Two little girls, many years ago, decided to play office. They set up shop right there in the warmth and security of their grandparents’ basement. They had everything they needed: phones, paper, pencils and support staff.
Our grandmother played along with our every fantasy and grand scheme. Some days our office was just for “plain business” and sometimes it was the back room of a very busy restaurant or store. Whatever it was, it was awesome.
But it wasn’t real.
What we have now is real, but it’s still two girls – women if you must – having the times of their lives. We’re looking back, as we always do at Thanksgiving, and we are counting our lucky stars in an economy that hasn’t been kind to all of our friends in small business. We haven’t laid a single person off – in fact, we’ve hired and trained new people. We haven’t reduced salaries – in fact, we’ve invested in training our employees for more responsilbilities. And we’ve added more local artists to our mix – which only strengthens our local economy.
We like to think all of these goals and dreams started years ago in a basement in Mid-Missouri. They may have, but we’ve handed over the outcome of that dream to our customers.
We hope you can come and shop at the most amazing store that’s just chock full of treasures. We need you like we always do, and we can never thank you enough for believing in the dream of two little girls.
Have a happy Thanksgiving and glorious holidays.
casey & sloane simmons
sisters & co-owners
I remember this two precious little girls! I’m thinking you haven’t changed much at all!