Her shoes clunked against the hard floors as she came out of the office and out into the shop. It was still more than 30 minutes before they were set to open, but she was so sure she would be moving things around, displeased with the layout.
She had given a map of what she wanted the shop to look like to the assistant manager so she could delegate things over the weekend, but Clarke was always weary about trusting others with her ideas. Plus, she had to see her idea in action to know if it was even good enough.
She walked to the front of the store, standing up against the door, and she looked thoughtful, squinting at every angle to see if anything could be better. The orchids and carnations had been placed in front of the cold section in order to make the prom shop. They were the most common for people to buy for prom, and she made sure to display the most popular colors. At the table in front sat the look book that showed possible colors that the flowers could be dyed in order to make a custom boutonniere or corsage. It even suggested flower combinations.
She walked over to the book and counted the pages, opening it to the exact middle. She was almost tempted to get out measuring tape to make sure the flowers were an even distance from each other as well as from the book, but she knew that drove her assistant manager crazy. So, she held her obsessive compulsive disorder back just a little but made a mental calculation of the distance just the same.
Then, she went back to the front and surveyed the Easter section of the shop. There was a look book with a sample Easter basket on each side with a stuffed bunny, some eggs, and some flowers. One of them had silk flowers and the other had real ones. Both arrangements were yellow, pink, and blue pastels. She wanted to have a complaint about the Easter section so badly, but there was really nothing wrong other than the repetitiveness of the colors. But there was no helping that.
Lastly, behind the counter, she double checked on the small portion of the wedding and events section that always had to be represented. People got married and had parties year round. She kept all those look books under the counter, but there were two small tables with small arrangements of white or red roses and peonies as well as photos of unique wedding creations like a headband, a belt, a boutonniere, and even a wreath they had made for the pulpit.