I’d like to first throw a big “hey ya” over to Ryan while I commence to play off his latest blog.  I too, am not one for resolutions, they always remind me of the things that people say they are going to do, most never do, and they are typically things they should have already been doing so it defeats the purpose of true change to wait until the beginning of the year….if you are truly willing to change, then change in the moment, don’t wait, life is ultimately too short to put things off!  Okay, I just went into a complete rant, whatever.  As I step down off my soap box, which is rather tall because, like Ryan, I am not getting any taller and reach a whooping 5’1”, I must say that 2008 was a great year!

I feel amazing going into 2009, it is going to be a year of challenges, but great expectations lie ahead.  I feel confident we will continue to bring great deals to our customers and that our competition will continue to be admirable foes, great competition helps us all.  We have to approach the coming years differently, but I believe we are all prepared to do so and there is great courage in stepping up to the challenge.  As always, we appreciate all our patrons and colleagues, welcome to 2009!

Have great character…that’s what I’m going to leave you with until my next blog, which will actually be about product or something to do with product :)  

Thanks for a great year,

Tifanie