indecision

this weekend was spent largely fretting about what to name the shop and also starting to think about layout. the store is only 9 feet wide so this will be more complicated than just buying whatever and putting it inside. it's good to be married to an architecture grad student who has been doing a lot of autoCAD recently, i now have neat little diagrams of different ways to configure the shop.

more name ideas:
bantam (smallish, feisty)
zidi (a kind of fig, just a nice short word)
manzanita (another nice word, reflects my west-coast-ness)
firecracker (kind of asian)
landmark (this one is sort of a joke as it was the name of the paint color in my last house, the paint color everybody loved)
and
rare device (from kubla khan, i'm glad the english degree was good for something!)

i am having quite a bit of fun working on the inventory list. i guess i have to start (ulp) ordering and shelling out the money. ouch. also i will draft a consignment agreement tonight, dontcha love forms.

NYC seems to want more sales tax payments from me too, what timing...

based on some advice by the lovely Faythe from Flying Fish/Paper Boat (thanks Chic Cosas for the idea!) i will be setting up yet another bank account, etc. i am stubborn as a mule and don't want to do it but it will make sense at taxtime i'm sure.

also tonight i have to print a round of the wedding invite job, and eat dinner, and it's already past 8pm. yikes!