New Adventures Pt. 2

My new opportunity is with a direct sales clothing company called LuLaRoe.  I was introduced to it through a friend at church.  She's been selling it for about a year and has had a lot of success, but that is not really why, or how, I got involved.  I first got interested because the clothes are so cute AND comfortable.  They also fit pretty much everyone, with women's sizes from XXS-3XL. The sizes are generous too.  They also have kids clothes sized 2T-14. Both the girls and I love it!

Leggings with an Irma tunic.

DotDotSmile Dress

Amelia dress (with hidden pockets)

After the initial interest in the clothes themselves, I started looking more at the company and was even more impressed.  I love the loving, giving culture of the company.  There is no competition between consultants because everyone has different stuff in their inventory. (At least, that's the idea. I have seen some consultants online that don't seem to share the vision of the company very well.)  Another thing that appealed to me was that the parties, called Pop-up Boutiques, are low-key. There's no sales pitch or catalog. You come, shop, hang out with your girlfriends, and take home what you buy.  Being that I've proven I'm no sales person in the past, this sounded pretty good.

Nicole dress

Enough facts about the business, let's talk about my story.  As I mentioned in the last post, I really want to be able to ease some of our financial stresses.  I've looked at (and tried) different at-home, party-based businesses and none of them really suited me.  LuLaRoe seems unique, though, and really caught my attention.  I started kicking around the idea of signing up, but hesitated to talk to Ben about it because there's a pretty big starting investment.  It just kept going around inside my head, so finally at the end of March/beginning of April, I mentioned it to him.  He jumped right on board and said that if I was serious about working it, we could use next year's tax return to get started.  I was thrilled!  As the next couple of days went by I kept feeling a sense of urgency.  The company is growing so fast that they made a waiting list (the Queue) so that they wouldn't end up with more consultants than they could supply inventory for.  I talked to Ben again, and we decided we should go ahead and get my name in the Queue. I wasn't sure how we were going to manage it, but it felt right. So, I prayed about it. A day or two later I got a "pre-approved" credit card offer from our bank and applied, not really believing they'd give me enough to make any difference.  Within minutes, I'd been approved for enough to cover all of my start-up costs!  So...on April 13 I sent in my paperwork.  I'm still waiting to be made official ("onboarded"), but I've used that time to finish my schooling (yes, past tense!!!) and work out a business plan for myself.  I should start selling in July and would love any support you all can give me, whether by buying something or by sending good thoughts and prayers my way.