Today I am thinking about money.  Ya know that song by Snoop Dog “I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind”  Yeah….that is SO ME today.  This could be happening because I just wrote a check for over $700 to my lawyer or it could be that Christmas is next week and I have a pile of receipts sitting here, or this might be about the contract agreement for the CHA Winter Show that I just reviewed and NEED to get submitted ASAP. CHA-ching!

In all honesty you can’t start a new business without major start up costs and I am prepared for these expenses but sometimes I am even amazed at how quickly it all adds up.  In fact I am keeping a spreadsheet handy on my desktop so that I can record expenses as I go.  

In other fun news our friend is coming over this weekend to discuss my plans for the trade show booth and we will be getting started on building the walls!  It won’t be that hard really….but I do have some special requests so he will have some challenges!  We are going to have a 10′ x 20′ linear booth in the new exhibitor section at the show in Anaheim so that means our booth will be U shape (rectangular) with a back wall and 2 sides!  As a little teaser…here is a fun item that will be finding it’s way into the booth.   Hmmm…..I wonder how much this cost me…..I better go update that spreadsheet!