Man Chair

Here's today's offering from Urban Dictionary:

November 22: man chair

A man chair is the chair that men sit in while their partner is shopping for long periods of time. They can be found in almost any clothing or shoe store.

Honey, Ill go over here and sit in a man chair while you go shop around. Meet me here when you're done.

(Mom & Gretchen - I corrected the punctuation from the original. Even though it was a copy and paste, I couldn't let it be.)

I can't imagine why anyone would drag anyone along to something they clearly didn't want to do. Especially someone you love! I see it at craft shows a lot.

Woman to disinterested husband: Isn't this cute?

Husband: Yeah.

Woman: Wouldn't this be perfect for Aunt Betty?

Husband: Uh-huh.

I'm sitting there thinking, "Why are you asking him? Can't you see he doesn't give a darn?? Furthermore, why did you bring him in the first place?"

There are men who are genuinely interested - especially in the mechanics of how I do what I do. I can spot an engineer at 20 paces. Or a math teacher.

My favorite addition is one I've seen several times this weekend. Mom or Mom & Dad are dragging a disinterested teenager with them around the craft show. Said teenager is walking and texting on their phone the entire time. Sometimes they actually do look at my stuff - and then they dig it. Especially the peace signs. They are selling well at this show.

I took twice as many Sticky Notes as I've taken to any other show. I think I'm just going to have enough. The show is just 5 hours today. If I have an outstanding afternoon I just might match the first year I did this show. I was starting to think that was just the novelty of my first year of participation in that show. That was my "career-high" to date. As it stands now, this weekend is in 2nd place of career-high - so I'm pleased as punch.

Most other vendors are saying good things too. I honestly don't know if being in this front building has made a difference in my sales, but it feels like it has. I want to stay here, I've decided. I'm going to walk around this morning and get a better feel for the lay of the land. I'll take a picture of my area today to post tomorrow. I was assigned a spot I wasn't sure I'd like - in an alcove of an exhibit. That sounds worse than it is. Being a museum, the layout is a bit funky but maybe that makes it interesting. I paid for a larger booth this time, 10" x 10" but I can use this whole alcove, which I think might be 12" x 12" or so. I love having that much room.

Granted this is a big popular show in time for the holidays - but we're feeling the economy must be improving. I hope/think/feel/believe the worst is over and things will get better and better from here.

I have two more shows the next two weekends - each just a one-day Saturday show. Then I have some house projects to finish up. Then time to get cranking on next year! Yesterday I counted - I did 15 shows last year. This year I will have done 8. But that was my strategy, to do fewer, but bigger shows. Not doing the major 3-day Letchworth show when Steve's mom died definitely put a dent in my projected sales, but that's okay. I'm already planning next year in my head. I'll get serious about planning after this season is over.

39th Annual Holiday Bazaar
Friday November 20, 5:00-9:00

Saturday November 21, 9:30-5:00
Sunday November 22, 11:00-4:00

Rochester Museum & Science Center Holiday Bazaar

657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607