I picked up our new client gifts this week from Modified Custom Screening right here in our SE neighborhood on Division. They printed 500 totebags for us with our logo and hopefully will have many more to do in the future. I've been taking mine on all of my shopping excursions. The night I picked them up, with 7 large boxes filling up my car I stopped at New Season's and realized I didn't have a bag...no, wait...I had 500 bags! So I broke into a box and brought one of my totes in to the store to carry out my things.

Me and the new tote bag

The genesis of the tote bags for our New Client Gift came as Michael and I were speeding through the desert in SE Oregon this summer heading to Malheur Wildlife Refuge. We were working on the clinic talking about colors and uniforms, advertising and things we would need for the clinic when we came upon the New Client Gift idea and started brain storming. I thought of things like coffee travel mugs or water bottles - something people would use on a regular basis and Michael came up with the tote bag. We had just started bringing our own bags to stores and were so sad when we had to accept a plastic or paper bag because we forgot ours. We would sometimes even just carry our items out without a bag if we could - when visiting Arizona this did not go over well as the checker kept pushing the bags on us for 2 items - she couldn't believe we wouldn't take one! And so it made perfect sense to choose a tote bag - it's a gift that people really could use. And now with our beautiful logo, these tote bags are stylin'!

Now I can't wait to open and have some clients to give these great bags to.

Latest update - the plan is to have the concrete in the front poured on Tuesday (I am jumping up and down and squealing as I write). Once the concrete is done, they can measure for the doors. Once the doors are on we will have a locking space to take possession of and then we can start building! I will definitely keep you posted.