Fat Talking Reindeer in Stockings!

Stress Level Today: 3 Grey Hairs

So whats happened this week? I asked Karl. "Not a fat lot" he replies in a very helpful Monday morning kind of way. Its been an odd kind of week with one day seeing us take half of our normal weekly takings in one day then the next day hardly any sales. Almost as though the world outside The Pit (office/spare room) has been wiped out in some Supernatural event.

Exciting news! We've had an influx of talking Santas and Reindeer in our brand new Christmas pet toys. We've even got rabbit and Hamster Christmas stockings!

They are so cute and cuddly. I might just get one for myself.

This week it is all good news with the first of my day job friends on the verge of moving to pastures new and salaries we can only dream of. Good luck to her!

Its been all quiet on the High Street Prices website. Hopefully it is a pre Christmas lull and people are poised to leap into a buying frenzy soon. Ideally an indecisive frenzy so they need a price comparison website for fabulous gift ideas

Lord of the Websites: Return of the Fireworks

Stress Levels Today 5 grey hairs

You would have thought I would learn not to write a blog entry on a Monday morning before going into work but no here I am tap tapping away in the most hideous foul mood that you can image because I have to go into work in an hour. Lets try to imrove my mood by turning to all things Ardent.

I've managed to squeeze in some spring cleaning of our categories and am currently making sure the heading Dogs is lovely and orderly with all the items snuggled nicely just where you would expect them. At the moment its a bit of a mess as I'm halfway through and theres a lot of fantastic items falling into the Dogs category. Just have a look at the Aquatics section for an idea of how it will look when I'm finally done if my soul hasn't been sucked out of me by then.

Selling has been a little quiet lately due to the impending doom of the economic climate and E Bay deciding to change how it works just enough for all the neophobics to run for the hills, away from the furthest wifi reaches. Hopefully it will pick up soon otherwise food is going to become an optional luxury again.

I've wheeled out and dusted off my surviving the fireworks season epic article again. It is just what you need to get through the next 4 months of small warzones in suburbia. If you want a good read visit our squidoo lens at http://www.squidoo.com/ardentpets_fireworks.

Karl has been showing a little favoritism between our two babies and has been spending more time on http://www.highstreetprices.com/. It now has a lovely collection of Google ad campaigns to lure all those fiscally fabulous Christmas shoppers through our portal to a virtual mall of wonderful bargainous gifts for all.

Now my bad mood is under control and simmering nicely, I'm off to do a little bit of picking and packing before dragging myself kicking and screaming to work. Come back next week for another exciting installment.

Christmas ideas, Explosion of Elephants, Hard of hearing hamster?

Stress Level Today: 3 Grey Hairs

Its been a good week despite my chronological advancement on Thursday. Had lots of nice things and managed to distract myself completely by reading and finishing one of my birthday books.

Still got the feeling I've got a bit too much on my plate as Uni coursework is slightly behind schedule as we hit a slight problem with clicker training K.D. the hamster (and small pet product advisor for www.ardentpets.co.uk). She wasn't picking up click means treat after several sessions so we think she may be a little hard of hearing as she started getting the idea when I swapped click for a light.

Work is work need I say more (better not go there at the moment)

Were are having a massive stock clearance at Ardent Pets and have just started arranging a job lot of odds 'n' ends to auction on E bay. So look out for an extravaganza of elephant shaped hamster houses and get bidding.

Dont forget to visit our new baby www.highstreetprices.com where a whole page of discount coupons appeared this week. Great for those early Christamas presents so get shopping!

Links, Links, Links and Christmas Presents

Stress level today: 4 grey hairs

Its been links, links, links this week for both www.ardentpets.co.uk and www.highstreetprices.com . We are now listed on oodles of web directories so that google thinks we are fantastic and popular and will rank our web pages really highly (or at least higher than they are now).

Its has been very exciting with our first commision earned through highstreetprices.com after less than a week since its birth. I've been having a good rootle around all the different sites listed and have some great ideas for Christmas presents already. At least that's one less stress this year.

Thats all for now, come back for more next time