Looking back, looking ahead and catching up
It’s just about done, the online holiday rush.
We’re still restocking as we can but I am holding off til the dust settles for some stuff. That and various supplier warehouses are taking a week or more off at either the end or start of the year so there’ll be no more Leg Avenue til sometime in January and I have to have all our B.ella, Nouvella, EG Smith & 2 Brothers Organics in tomorrow before their 3 week break starts. Sourpuss came in today along with a few backordered items from Tabbisocks like the super cute over the knees with lace ties above. This image is the winter ad for Bust & Bitch, but sadly, after weeks of waiting, we got the last of what they had including mostly hot pink lace and neon purple lace ~pictures to be taken in the next day or so. It’s sure to slow down any minute now… And when it does we get to start trying on more new socks and getting them added because we have just about sold out of everything new I’ve added for the past month with our ability to restock in Nov/Dec limited at best.
As noted on our home page and on shipping info…
Time’s running out if you are aiming for the 25th to exchange gifts
Please upgrade your shipping method accordingly, preferably at the time of check out
All US orders $40 & up still qualify for a free upgrade to priority handling & shipping
2 day express orders all cost $22 (within the US of course)
Zappos is still offering free overnight shipping
how they do it I do not know
what I do know is we do not do it
that and if you have a really silly email address, it’s time you knew
we will probably laugh when we see it on your invoice, yes, it’s true
and all those goofy gift notes, we see those too.
What we don’t see is anything you write in a ecard
no sir, we have no way of seeing a single word of it,
I thought it best to keep that between you and your recipients
And, in case you weren’t sure…
you can buy as many of those ecards as you like, have them mailed to yourself
print them up on any paper you like, plain or fancy, with or without a cute note
and give them away within minutes without even leaving home!
About the future…
Olivia, my beloved friend and web designer is designing a fantastic new site for us.
Developer Dan is hard at work on the coding to not only make the new site work but transform the current one into this amazing new design with all the features you crave & expect in a modern website. We’ve also been working with the amazing Echo X who is creating our logo. I wish so much that I could give you all a peek at what I’ve seen, but I cannot so you must wait. We should know an approximate date for completion of this project in a couple more weeks. Of course I was hoping for sooner, but isn’t it always the way? Brigid and I are going to start working on the physical store in the coming weeks & months too. Just what we come up with and when we let people shop in it is still undecided, we’re generally aiming for springtime. Springtime, when everything starts turning green again and we’ve all dug ourselves out of our winter wonderlands.
…Til then, cozy toes and dreamy socks!
December 17th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
What a lovely post Niq!
Im just getting so impatient for the new site in all its lovely gorgeousness and of course the logo… ohhh yumm! Its going to be so delicious and so worth the wait. Echo’s work is breathtaking - definitely worth clicking on that link and checking out her work. You might even recognise a few of her pieces.
December 18th, 2007 at 2:41 am
i just love you all….i do….and i wish everyone !everyone! in sock land the very best and safe and happy holiday season with all those you love!
this place just makes me so happy always….how can looking at a picture and reading a couple words bring me such joy???!
December 18th, 2007 at 6:29 am
Of course I meant to mention that Olivia did the ad above too ~:)
and I do not yet know if we can get any more of all those great Hot Sox. It is not looking good for the button up leg warmers, but I have a feeling we’ll see lots more stuff like that next year.
December 18th, 2007 at 7:03 am
I’m so excited to see the opening of your brick and mortar store! I will definitely make the trek down to Portland! :O) I’ve been on a “sock ban” recently but I still visit often. ;)
Happy Holidays to all of you beautiful sockie people!
December 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
wow, Echo is the living reincarnation of Alphonse Mucha I love him. What a nice post and the picture is just so pretty. All the big changes coming sound great. Your business is always changing, it’s exciting. :)
December 18th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
If you need a website tester, clicking around for broken links and stuff, let me know. I love window shopping your site.
I actually did find a couple of broken ones, such as the plaid armwarmers on the Tabbisocks page, although the link from the armwarmers page works fine. (I noticed because I keep checking back in hopes that the red/black/white combo will reappear.)
December 18th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
If you have a little extra to spend on yourself this Christmas the B.ella Niego is worth it based on the feel alone. I tried them on and it was like putting my foot into a cloud. I’m going home to chill and these will be my companion.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I felt the same way when I finally tried the Niegos! Soooooo wonderful and squishy, even in shoes after wearing them all day.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Also, I am SO EXCITED for all the pretty new things happening, you have no idea.
December 19th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Merry Chistmas one and all!!
BTW…nice artwork!!
Peace,
Bob
December 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Yay yay YAY! I’m so excited! My latest order came in the mail today. I’m in Nova Scotia, so I didn’t think I’d get it until after Christmas, but I’m so glad I did! Now I can give those adorable mouse baby socks to my friend’s new little baby (whose nickname happens to be Mouse) and my arms are nice and comfy in my black fingerless gloves.
Yay! Thank you Sock Dreams! I love you, and you’ll definitely see more of me in the new year.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Happy Holidays to all!It has been a lot of fun this past year. I have been buying from Sock Dreams a little over a year now.EG I haven’t seen you around on the journal recently I hope you and Vel are well. I especially love your posts with the cool links
December 21st, 2007 at 10:33 am
Can’t wait for the new site.
Any chance they’ll be a way to search by price? I noticed the need when I was trying to get stuff with my e-card.
December 21st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
yes, it is on the very long list of features ~:D
Brandy…
I was waiting to see if EG piped up, she is very busy, but last I heard she & Vel are well.
December 23rd, 2007 at 3:37 pm
hey guys, hope 2008 is an even better, warmer, and fuzzier year for you all!
(though, your 2007 was pretty fantastic as well!)
my feet have never been as well dressed as this year thanks to this site :) Can’t wait to see the redesign!
December 24th, 2007 at 12:29 am
Merry Christmas! or God Jul, as we say here. I’m sorry I haven’t been around much, but I’ve been ratehr busy with my newly started swedish fashion blog (yes, some promotion of you has taken place ;))
December 24th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Happy Anniversary Niq & Bsti, and Merry Christmas everyone. Lots of love all around to all you wonderfull sock peoples! xxooo
February 1st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Zappos does it by raising the price of the shoe to cover the shipping cost, then saying it’s free.
Their customer service is so good that I still deal with them, though.