Putting a Face to A ‘Virtual’ Friend !!!

After drinking rather too much vino at my sister’s “in between Christmas & New Year” party last night I felt rather under the weather this morning and was steeling myself for a less than inspiring day……then my ‘virtual’ friend Mel walked in & it has made my day

Mel, however is very real and not ‘virtual’ in the cyber-space-game-playing sense at all.  I’m sure Mel won’t mind me calling her ‘virtual’ as we ‘met’ on Janey Lee Grace’s Imperfectly Natural Forum, that was until this morning when she visited me in the shop.  Mel currently lives in Italy with her two children and partner.  She got into the whole natural & organic thing when her daughter developed very bad eczema as a baby.  But with the power of the Internet, it means that I, Mel & other like-minded natural & organic eco-warriors can share day-to-day thoughts, experiences, stories and tips….but there is nothing quite like meeting people face-to-face and having a good old ‘gas!!!

The majority of people I now meet in the shop have switched to natural & organic products because of an illness, generally an allergy or skin condition like eczema.

In fact, Mel’s visit today was just the beginning of a really good day…..despite feeling cack with a real pounding headache, I can honestly say today has been great.  Since opening my shop a little over a year ago I have met some really lovely people….not something I thought possible even just two years ago!

I have just had a really nice couple in from Devon…..the lady has (like I did) been buying all her products via Internet and was really pleased to find the Santé cosmetics in a shop….makes it all the easier to choose the right colour!

It’s on days like these that makes the hard work (and worry) all worth it!  To my lovely customers / visitors you really do make this all worthwhile, to you all I’m very thankful!

Nicola. X