Emma Mason Turns Paperwork Into a Profit by Mara Williams

Author:Mara Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Success Street Coaching LLC

As I left the book shop, Cat was coming out the door of The Blue Moon Cafe.

“That’s good timing,” we both said at the same time and laughed.

“How did your meeting go?” I asked.

“Great!” Cat said. “Mr. Adams is ordering five hundred Red Velvet Twinkle Bars for Valentine’s week. We decided to put white cream cheese frosting on the top of each brownie with a big red X and O on top to represent “hugs and kisses.”

“That’s perfect for Valentine’s Day,” I said. “What about your tag with the cat stamped on it?”

Cat smiled. “I ordered a new stamp from the craft catalog last week. It will be a surprise for everyone, but I can tell you. It’s two cats facing each other with their noses touching.”

“That way, they will know they are your Twinkle Bars, just like when you used the black cat with the pumpkin stamp for the Pumpkin Twinkle Bars for Halloween, and the cat curled up under the Christmas tree stamp for the Holiday Twinkle Bars.”

“Yes,” Cat smiled.” My dad calls that “branding.” Every time someone sees my cat stamp, they know they are my Twinkle Bars!”

We walked across the street to the General Store. We wanted to look at some of the material and makeup for our next Chin-a-kins performance. My three Winner friends and I have a unique talent that we share at local events. We lie upside down on a couch or chair with our heads hanging down so that it looks like our chins are our heads. We draw little eyes with makeup on our chins, sing songs, and tell jokes with our funny little heads. We call ourselves the Chin-a-kins and have a lot of requests for our act.

We plan to sing “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring” for our next performance and use a small spray bottle to mist ourselves with water. Max and Nick laughed so hard the first time we showed them our wet faces we decided to make it fun and open little umbrellas during the song.

While we walked through the store, I stopped when I saw the coziest yellow bathrobe with matching yellow and red slippers. I took the bathrobe off the hanger and put it on over my sweater. The tag on the sleeve said it was on sale for $15, and the slippers were another $10.

“You know Cat,” I said. “I just got paid $30 for my work at the bookstore. I think I am going to buy myself this robe and slippers.”

“It sure is soft,” she said. “But you might want to think about the ‘opportunity cost’ before you buy them.”

I looked at her blankly. “The opportunity cost?” I asked. “What’s that?”

“Well, it’s looking at what other opportunities you have to spend $25. If you don’t spend it on the robe and slippers, what else could you buy?”

I thought about what else I could buy for $25. “I have been thinking of buying myself a professionally printed box of business cards at the stationery store.

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