Truly Trudy

I never set out to be a retailer.  Thanks to my sister we have owned Sweet Tooth Candy & Gift Co. for almost 20 years.  First we had 2 locations in The Farm Shopping Center and for the last 10 years we have been at 38th and Harvard.
The most important thing about owning Sweet Tooth has been the many people we have met over the years.  We have had terrific employees, enthusiastic and loyal customers and some really great sales reps who have partnered with us to make Sweet Tooth a home away from home.
We spend about 50 hours a week at the store.  We are the original Mom and Pop.  Our role models are the peddlers of yester year, who knew their customers and brought them items to purchase which those peddlers knew their customers would need and want.
Every day brings routine and surprises.  This past Wednesday most of the day was dedicated to working with one of our devoted sales reps.  This brings me to Truly Trudy.
We have followed Trudy around the Gift Market since we first met her.  Wherever she went, we went because Trudy is just the sort of person whom you want to know and work with.
On Wednesday, for example, she nudged us into restaging our Embellish Your Story section of the store.  This is Trudy's line of creative magnetic artwork which we have carried for about 3 years.
Trudy spent her entire day, 8 hours of her personal time reworking that space in our store. 
What's the deal with Truly Trudy?  Well, she wants us to be a successful store.  She is a rare breed of sales rep who thinks about what will work for us and then goes about implementing it in our store.
Trudy has become a friend too.  Sometimes we just sit and talk about our lives and what we want for ourselves.  We have shared good times and difficult times.  There is no one better than a person like Trudy who is a true sales person and a true friend.
That's our Truly Trudy!!