Yesterday we closed the store a tad early to watch the Canadian juniors final game. (As Tressa loves to watch hockey). The first period was awesome, so much action, and goals by both teams. By the second period we received an alarming phone call. Apparently there was a water main break downtown St.Albert and Meese was taking in water. We drove to the store to see the streets drowned in lake size puddles and road closures everywhere. Once we were in the store we did have many sighs of relief, no clothing or stock was damaged at all! But our floors were in 4″ of water. (On the bright side Tressa was able to try out her new vintage rain boots ) So we picked up our phones and called on our friends and family to help us out. Within minutes we had a team assembled at Meese. Shovels in tow, we scooped all the water out. Towels were used to plug the door so no more water could seep in, and to absorb the surface water that remained. Finally we set up many fans and left for the night to let the floor dry out. To cheer us up, with minutes to spare, we decided to hit a pub to catch the OT on the Oilers game and grab a pint. The team lost in sudden death, but at least Edmonton got a point…. right? With this crazy night almost coming to an end, we found out from our waitress that Canada Juniors also lost….. wow!

Quite a night for us and Meese. We are closed today, as the floor is still drying…. but should be business as usual tomorrow. We would like to thank our team of friends and family whom rushed to our aid and helped us save our clothing, antiques, displays, body forms, machines, and dry up the pond we had as a floor. Thank - you! Thank - you! Thank - you!

Come down to the store and see our new carpets! ( We did have to replace them all, but it was a great time shopping for the new ones )

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