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Meet Pepper Grout - Finance Manager/Booking Guru.

So you’re the money lady. Yep—I am the financial hub in charge of accounts receivable, accounts payable, HR/Payroll, commissions, taxes, Worker’s Comp, etc.

Were you good at math as a kid? I started early. I always pretended I was a banker with play money from the Monopoly game, and growing up, my family had a restaurant where I was the cashier. So I got lots of practice.

Accounts payable, receivable, payroll, taxes…how do you keep it all straight? Are you super organized? Martha Stewart-esque filing systems? A great attitude keeps it all straight for me… and I laugh a lot.

Besides getting to sign all those checks, what’s one of the best thing about working at Petunia? Our annual spa day! Just kidding, however the owners are very generous and at the same time they keep it real.

You get to see all the PPB bags come and go through the office—have a favorite bag? Definitely the Cosmopolitan Carryall. Love the line. It reminds me of my grandmother with her big bags and all the stuff she carried with her. My sister and I used to rummage through it for fun and one time we found a pancake in a baggie of all things. It just cracked us up.

Now we’re curious. What’s in your purse? No pancakes I hope… No pancakes, but I always make sure I have lip stuff of some kind, a picture of my husband and a toothbrush! You never know when you’ll need to brush.

You mentioned you were a fan of the new Cake Collection. Which bag from the line sounds the most scrumptious? I’d have to go with Chocolate Cherry. It reminds me of back in the day when Brach’s still made chocolate covered cherries. They were a family favorite on Christmas morning.

Summertime is just around the corner. If you’re not sending bills, writing checks or playing Monopoly, where will we find you when the weather gets nice? Most likely camping and fishing. They call me “Catfish Hunter” although I haven’t actually caught a fish yet. I keep on trying though. Maybe this will be my summer…

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