Corner Store Chronicles Mugs

'I don't know about you, but I could do with a break.'

'Perhaps Sallie had made her bookshop too comfortable'

Corner Bakery ... Bread and Breakfast.

Baby Bear.

Wow. A corner office at last

"I'm not the ruthless guy everyone says I am, but that's my goal."

"The doctor will now glance in passing at you."

The Consequences of an Interrupted Shower.

Darn it, you're touching my half of the loveseat again. (Published originally on Feb. 20, 2008.)

"That last customer thinks I should fire you."

Comfort zone

Ahh, Chicken Soup

'Cosy little kitchen, isn't it?'

Lunch break.

Catching the Sun

'As many items as I want or no customer!'

"Believe me, you don't want to visit that club. Its members drone on and on."

'You're going to have to take the fight to him.' 'Aye! Find out where he lives.'

'I think it's the landlord after his three months in advance lease payments.'

'Business is so bad even the shoplifters have stopped coming.'

A white cat in a hole

'Hello, reception, can I have a wake-up call in spring please?'

'I know you said this was a four star hotel, but I didn't expect to see them through a hole in my ceiling!'

'I don't care what you say.. it's too cold to stand out there.'

"Now, do you see why I discourage employee fraternization, Tom!"

"We need to have a talk about the cat."

First day on the shop floor.

'I thought you're going to put the coffee on.'

'There's no workplace romance here. This is a mom and pop store.'

'Veni, vidi, vici vino.'

"The red tag items go on these shelves...and the blue tag items go on those shelves."

"You'd be a stronger parent if you got more sleep."

Zzzz. Brnnng! Oh, hi! Yeah, I'm totally into our book group book! I can't wait to get back to where I was when you called!

Auction. I bid on everything until I lost my voice. The cartload before the hoarse!

'Don't you wish we had a cozy porch swing to sit on together?' 'No, I had one once and the anchor came out of the ceiling and I fell on my caboose.' 'My, what a storybook romance we enjoy.'