Slipping and Sliding in a Winter Wonderland

It's this time of year that makes you love Minnesota isn't it? Or am I mistaking it for a different season? The snow is pretty, but boy does it create a lot of work!

Yesterday we had a mini holiday miracle at Art of Optiks. We opened the store at 9am expecting to have to shovel all of the snow we received this past weekend, but to our surprise it was already done! It turns out Dr. Tim stopped by the store extra early and took care of the sidewalk so the ladies wouldn't have to stand out in the cold and get our pretty shoes all wet. Thanks Dr. Tim! You're the best!

Here is Margaret enjoying the negative temperatures while sweeping off the sidewalk. If only we could all be that cheery during the winter months!

Caution: Power Tools

This fall has been project time at Art of Optiks, I guess you can say 'fall cleaning'.  We have been very productive (and sometimes frustrated) with all of the small projects that just seem to get pushed aside.  But finally they are all done.  As you can see from the photo of Stephanie, this is the beginning of our lighting replacement project (you wouldn't want to see the end photo). 

We have new lighting, new tables, and new chairs (oh the joy of furniture assembly).  Maybe we should start Art of Optiks construction, or maybe we should just stick to what we know best, fantastic eyewear! 

It's the Holidays at Art of Optiks!

It's December and that means the holiday season has officially started at Art of Optiks!   

Stop in to see our famous untraditional peacock blue and lime green 

decorations to get into the holiday spirit!  

Every square inch is lit up and covered in glitter!

Art of Optiks won 'Best use of Materials' in the Wayzata Chamber 

Holiday window decorating contest.

Inventory

Last night was inventory day at Art of Optiks.  Everyone at Art of Optiks hates inventory.  We have come to a semi-truce with inventory by me A. buying dinner and B. supplying wine.  Hopefully 'B' does not interfere with inventory counts.

On a lighter note, we did have many laughs trying on my children's halloween costumes (Miss America and Michael Jackson).  In case anyone is wondering at this point, yes, we do work here on occasion but we do believe in fun in the workplace.  

Everyone have a great weekend.

Cheers!

The Optical Maven

Beware of Dogs!

Here is a great example of why you keep your frame away from small children and dogs.


This Blinde frame was chewed and eaten by a customers dog. Luckily, we were able to replace this frame and reuse her lenses. This is a great example of why we suggest everyone has multiple pairs...imagine you were heading on vacation for two weeks to a sunny destination and this happened to your sunglasses 12 hours before your flight left!

Dogs love your glasses because they have your scent on them. So keep them in your case, and away from your pooch! Don't let this happen to your favorite pair of glasses...