Here we are....

So here is my first attempt at blogging....ever.

I think it would be interesting (maybe even slightly humorous) to document the process that we have started in buying a flower shop.  

Here is a a little background on us.....

Its been a long standing dream of mine to own a flower shop.  I thought it would be a great family business to own as it would allow us to bring children into the business giving them a good foundation and learn discipline and a good work ethic.

Over 20 years later I meet my boyfriend John and we constantly talk about opening up a small business.  One fateful afternoon we were going to stop by the American Legion Post for a beer and found them closed.  We took a detour and drove past a shop with a For Sale sign in the window.  

As a lark, I told my boyfriend to call on it.  We talked it over, brought our friend into the mix and found ourselves an experienced florist to run the shop for us.  So three weeks after we saw the sign and made the call, on October 1, 2008,  we signed the papers and became the proud owners of Andre's Flower Shop which we promptly renamed Blooms on the Square.

So with zero floral industry experience we plunged head first into turning around a failing flower shop.