Right, this has gone far enough!

In my new, back to paper efforts, I am now eyeing up fountain pens for my Filofax. Two fountain pens. The cheaper one is a Waterman Harmonie in Cashmere Beige, at about £40, with a solid silver nib and silver accents. And a perfect match for the inner soft beige suede-y stuff in my Filofax.


The other one I have been lusting after is the Parker Sonnet in Verdigris, with an 18ct Gold, Rhodium Plated nib!! That's correct, a solid gold nib. If I got bored with the pen, I could melt its nib down for a nice pair of earrings perhaps? Multifunctional . . .

. . . and this retails at an approximate, cool £100. Much as I love its green shimmery inner glow (which would match the greeny outer cover of my Filofax), I cannot justify spending this much on a fountain pen. Even if I can get it for £50 off eBay. I have important things like Xbox 360's to save up for.

So I am sticking with the Harmonie, which I have seen for a titchy £25 off eBay. If I buy it, I will post pictures of it in all its creamy fabulousness.

Fountain pens seem to be remarkably popular still - there's a whole forum of users (sounds like a drug habit) over at the Fountain Pen Network!

Now I just have to decide what colour ink I want. Hmm - Black? Blue? Blue-black? Redgreenbrown, VIOLET! Sigh . . . too many decisions.

What a Beautiful Person . . .

. . . that Charley from Big Brother is.

Especially when she calls other people "Two faced weirdo's".

Arrange these words in the right order.

POT
KETTLE
BLACK
THE
CALLING

Sorry, I won't mention Big Brother again. Consider my wrist slapped.

Thumbs up to Filofax . . .

. . . for their fantastic customer service!

When I was browsing the Filofax web site, I noticed that the organiser that I have bought this week (the Eden Personal Filofax) was meant to have a coloured subject index, A-Z index and ruled paper, all in shades of blue, green and brown to match the colour scheme of the binder.

As you can see in the photo in the previous post, mine has a cream index (not subject, but numbered 1-6), a cream A-Z index and white ruled paper. I have also noticed that all the ones I have seen in Paperchase (where mine was purchased from) and WH Smith were the same as mine.

So, I decided to email Filofax directly to ask them if I can find the coloured indexes anywhere - being a visually orientated kind of girlie, I like things to match!

Result is that I had an apologetic email back within an hour, asking for my full postal address so they can send me the correct "fill" for my Fax!

Other news regarding my new purchase - I have become pleasantly obsessed with finding the best "system". I now have five coloured pens in my bag, so I can colour code my diary entries. I have four different To Do lists. Now all I need is a Telephone list so I can transcribe all the numbers in my mobile phone, without having to use up a whole address box, one per address tab so they can still be alphabetical.

Don't worry, I do have a life . . . .

Choosing traditional over gadgetry . . .

In an attempt to try and become an organised grown up, I made a purchase today.

What could it be?

Smartphone?
PDA?
New laptop?

No . . . for a change (as I do love my gadgets), I have gone down the traditional route and bought . . .


. . . . a Filofax!

A very pretty Filofax, in sage green and with pretty patterns on.

I decided I wanted to go back to pen and paper basics - there is something inherently satisfying about writing information down, particularly in this day and age, when it is all about tapping on keyboards, or mobile phone keypads, or bashing small screens with stylii.

I have even come across a very interesting blog, chronicling the writer's relationship with his Filofax, called Philofaxy. Bring on the Filofax Revolution!

As of the current time, my new toy is looking rather empty. However, Philofaxy has a fantastic term for what I have been doing today - Planner Grazing. Going through it and trying to fill in as much as I can on its pristine white pages. However, it is looking a bit sad and blank at the moment but I am sure it will soon fill up. I did remember with great fondness today my mothers Filofax which was almost round in shape and used to literally burst forth, every time you opened it!

I have to admit, there were some leather ones that I liked. However, at up to six times the price, I thought I would test it for a year - if I am still using it voraciously this time next year, I might invest in one of the sexy leather ones.

However, that hasn't stopped me buying a few bits and pieces for it . . . tube map, pretty coloured paper, extra to-do lists, Jot Pads (the orange "salmon" thing you can see on the left hand side where you can jot notes and then stick 'em in where you want) and a financial tracker.

So yes, now I feel very grown-up and organised . . .