Calendars have a finite shelf life

News, right? That's the kind of hard hitting information that I hope we provide you at Tierney. 

Jokes aside, there is a reason I bring this up.  By now, the majority of you have purchased your calendars, appointment books, miscellaneous dated good for 2014.  And that's good, because many if not most of them are going to be sold out any day now.  You see, the calendar manufacturers don't want extra product sitting around any more than you or I.  A set number of every SKU is created and distributed each year.  Basically enough to last through January based on the anticipated need.  The science behind determining that number isn't perfect of course so sometimes it lasts into February or March.  Sometimes a product is sold out the last week of December.  The exception to that rule is usually the most common of dated goods -- plain #17 calendar refills, plain wall calendars, etc.  Supply on these lasts into mid-Spring.  The point is, if you are still needing to order dated material for 2014, do it sooner than later.  If not, you may have to look up from your desk at a plain calendar instead of kittens in picnic baskets.