A damp Tuesday

Today, the Institute of Professional Wedding Planners sent me an email containing a link to the logo that I am allowed to display on my website and stationery. I felt that it was a good time to add the logo for the Federation of Small Businesses too and as it is a rather complicated (well, it is for me) process I contacted Laura at the printers, she agreed to make the additions for me and charged me £23 which isnt unreasonable considering coding is involved. There will be space on the front page for the Events Planning logo too when I have finished that course.

I ventured into the rain today to go to town to see Laura and pay my dues as well as looking for a vanity case to keep my emergency kit in, one of the planners suggested I use a handbag but that doesnt look very professional and I would feel like a right twit walking round with two handbags. I looked in quite a few shops but the choice was somewhat limited so I eventually settled on a hard Antler case which has a carry handle and a detachable shoulder strap. I chose it because it has a myriad of pockets plus it will last me a lifetime, it was also the best that I could afford.

On arriving home, I found a large envelope had been wedged inside my postbox - it was a letter from the Institute and contained my diploma as well as a press release with plenty of instructions, I need to amend the press release as it give my personal number and states that I will be setting up a business - I have already set it up LOL. I am only going to submit it to the Chamber of Commerce for their Chamberlink magazine - they may use it, they may not but I know they are always on the look out for interesting and unusual businesses.

I decided today that I will write to the General Manager of Selfridges in Birmingham because they don't have a wedding section and I think that the store needs one - they have one in Oxford Street, London but who wants to go down there when we are the second city? I shall endeavour to offer them my planning services too - to quote Deborah Meaden "it takes an entrepreneur to spot an opportunity where none existed before" - I wonder if I will become rich and famous like her?