I just want to take a minute to acknowledge an amazing year. π This shop is my lifeβs work and my bread and butter. I am so lucky to have such an enduringly supportive, ever increasing community of book lovers who support the shop; and a rock solid family of colleagues. π€ 2019 was our best year ever, on many levels. As has always been the case, the majority of our sales came from the locals (thanks guys, and take that Amazon!β), and our farther-flung customers also showed up in record numbers. I bought more stock π than ever before, both antiquarian and general, and my trusty colleagues kept pace by cataloguing them at a record pace. But theyβre not just worker bees. They are kind, intelligent, loyal humans who always have my back so I can leave the shop in their hands with complete confidence and trust, to stay home with a sick kid or travel to a book fair or make housecalls. Itβs a level of freedom often elusive to small business people and Iβll never take it for granted. π π§ #2019 #booksellerlife #bookshopsofinstagram #winnipeglocal #wpg #gratitude (at Winnipeg, Manitoba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vtrF_Af4b/?igshid=qgqvuuf1y29y