Last night, as we're all glued to our Facebooks, as usual, Sarah Beth noticed that our local Gigi's was offering a buy one get one free promotion if we mentioned the Facebook group. My roommates and I all jumped up and headed to the car.
I came home with a White Midnight Magic (which had cream cheese icing--my fave) and a Wedding Cake.
Weighing in at 700+ calories, (you don't want to know the exact number) these things are definitely worth the extra couple miles I'll have to (never) run to burn them off. ;) Not to mention they were only $3.00 for two yesterday!!
So I did a little researching when I came home, and I got to reading about Gigi herself.
Gigi was a small-town girl with big dreams. She started a cleaning company at 15, but dreamed about singing, eventually selling her company and moving to Nashville to chase that dream, but ending up waitressing at Red Lobster and singing a few gigs at night. At 30, Gigi finally quit waitressing, gave up singing, and expanded her cleaning business, until her brother encouraged her to open a cupcake shop. No banks wanted to give Gigi the loan, and she was still struggling with paying her own bills, but she kept pushing forward, determined to open her shop. Now, there are 18 stores in the franchise all over the South, and Gigi says that they hope to have 30-35 open by the end of May 2010. WOW! Her story is really an inspiring one to read. Throughout all of her struggles, Gigi put her faith in God and trusted that He would take care of her, and obviously He did! I assure you she has no problems with bills these days, and she is doing something she loves! The bottom part of her bio says it all perfectly...
"If I can convey just one idea to someone reading my story, it would be to believe in yourself, walk with integrity, work hard and trust in God. And maybe your life won’t turn out exactly how you were expecting or hoping it to be; but maybe, just maybe, it will be so much better than you could have ever imagined!"
And she ends by signing off, "With God, all things are possible!"
I think we all need a little reminder of that sometimes. I love you all!
Word of the day: Officious - Someone who offers their help when it is not needed and has not even been asked for.
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