My mother has always said ‘no matter how hard you work, it always helps to have a bit of luck in life’ and right now I’m thinking just that! I know exactly where she is coming from as my Mum has been very lucky indeed. Maybe we would say today ‘she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth’ but alas, there has been no silver spoon for this kid – oh no, but as luck would have it I’m feeling very lucky right now. This blog had it’s beginnings 6 months ago while revisiting Vietnam with two of my daughters – Rosie and Phoebe – we had set off (Rosie from Melbourne) to buy Silk Scarves to sell back here in NZ and to source Silk for the Vietnam Silk Cushion Collection and after a hard days bargaining we were collapsed on our beds chatting as girls do and a throw away comment I made has developed into a much bigger event than that. It went something like this “there are no Menswear Shops in Greytown and the guys are complaining Rosie – for someone with a bit of nous there’s an opening up for grabs” Full stop – end of conversation! Well, so I thought!! Three days later Rosie quietly announces out of the blue “I think I will come home Mum and open a Menswear Shop in Greytown“. She took me by complete surprise and I only managed to mutter ‘REALLY?’ I really thought this child of ours was rooted firmly to Melbourne for the time being anyway – heck, I loved my trips over there to visit her…damn! Three weeks later she was home and parked up with her sister in the only spare bedroom we have… I mean, we had done the down sizing thing and built a smaller home for goodness sake! But, it’s all good and there began her dream to open a Mens/Womenswear shop in Greytown.  With quiet determination she has doggedly worked towards her dream for the last 6 months – even when adversity reared it’s head she picked herself up and carried on…you have to remember she is only 23 years old, week after week it went on – in secret of course – the business plan, ‘this is so boring Mum’ – finding premises in Greytown – having worked in retail for several years she knew THE shop had to be positioned in the right place, have the right window space etc etc….not easy in this little town where premises are like hens teeth and tend to be in-house and an outsider usually doesn’t even get a look in. Luck was on her side…Then there was the bank….a nightmare for a young girl with no assets to speak of – she was the last person they wanted to speak to – ‘it’s a recession they groaned’ – oh dear, here we go again – Mum and Dad have to step in – (isn’t that what you do?) then there’s branding, labels and on and on it goes……But she has done it - Password Please… opens at 75 Main St (next to Emporos) Greytown on 4th June 2010.  I take my hat off to this enterprising daughter of ours….she has pulled it all together brilliantly with fabulous brands embracing her vision and happily coming on board  and this shop is going to be a fantastic addition to the trendy Greytown shopping scene. Things are definitely looking rosy for Rosie! And why am I feeling lucky? My cushions are there as well! From a casual throw away comment – luck has played me a winning card….oh,yes yes yes!

PS: Lets get Rosie going and become a Facebook Fan for Password Please…