Two Weeks of Greatness! :)

Last week started off poor with the Monday happenings, but Tuesday ended up being great.  I was told that I had enough credits to get my minor and graduate in December.  Thank you Heavenly Father for sending me to SFA in Spring 2004 to take business classes that I didn't like AT ALL!  Those four classes helped me get a minor in General Business.  It's humorous to me, but it works.  I am graduating in December with my second Bachelor of Science, and that's all that matters to me!  No, I will not be walking, so don't look for me.

Today is the next happy event... I am finally leaving Petsense.  Okay - that's not completely happy as I've made great friends, been there over three years, and love the babies that come in the store... puppies and kittens.  But it's happy because I am going to get to work for a great company that is growing, and really wants to move people up in the company.  Now, for some background information...

Spring of 2007 I was the Assistant Manager for The Buckle.  I loved my job, and all the clothes.  The fashions were things I lived for.  While helping one customer find a new shirt for her senior pictures, her mother informed me that she wanted 7 of me to work at Maurices as she was going to be opening up a store in Nacogdoches.  At that time, I didn't think anything of it because I loved where I was.  Fall 2007 I ended up in Nacogdoches at Petsense, and not too long later, I would go by Maurices to shop from time to time.  Every time I went by and any where I was spotted, I was asked if I was done with school and what was happening.  Three years have passed by, and I finally was like you know, I think I might be ready for a change.  But these thoughts didn't just start up.  I was a 14 year old girl when I first really knew Maurices back in Waycross, GA.  It was where I got my black formal dresses, and even my prom dress for my junior year of high school.  I loved the store, and told myself that I would work there when I grew up.  I thought when I was a senior or in college in GA; not a 27 year old in Nacogdoches, TX.

Labor Day weekend I approached Leslie to see if she was still looking for someone, and she was.  At first, she was looking for a First Assistant, but because of my experience, she felt the Associate Manager position would fit me best.  Almost two months, an interview with the District Manager, and lots of waiting, I was offered a position as the Associate Manager in the Nacogdoches store.  I will train there for 12 weeks solid, and then have a few months to interview with other districts.  From there, my hopes are to have my own store, and to just grow with Maurices.

It seems kind of different as I am a Child and Family Development major, but so much of that I think is just for my own personal life.  Heavenly Father knew what I needed, and when I needed it.  Everything happens when it needs to happen, and I am so very blessed right now!

As a friend said today... "watch out Brandon, you won't have anywhere for your clothes."  :)