Building A Mobile Fashion Boutique — paparazzi truck

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WINCH MAKES

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WINCH MAKES

​We picked up the truck from the new fabricator tonight and it is done! What a difference it makes to have a winch installed on that heavy porch! It took 2 of us to lift it up before and we could BARELY do that and now it’s just a push of a button. It’s awesome! We also had a generator box built to house the generator. It just slides out and it’s also just a push of a button to start it up. I LOVE when things are easy! Nothing else has been easy on this project! Now we are...

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ROAD TRIP!

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ROAD TRIP!

We took our first road trip to drop of the truck to the new fabricator today. He is going to build us a generator box, finish the hand rails and install the winch for us! Yay! He says he can have it back to us on SUNDAY! Holy cow! ONE weekend and he will be done with it! It’s been a long time coming to get this part of the project finished and I’m so excited to finally get to this point.​On the trip into town (mind you our trip into town is 45 minutes each way), my Husband drove...

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IS THAT A GLIMMER OF HOPE I SEE?

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IS THAT A GLIMMER OF HOPE I SEE?

After the fabricator cancelled on us AGAIN, my Husband called another guy and he came out today to look at the truck and see if he could help us finish this job. He said he could definitely help us…for $1,300! We have no choice now but to pay to have someone else finish the job that our original fabricator did not complete. Unfortunately, this is what happens when you hire someone that doesn't have a shop to work out of and doesn't do this for a living. We are at the mercy of the weather and his work schedule. Finishing...

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MY STRESS LEVEL IS BEYOND ITS BREAKING POINT

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MY STRESS LEVEL IS BEYOND ITS BREAKING POINT

Today is April 3rd. The last time the fabricator was out here to fix the awning that was damaged was back on February 14th. It's been almost 2 months and I've received MULTIPLE cancellation texts from him over that time promising he will be out the next week or the next couple of week and so on. The last text I got from him was on March 20th saying that he wouldn’t make it out again until April 3rd! It is now April 3rd. No fabricator. No handrails. No winch. No hope of opening in April. I'm starting to think that...

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MY ROLLING BILLBOARD

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MY ROLLING BILLBOARD

The vinyl guy came out today to install the graphics on the truck. I’m so excited! It turned out so awesome! Better than I had hoped for! We now have a rolling billboard and you definitely cannot miss it! Lol! We are so close to finishing this truck that I can hardly stand it.​Oh yeah…did I mention (again) that the fabricator has STILL not been back out to finish the handrails and install the winch? We are literally waiting on nothing else but that. I’ve given up my hopes of opening in March and now I’ve given up my hopes...

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