Yeah... it was terrible, lol! There were several things which the show was not honest or clear about with our organizer, and in the end very few people showed up. (I counted, maybe 15 people were there, but most of them were riders, so they didn't have their wallet on them). I think the most amount of sales anyone made was maybe one or two sales. Plus, at the end of the day, we had to disassemble most of the table since we were placed in a public area, and the hours of the show went beyond what were were told, so someone could easily snag whatever they wanted off our tables. The first day was painful, and I had been questioning if I should even go back, (I've never thought about backing out of a show before, this was new to me). On the way to the second day, my car broke down. I figured that was my answer, haha! Luckily the organizer gave us all the okay to back out if we wanted to, which most of us did.

For the record, I don't think every animal show would be like this. It was certainly an experiment for everyone involved, (this isn't the type of thing our organizer is used to doing either). On the positive, I have a few more things added to my list of requirements for a show which I wouldn't have thought of if it hadn't been a complete failure. On top of that, my threshold for discomfort at the lack of sales has definitely increased. (Nothing will compare to how dead it was there, haha!) Also, it's a really good personal lesson. I'm stubborn when it comes to giving up on something, but sometimes it's a legit business decision to cut losses and move on. Once I moved on, the rest of the weekend was wonderful!