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A year ago last July, my friend Bridgette was dropping off her daughter to play at our neighbor's house. Kevin was in the front yard doing yard work and stopped & chatted with Bridgette (we all went to high school together and Claire is the same age as her oldest son) Bridgette was on her way to Napa for a Rodan + Fields trip that she won & Kevin told Bridgette that he was glad she was having so much fun with her business. Then he said to her "Mel should do that business"

Kevin came into the house later and told me I should look into Rodan + Fields. I rolled my eyes at him and said "Yeah right. I am not a sales person. I will never do direct sales. I will just keep buying the products from Bridgette" 

Fast forward to the Fall and I kept seeing how much fun Bridgette was having and I was telling my friends they should buy R+F from her. After a couple conversations with Bridgette, she said I should really consider becoming a consultant. So, in November  I signed on.

 I was scared. And excited. And nervous.

So, here I am 8 months into this business and I got to go on that same Napa trip that Bridgette was on last July. It was an incentive trip from our team and I was one of the winners! 

A free weekend in Napa! Pinch me!

Our day started off by getting pedicures & having mimosas.

There were 6 of us on this trip. 3 of the top leaders on the team who put on this trip & then the 3 of us from the team who won the trip.

Toes ready do head off to Napa!

Napa is one of the most beautiful places in California.

Next we headed to Pragers Winery for Port & Chocolate tasting.

It was my first time there and I loved it!

They have a bottle of port called "Sweet Claire". 

We headed to Silverado Resort & Spa which is where we were staying until Monday.

It is breath taking there!

Our leaders had gotten us white fluffy robes with our names on them. So cozy!

The next morning we woke up to more presents. I got a Kate Spade bracelet. My first one ever!

One of the girls on our team, Colleen, it was her birthday on Sunday, so we made her wear a birthday sash.

Do a cheers to celebrate ourselves & a fun weekend.

Then we headed back to Silverado for lunch & pool time.

Then we all got ready & headed out for dinner at Rutherford Grill!

They have fresh squeezed juices that they make their cocktails with. Squeeze the juice right there!

One last group shot. Of course we had the doctors in the photo as a way to say thank you for an awesome weekend :)

We headed back on Monday morning, but before we left, they had another gift for us. 

A coach bag!!!! Ahhh!!! I have never had a Coach bag before!!!

I had no idea what I was doing.....I was just a mom of 3 kids & a teacher. 

I had no sales experience whatsoever.

But I quickly realized that I didn't need sales experience because of 2 things.

1. The product has brand presence. It is from the creators of ProActiv & it comes with a 60 day empty botttle money back guarentee.

2. We get so much (free) training from our leaders & teams and it is a huge support system. It doesn't matter if you have never done sales, you will get awesome training.

If you are even slightly interested in joining our FUN team, I would love to chat with you about it!
Send me an email:
melissa_larson17{at}yahoo.com

It is a very exciting time for Rodan + Fields, as we are launching into Canada next month and Asia next year!
If it isn't a fit for you...let me know if you have any friends/family who would be interested.
We have a great referral program :)

I added some milk chocolate chips on top and in the mix to make them even more decadent.
I will never make brownies with water again.
These brownies were life changing!
I learned so much this weekend in Napa & made new friends.
It was my first time being away from my kids for 2 nights, but being surrounded by amazing moms who are also part of this business was encouraging. 
It was a weekend I will never forget and these brownies will always remind me of an amazing weekend in Napa.