Trust us, we've been busy. Really.

It's always the Catch-22 scenario with blogging. Whenever we're doing completely newsworthy things that we should report on in the blog, we're too busy to update it. In addition, whenever we have some spare time in which to update the blog, this is often the time when it seems there's nothing too exciting to report. Since it's been a while since our last update, you can safely assume it's been crazy town at Club Vilain for the past month or so. Here are some highlights:

1. Table tennis is the new YouTube. As far as addictive office antics go, our new addition to the office is right up there. We look much cooler than these kids:

Issues such as ‘who pays for the first round at Friday night drinks’ and ‘who takes the wheelie bins out on garbage night’ are swiftly addressed with more aerobic benefits and showmanship than your standard game of paper, scissors, rock. Stay tuned for Vilain Boutique’s upcoming range of sweat bands and sports bags.

2. We launched our Stackable See-Through Shoe Boxes with a free giveaway. After our inaugural mailout last month (see previous post) our packing crew had all bases covered before we'd even finished counting how many pairs of shoes we each had. Since then we’ve noticed a disparity in the office between us normal people whose shoe collection is well into double figures, and those weirdos who have less than FIVE pairs of shoes. How do they live?! We don’t know either.

3. Team Vilain has grown! We now have a dedicated team of packers who have got the order and dispatch processes down pat. The rest of us are feeling a little obsolete to be honest. On the upside, our Christmas party is now going to be a cracking affair. And we’ve got enough people for a decent round robin table tennis competition.

4. We’re battening down the hatches for what we’ve heard is a pretty insane experience for any new retailer – CHRISTMAS. Sparkly trees are already popping up around town and we’re learning that early December now constitutes “last minute shopping” when you’re ordering stock and estimating what customers will want to buy. Make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter – we’ve got lots of options planned for members who want to do a one-stop shop this year.