogwood Alliance. They are super friendly and relaxed. Check out their site. They are an environmental activist group rallying for our friend, The Tree.
Elijah & his new favorite
I was going to Photoshop us together. But I don't want to now.
So Long Mr. Taco. You will be missed...
In other news, we are becoming all sorts of official. We are now an LLC, we have a lawyer, we’re getting Quickbooks set up, and all sorts of legal boring stuff done. We also had to retire our Honda Element 
. It was a hard decision, but we finally did it. We bought it in sept of 07 with 70000 miles on it. Not the best idea for people who drive about 30,000 miles a year. We were so upside down on the thing faster than our cat out of water! Yesterday we went to the toyota dealership and bought a BRAND new Scion Xb. Okay, okay. Don’t laugh. This car is kind of silly looking on the outside, but it only cost half of what the Element cost. It doesn’t have nearly as much space, and isn’t as awesome on the inside, but it has enough storage and drives great. Elijah loves it already, it’s taking me a little to get used to it. My concerns are purely superficial and silly, I just think people will think I’m silly for owning one. Elijah says “That’s stupid, as long as it’s functional, it’s the right car”. I will love it, someday. I also think he is happy cause I couldn’t drive stick very well, and the Xb is an automatic.
Time to get back to work on our new New York Gift display! It’s super cute and elijah is doing a lot of the design work this time, (yay for me!). We’ll have photos soon!
xoxo. rhonda
