I’m happy to finally share that I have made some more progress on my goals list! It all happened really fast but I am now officially working at a bakery!
I got a call from a local cupcake shop on a Monday about three weeks ago and set up an interview for the next morning. It went swimmingly well and I spent the rest of the day at work dreaming about what life would be like if I got the job. Then on that Thursday I was offered a position, by Friday night I had put in my two weeks notice, and on Saturday morning I started to train as a frosting & filling maker + decorator!
I have spent the last two weeks working two jobs and being in complete disbelief that I am now getting paid to do something I love. By no means was my job [fashion consultant at a jewelry boutique] terrible, but it just wasn’t something I could see myself doing longterm.
This is only my first week working solely at the bakery and things are already looking up. I am going to train this week to fill-in for one of the bakers going on maternity leave, which not only means I get to bake but I will also get to decorate even more (which is great since that is where my interests are right now!).
I’m still trying to wrap my head around how incredibly fast the last month has gone by and how many wonderful things are happening in my life! I get paid to do what I normally just do for fun! THERE IS A CUPCAKE ON MY PAYCHECK.
Not only am I happier than I have been in a long time, but I have a feeling things are only going to get even better from here on out. As cheesy as it sounds, I honestly feel like this is the closest I have ever come to starting a career. So now that there’s no place to go but up, cheers to new beginnings!
Look at us, J. Real grown up baking jobs. Let’s reconvene in a year & start planning our bakery. You’ll be able to cover all the decorating and branding and window fronts and what not. I’ll have experience in all the marketing, price costing, ingredient sourcing stuff. And then we can both bake and watch movies, and it will be so sickeningly perfect.
that’s seriously all i’ve ever wanted! i miss you so much i started looking at bakery job openings in DC. . . once i get some experience under my belt, who knows where i will end up. . (closer to you, hopefully!)
awesome! : )
Oh god this looks so delicious!
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