Recap: Day 1.

I really should be getting to bed in a few but I wanted to let you all know that our first day in the store went really well! The new store opening team was great and full of knowledge! We had so many people scheduled that we actually finished up early. Looks like we're off to a successful start. There was minor drama today- some of it was dealt with and put behind us but some of it will affect decisions we were going to make in terms of promotions. You just never can tell what some people will be like in a work environment, can you?

I spent the better part of 8 hours entering our staff into the computer! Between the part-timers and temps we must have over 40 people whose names, addresses, emergency contact, job assignments etc. had to be put into the system. When I was done with that I had to adjust everyone's punch in/out times since the time clock isn't set up yet. It was a lot of work, but great experience. The person from the NSO team who is in charge of HR/operations, Kim, is really funny and nice and she is the person I will be working with the most this week. She knows SO MUCH! She's been with J. Crew for 14 years! I like the way she does everything because it is very neat and organized. I think we'll work really well together!

I'm so glad everything went as well as it did today and I'm excited to do it all again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day.... I can't believe I'm back in a store again, it's great!