And so the journey begins! I know I’ve already made my official announcement but I haven’t posted the details on here so I guess I should since I said I would post my journey of building the new location on my blog. Soooo, we are officially opening Susie’s location #2 in Bayers Lake Industrial Park. The space is in the Walmart parking lot between Payless Shoe Source and Harvey’s. We are very excited about the location as we feel it maintains our small “boutique” look in an area filled with “big box stores”. We knew location #2 had to be central, easily accessible, have lots of free parking (all of which downtown is not and the complaints we usually hear from customers about coming downtown) and be a high traffic area. So for us, this is the perfect location. And as always, we plan to make it known we are there once we open! 
We are so excited to get things underway. And I have already begun working “behind the scenes” on lining as much up as I possibly can before we actually get the keys and start building this sucker out. I’ve been acquiring equipment and lining up all my contacts to be ready to start asap. We officially take possession of the space on February 1st so opening day is contingent on how long it takes us to complete all of the leasehold improvements. I am optimistic that I will be able to coordinate things smoothly having one build out under my belt already and having built relationships with many trades people over the years now (still need a plumber though…anyone have a referral for me?). So realistically my goal is mid-March…but sooner would be better if all the pieces fall where I want them to. (You really can only plan so much unfortunately…which sucks when you are a MAJOR planner! I have to pre-plan how I will make my plan…it’s really sad.) Anyways, I met with my designer the other day and we are working on the floor plan which is the first step in getting all my trades people geared up and knowing what we want them to do…that and actually obtaining the building permit! I have also started posting for employment opportunities that will be available at our new location and my inbox is filling up quickly with resumes. I will have to interview, hire and train new employees in January & February while trying to juggle all the construction of the new location along with continuing to manage our current location! I’m exhausted just thinking about it!
So enough with all the exhausting babble…let’s peek at some pics! Since we have a roster of over 100 cupcake flavours I thought I would start posting some photos of individual cupcakes so you can see what each flavour looks like. It’s obviously going to take a while with so many flavours but let’s start with some seasonal flavours first:
Candy Cane
vanilla & pink peppermint swirled cake topped w/ layers of vanilla & mint buttercream & crushed candy canes
Egg Nog
vanilla cake topped w/ egg nog buttercream & sprinkled w/ fresh grated nutmeg
Gingerbread
gingerbread cake topped w/ vanilla buttercream & gingerbread man sprinkles
Hot Chocolate
chocolate cake topped w/ hot chocolate marshmallow buttercream & miniature marshmallows
So that’s the update for now but I will keep you posted as we progress…I have lots of fun ideas in store for the new location that you will be sure to enjoy! I will tell you what they are as soon as I work out the details…but I promise they are fun, creative and unique. Happy Baking!
Congrats on the new location, don’t forget that us “downtowners” love your current shop. I look forward to strolling downtown running my weekend errands; no parking required.
haha Oh no worries…I have no plans of messing with Dresden! Chain Lake is in addition to not in place of! We love our Dresden location too and it’s been very good to us, especially because of all of you “downtowners”! You will still have to check out the new location when it opens though cuz we will have products and services there that we don’t have downtown. And don’t worry…there will always be green frosted cookies at either location!