Here's the skinny.

Upside:

Sales are going up steadily.
Our customer base grows weekly.
I've got billing terms with Diamond and Alliance now, so our cash flow has freed up a bit.
We're dangerously close to being profitable!
(And that includes taking home a paycheck for myself!)

Downside:

I am falling behind on some of my basic paperwork, and my overall workload is high enough that it looks like I won't be able to continue posting on this blog very much longer. I do still spend some time over at the Captain Comics message boards, posting occasionally about the store (but mostly just making bad jokes). There are a few posts over there that I'll probably repost over here on the ol' blog from time to time.

Once we get to the point that I can have some additional help in the store more often, I'll take a look at blogging regularly again.

Thanks to all of you who have been reading all along! I hope that the few of you out there who are considering opening your own store have gotten some insight into the process.

Check back every so often, though. You never know when I might show up with some interesting tidbit...