J. Crew & Park City: A Match Made in Cashmere Heaven.

Well opening day has come and gone and what success we had! I can't display exact numbers, but we were up 800% to our planned volume by the end of the day!! I was TUCKERED OUT by the time I went home, but it was a great opening! People in the area were psyched about J. Crew's official arrival to Park City. They are used to shopping retail so the promotions were quite appealing. The best seller today was our women's cashmere cardigans which are a great deal at the moment! Mom and Dad sent flowers to me and my wonderful staff for good luck on our first day, and clearly, it worked! Thanks from Team Park City :) Tomorrow will probably be just as busy, actually, I'm pretty sure that we are going to be slammin' for the first week at least- maybe more. I'll keep you all up to date on the happenings! Oh! And I asked Jackie about my earrings (as I noticed her 2 earrings per ear) and she said that she is not concerned with it as long as I look nice and put together. Which, by the way, I thought I did today! My opening outfit was a new tweed pencil skirt and a haberdashery shirt (button-up) with flats and a pretty beaded necklace- I was comfortable, which is super important, and I felt like I looked good too! I was glad that I decided not to wear a warmer outfit because we had a problem with the thermostats today. It was so hot in the store that we had to go buy ice and bottles of water to hand out to the customers!! We should have that fixed soon- thank goodness!!

Okay, so is anyone else a DWTS fanatic like me? Ever since I first started watching this show I have wondered why I like it so much and I think it is a combination of things:

1. It's LIVE! I love the fact that anything can happen, and it does! From injuries and swearing to wardrobe malfunctions and technical difficulties you just never know what to expect! Live television is exciting television!

2. Tom Bergeron is phenomenal! He does live TV so well because he's quick and not afraid to look silly. He always has a funny comment for everything and he gets right back into the swing of things if anything goes wrong.

3. Dancing is FUN TO WATCH!! Especially when one half of the dancing team doesn't really know what he or she is doing- it just makes things more interesting and entertaining. Those professionals are amazing. They not only dance, they choreograph the routines themselves! I can't imagine the amount of work that goes into the show each week.

4. The costumes! From the dancers to Samantha Harris, the wardrobe is beautiful and outrageous and I love it!

5. The suspense. Each week on elimination night I get all nervous about who is going home! I always hope it's not my favorite couple, but up until tonight I have never voted. I decided to be proactive this season and fight to keep the best dancers out on the floor!

6. For the most part it is actually a dance competition as opposed to a popularity contest, especially in the later weeks. Usually the best dancer wins, and if the rest of America is like me, the more we watch the show, the better dance critics we become. I can actually tell the different dances from one another just by watching them and pick out the talented couples.

I've learned one thing about this show: funny guys don't last. The first couple voted off was Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinksa, much like last season's early exit by Adam Carolla. Apparently comedians and dancing don't go together. It doesn't matter how good your partner is and how witty you are, if you can talk the talk, but not walk the walk, you're going home.

So here are my early favorites...

Brooke Burke seems to have the most natural talent so far. She seems very grateful for praise she receives from the judges and it looks like she's having fun and really trying. Derek is kind of annoying (especially after his pairing with Shannon Elizabeth last season) but he knows his stuff.

Toni Braxton also looks good out there in terms of natural ability. She also seems to be working hard and is very appreciative of the judges' comments. She has a good partner too- a former DWTS champ!

Misty May-Treanor and Maksim Chmerkovskiy aren't bad and I'm biased towards Maks since I've always had a little crush on him and think he was robbed of the trophy when he danced with Mel B.

Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer are like a little punk rock couple and I'm loving it! She's a new pro this season and she's got spunk and flexibility, plus Lance isn't bad either. This competition has been good to N'Sync in the past.

Oh my goodness, are you all bored to death? Maybe not, but I'm tired and tomorrow is sure to be another long day, but luckily it's the end to my 8 straight FULL days of work. It will be nice to have a couple of days off in a row to relax and get some stuff done.

Good night and have a happy hump day :)