SO as Darlene mentioned earlier, on September 8, 2012 I married my best friend, soul mate, partner IN & love OF my life - Jeff Schowerer! Can I tell you all that this was the happiest day of my life (next to of course the birth of my children & grandchildren!) I think I only had 2, maybe 3 melt-downs during the weeks leading up to the wedding! And Darlene was with me every step of the way, from choosing my gown (she actually picked it out!) to planning my "Girls' Night Out" to driving all over the state of CT to pick things up to experiencing the traumatic pre-wedding hair appointment (seriously we both looked like we were ready for Halloween & couldn't look at each other without laughing &/or crying) to - yes - baking ALL of the cupcakes, cake pops and petit fours for the wedding!!! Come on now - you didn't think I would really let someone ELSE make my cupcakes right?
Darlene was my maid of honor & put up with my "stuff" for a few weeks - as did Jeff, & there were so many sleepless nights & high stress days, but at 5PM on Sept 8 as I saw my uber-handsome groom at the end of the aisle waiting for me - it was ALL worth it! No one else existed but Jeff as I walked down the aisle. It was a moment I'll treasure for the rest of my life! Having my kids & granddaughter there was the sprinkle on the cupcake! Here's a pic after the ceremony...
Didn't I tell you he was a cutie? Our little family thing ( Jeff, Darlene & me) is saying "love" - hence the reason the ginormous LOVE signs are in the background! Can I also tell you that our cupcake table was GORGEOUS! Pictures to come of that! O - here's a pic of my son Charlie and me - geesh, he's so handsome!
K so as far as cupcakes go we had PB&J, Fluffernutter, Salted Caramel, Lemon Blueberry, Peanut Butter Cup, Chocolate Raspberry as well as chocolate, white & strawberry cakepops! I also made our cake which is one of SuzieCakes specialties - our 6" petit cake - strawberry - all ruffled up & looking so yummy! I promise to post pics as soon as I have them all! Favors for our guests were petit fours all boxed up with a pretty satin ribbon - this was finished very late the night before the wedding by my son & daughter! Amazingly, only 2 or 3 petit fours were eaten during the packaging process! Hmm, make that 4! Apparently Darlene decided to try one but left the empty box in the back seat of my car! More wedding stuff down the road...
NOW on to some bakery news! SO SuzieCakes is now open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am-6pm! Darlene & I have been baking up some amazing yumminess over the last few weeks! Darlene mans the store during the day on weekdays and we're both there on the weekends! I still have my 9-5 but hopefully not for much longer....
So now let's talk about the craziness that has fallen over the bakery in the last few days! Darlene approached me a few weeks ago and proposed that we do a Groupon Deal and run it for 3-4 days. Not knowing a whole lot about what this entailed I said "sure, sounds good". We're just thinking 20, MAYBE 30 people would purchase a coupon, right? That sounds pretty reasonable. K - WRONG! at last glance we have sold over 480 coupons!!! WHAT? Are you kidding me??? 480 dozen cupcakes to go out the door! OMG OMG OMG!! I immediately went into panic mode! The bakery was crazy busy last weekend! BUT how fun it's been to meet all of our new SuzieCakes customers! People coming from all over; Fairfield, Shelton, Monroe, New London, Milford too! The response has been amazing! A little overwhelming but really amazing!!! It's been Sue & Darlene in true Lucy & Ethel form! I only wish some one had been there to video tape our kitchen escapades last weekend!! Luckily, Darlene's son (& my godson!!) Chris was in town from LA to visit & we put him right to work!! The sweetest guy you'll ever meet with a heart as big as the universe! Probably bigger, but you get the point! He was so funny & so great with the customers! He did a little whip cracking but still earned the dubious title of SuzieCakes 1st EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!! Love that kid!
Some sleepless nights - yep! A little stress - o yeah! A tiff here & there - um yes! But over-all what a great experience! We LOVE meeting our customers, making new friends and providing you all with the yummiest cupcake you're ever gonna taste! Seriously! I mean people didn't even wait till they got home to eat their cupcakes - some didn't even make it out of the bakery! Take a look...
So we're gonna be kind of busy for the next few months! We'll be baking up all kinds of SuzieCakes yumminess for you! The dream is materializing before our eyes! And in a big hurry too! We're just so blessed to have this opportunity & I'm just so lucky to be doing what I love to do with my cousin & best friend! Also so lucky to have experienced my dream-come-true wedding day with my dream-come-true groom!
Stay tuned - next post is gonna be all about our Grand Opening!!! (heads up - October 11!) Thanks for visiting us and as Darlene always says; Stay Sweet!!!
