Get FREE 31 Products in April!!

      I am really excited about April coming up! I seriously cannot wait for March to just be over with already! This is such an awesome deal that I am pretty sure I will be buying Christmas presents in April!

     Hosting a party is so easy and the rewards are great! You get FREE and half-off items; Plus you get access to buy our awesome Hostess Exclusive Items at a great discounted price!! If you don't feel comfortable hosting a party in your home we can do it anywhere!
     McDonalds while you let the kids play? Yes!
     Park while the husbands grill and kiddos play? Yes!

      It is so easy! There is the option of a Party on the Go or you can have an Online Catalog Party! Let me know if you would like more info on any of these options!

 And... to sweeten the deal... I am offering another April Incentive for those who would like to host a party!

Get Products for FREE in April!

Book a party during April and get one of the following items for FREE!

~ FREE personalization on one item!

~ a FREE luggage tag!

~ a FREE icon hang tag!

 Bonus Weeks!!

Host your party during one of the following weeks and earn even more FREE products!

~ If you host a catalog party during the last week of March that closes on April 1 (customers get half price purse special!) you get to pick one of the listed items and get a FREE Small Rosette Clip!

~ If you host a party (catalog or in home) during the week of April 2nd through the 8th, you get to pick one of the listed items and can pick between a FREE Small Rosette Clip or a FREE Manicure Nail File!

~ If you host a party (catalog or in home) during the week of April 9th through the 15th, you get to pick one of the listed items and get a FREE Medium Printed Rosette Clip or a FREE Wristlet Key Fob!

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Contact me today to book your party!!

Rebekah Lewis

Independent Thirty-One Consultant

www.MyThirtyOne.com/RebekahLewis

RebekahsThirtyOneBags@gmail.com

**For those who have not already been introduced to my other incentives - Make 5 orders from me and on the 6th get FREE shipping!! ** Refer a friend to either order (outside a party) or host a party with me and you get an extra credit towards FREE shipping!! Just have her tell me your name when she contacts me!!**

 

 

Where we are...

An update on the 101 list.

We have scheduled a trip to Houston! #6 will be completed at the beginning of June!

Not positive yet...but we are seriously considering suspending some of the more expensive and extensive house repairs because with our job promotions we believe we will be buying a house about a year from now!! I see this as a HUGE upgrade from repairing a house we don't own! That will change #'s 15, 17, 25, 43, and 89.

Number 68 - to find the 9 puppies a safe and loving home... we are down to 2!!!

Stop biting my nails... I'm doing much better!! A little harder to gauge a relative time frame that I set out for meeting this goal though.

And the one I am most proud of (although being closer to puppy-less is sure nice!) ...

Losing weight and running a 5K... I have been training for 2 weeks now with a friend! I am so excited about the new routine this gives me in the morning. I leave the truck at my Dads house, John drops me off there to run with Sonya who lives across the street. We run (her two kiddos are loving this!), I go by Dads, shower & dress then off to work with a little bit of extra time that I spend working on Thirty-One (Which I am LOVING by the way!!) This week wasn't the most perfect week...but there will be bumps in the road - and what I love most about all of this, is each week is a fresh start!

I leave you with a picture of my newest Thirty-One bag!! I am so excited about this one - it is the double zip cosmetic bag (a hostess exclusive item!) it should be here tomorrow!  Ask me about all the exciting things happening with Thirty-One! I would love to share it with you!!

Unexpected Changes

     We have had some unplanned changes in our life! Don't worry, these are good changes!! : )  As you may have noticed, I have marked out number 9 on my 101 List -- NO, I'M NOT PREGNANT! (Sorry to disappoint, or for the other side of that fence you can let your breath out now...)


     To start off, John was given a promotion!! Praise the Lord!! We didn't expect this promotion, it was performance based and he just showed up one day to work and they told him he'd start the new position in 2 weeks! Ironically, we had just been discussing the weekend prior where he saw himself with the company in a year. He was hoping that by this fall (when he met his year mark with BSN) he would be in this position or one similar!! {So congratulations Sweetie!!}

    Okay, so the pregnancy/mommyhood plan changes - Each year at my job they do Reviews for each of the professional and support staff.  Along came my review, which went very well - I got an increase in hours and a nice little pay bump! It is so nice to feel appreciated and a job well done to be noticed!  My review is the source of the big changes...

     ...our office manager is retiring in 15 months.  Seems like a long ways off, but when you think about the amount of time that is needed to train someone for this position, it seems like an alarmingly short period of time! Especially when you consider the fact that when we are in the heat of a tax season, there is no time for extra work like training someone!

     I am going to be the new office manager!! This is going to be a huge learning curve for me!! I have never kept books (but did take introductory accounting thank goodness!) so I'm going to need to learn that on top of learning all the other stuff she does! It will be a huge responsibility and I'm so excited! This is a wonderful opportunity! Especially for someone my age!!

Game Plan:

• Start training with Patty this fall after the October tax deadline
• She would taper out of the practice as I took on more responsibilities
• I would take over her position in full by July of next year (2013)

     So while I was talking to them about all this, I went ahead and told them that we would like to start a family sooner than later.  My bosses were hugely supportive of this and said they had figured this time and decision was coming up for us sometime soon (I love my job!!). So, if I will bide my time and go through training and transitioning then work for a year in the position; get accustomed to how things will work, take my position paperless (the rest of the office is headed there now); and then we will look back into starting a family.

    It is a little frustrating to be headed full steam ahead in one direction and stop and turn another; but both John and I agree that this is the best thing for us. Yes, it is technically possible that we will have qualified to meet the requirements of my 101 list and be pregnant by the time my deadline expires, but that isn't all that realistic - so we decided this promotion can be my "baby" for the next while.

   "There will never be a good time to have a baby" you say? You are correct  -  but let me enlighten you to why we decided that this simple offer so totally changes the game for us. My current position has some nice perks. For example being part time means that if we were to have a child now, I could keep working after maternity leave (assuming we could find affordable child care) and not be loosing money. The flexibility is great! However, our office is small enough that we aren't required to abide by FMLA. I'm sure my bosses would be great about it and hold my position for me, but they don't have to; and since I'm hourly there would be no pay compensation for my time gone.
    Being the office manager would get me a sanctioned, paid maternity leave! But wait, there's more! They have also said that if I complete that time (training then a year) with them, when I do come back from a maternity leave, I can work from home some days! ...and one day down the road when the munchkin is in school - they are amicable to me working school hours! This isn't the kind of thing you see advertised or offered every day... or ever. You don't turn it down when it is offered to you!

   We are so blessed that I have such wonderful employers and such a great office with awesome co-workers! We are so excited to be embarking in this new chapter in our lives!

P.S.
This may mean other changes **for the BETTER** to the 101 list! More to come!!

My "Why"

     I am a creature of habits. I thrive on routines, if I don't have a routine or a schedule I literally break down.  Not in a crying heap or unable to function, break down - like absolutely nothing gets done. For example; when I wake up in the mornings if I do not make myself go get in the shower right that very minute (or sometimes after a quick breakfast but before checking emails) I won't make it to the shower until 15 minutes (or less...) before I need to walk out the door. Oh, and no worries if I'm running that late to shower, don't delude yourselves to think, oh well surely she actually knows what she's wearing - because no, those are the days I run around the house in a towel (because my bedroom, bathroom and closet are in 3 separate parts of the house) muttering about how I don't have enough clothes and how much I hate that I didn't just make a schedule and stick to it. These are the bad things about having such an open schedule in my mornings (have I recently mentioned that I love my job?!?!)

     This is why I decided to become a consultant with Thirty-One. Yes, I put it on my 101 list as a "do something I wouldn't usually do" but I didn't really explain that. Along with my habitual schedule (good or bad) I tend to not take leaps.  I always find reasons to not do what I want to do (or need to...).  I had been considering joining Thirty-One since the fall. Every month I found a reason not to, some were legitimate, but mostly it was a steady stream of excuses because it might be something that I try and utterly fail at. I think it is important that I try, though.

     I love, love, love the company! I seriously can't find a single thing I don't like about them! It is a Christian based company that stands on the principles of supporting and encouraging women! I love their products! Even if I weren't a consultant I would still probably be well on my way towards owning everything they offer!

    My favorite part, the part that I really didn't expect; is how much fun I am having! Thirty-One is coming out of my mouth all the time! It is something I'm passionate about! It's great! I knew that it would be "fun", as in something to do, something to set goals with and work towards growing as a person - but I am having genuine fun!

     So, ask me about Thirty-One and how you can enjoy the fun too! Or don't, but I'll share the fun with you anyway! : )

Take a S.H.O.T.

      As I mentioned in a previous post, I am a new Thirty-One Consultant! As a new customer special I am offering a little game as an incentive! Take a SHOT - this is a great way to earn between $5 and $20 towards great products! This is in addition to all the great hostess benefits you would be getting from a party!

HOST A THIRTY-ONE PARTY!

And Take a S.H.O.T.

Just follow these simple steps:

• Six Guests = $5 
• Host your party on the originally scheduled date = $5
• Order total for the party over $300 = $5
• Two bookings from  your show = $5

     All of these things are really simple on their own - but together they make for a great party!! The best part? It is really easy to accomplish at least 2 of these 4 items at YOUR party! $10 makes a big difference in the price of that bag you really want! 

     Guess what?!? If you get those two bookings from your party and attend your friends party - you get a FREE Organizing Utility Tote (at BOTH parties!!)!! You can't beat that! 

     This incentive is offered for ANY in-home parties booked through the end of March. Ask me about the great incentives I can offer you for your very own catalog party!!

     **For those who have not already been introduced to my other incentives - Make 5 orders from me and on the 6th get FREE shipping!! ** Refer a friend to either order (outside a party) or host a party with me and you get an extra credit towards FREE shipping!! Just have her tell me your name when she contacts me!!**

   

Dallas Stars

     This last Saturday (2/4/12) John and I joined our friends Kim and Ryan and went to a Dallas Stars game! We had a really good time, granted we didn't know what was going on most of the time. It was still a really nice evening out!

     This completes one of my 101 items and I had so much fun I think we'll go again sometime! Next sporting event we plan to go to however will probably be a Mavs game. : )