The 'business'.

I’m sure many are wandering how my little side business is going. I call it my ‘side business’ but its honestly more like a hobby or a fun night out as it is just so much fun and not at all what I would call work. I love it. My only problem is getting the business. It’s quite hard. You see with Tupperware everyone knows about it and it really sells itself. However when it comes to adult products unless your particularly out there looking for this type of party you’re not going to know it’s even there.

I have tried self advertising, putting up flyers here and then even going as far as putting some up on the backs of toilet doors (cheeky me). In fact I got a call from one such girl wanting party who had found my flyer on the back of a toilet. However let me tell you about this so called party.

It was originally for a night in March but she cancelled a few hours prior which was fine as I had another party the same night and fitting two into the one night may have been pushing it so I was secretly relieved. She said she would re schedule for the week after Easter which she did. That was last Saturday. So I called her the night before to see how she was going organising the party and to confirm the time, address and numbers etc. All was good. Or so I thought.

Saturday night I drive all the way out to her place which was on the other side of Canberra so it wasn’t exactly a short drive. I had a funny feeling at around 5pm (ESP most likely) that I should text her to confirm once again. In hindsight I should have.

So I arrive on time at a bit before 7.30pm. The street was super dodgy and I was almost afraid to get out my car but did and couldn’t find a number 7 anywhere. I decided to call this girl and let her know I was out the front but having trouble finding her house. Normally its easy to spot as you can hear laughter inside and there is usually lots of cars parked out front. This street was deadly quiet apart from a domestic I could hear from the inside of my car!

So I called her and said “Hi, its Nicole from Flaunt it, just ....” and bam, mid sentence she hung up on me. At first I thought it may have been my phone that had run out of credit so I tried calling her again. This time her phone went straight to voice mail. I checked my phone and I still had plenty of credit. I called again and this time left a message. A very nice message. I explained that I had arrived and was unable to find her place and was unsure why she had hung up on me, I also said if she wanted to cancel and reschedule than thats more than ok however it would have been nice to call me prior to driving out.

I sat in my car for a little longer. Still shocked. I ended up driving around a bit more to see if there was in fact a house number 7, there was as I eventually found it. It was dark and empty with a for sale sign out front. I have no idea what happened and I haven’t heard anything from her since.

I’m not angry as I don’t think she knew any better she is young but I hope she learns that not only is it immature to do such a thing but really disrespectful. If I can take anything at all from this I will call all hosts that I’m slightly concerned about on the day of the party. I don’t want to waste my time and money (especially with fuel prices lately).

Apart from that one hiccup I’m loving it. Its so much fun, I get to go to all these parties where I am the entertainment. I’m really a shy person and I don’t think I’m confident at all but when it comes to this business I’m incredibly outgoing. It feels natural and I never get nervous. I love it. I just need more bookings for my name to get out there. I know it will with time and for the time being I’m just taking it one party at a time.

Until next time

Nicole x