Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Fifties celebration in the downtown brought thousands of people to Bomanville over the three- day festivities. The weather was pretty good….. a little rain on Saturday but that did not seem to bother anyone. We had so many visitors to the store we lost count. Both Jenny and I were pleased with the turnout. We served homemade cookies. The men who come into the store seem to love this idea more than the kids! We were kept pretty busy this weekend helping out customers and joining in the fun.  By late Sunday afternoon we were pretty worn out. I had a nice surprise on Sunday afternoon, my brother and his wife and son came all the way from Georgetown to see the store. They loved it. I am so encouraged by family support.My mom came along with them. Bob and Julie spent quite a bit of time visiting which pleased me no end. My brother is now going to be on the hunt for treasures for me when he is up north at his cottage. The more treasure hunters the better!

I picked up Jen at 7 A.M. Sunday morning and we headed to the Lakefield Flea Market. We both enjoy finding neat and interesting items for our stores.  The truck was packed to the brim with wonderful finds for both stores before we were done. We had a nice breakfast in Peterborough and did a bit more snooping around before we headed down to Port Hope. I wanted Jen to see what a beautiful downtown Port Hope offered. Our dream is now to open a second shop in this pleasing little spot. Port Hope is picture perfect and such a  gorgeous landmark. We both have such vision and the desire to expand and offer our pretty,  timeless  and unique treasures in other towns that we know we would do well in. This little adventure left us both with big ideas and dreams. All this and we were back at the store at 1 P.M to open for business. WOW!

Good News! The weekend of June 18th, June 19th and June 20th should be busy and exciting for both Under the Toadstool and City Cottage. Downtown Bowmanville will be celebrating the 1950′s. The streets will be closed to cars and shoppers will take over the downtown business section during the  Fabulous Fifties Festival.  We are looking  forward to a hectic few days.  Since our instore draw was such a success at  Maple Fest we are doing it again. First Prize will be another huge gift basket. Second and Third Prize will be Gift Certificates for both stores. Sharon,  who provides Physic Readings,  will be offering a 30 minute reading to the 4th place winner. Our cookies were a huge hit last time around we plan to offer more tastey treats. We look forward to seeing at the Festival!

And in other news…I am very pleased that my little dresses are doing so well. I just brought another collection of pretty and unique dresses back from England. I do have help with selecting such nice frocks. My daughter Ali who lives in England is constantly on the hunt for special  little dresses that continue to fly out of the store. I carry dresses for little ladies for all occassions. The ladies hats are also selling well. I find the nicest hats in England and they don’t last long when I put them on display. I do think hats are coming back in style.  So, if you have an occasion coming up, do stop by and see what we’ve got in the shop!