2 Apr 2011

the dark side?

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WARNING: THIS IS A VERY IMAGE HEAVY POST. 

I succumbed to the 'dark side' and have bought a Moleskine 2011 diary. My excuse? They were half price in Paperchase and with only a quarter of the year gone, half price is a good deal, no?

Anyway, I was lusting after one before I bought this one and now that I've bought this one, I think it may well be love at first sight. I bought the hardback one (not sure what size it is) with a day per page to it - something which is completely different to the layout I had been using in my Filofax - a week on two pages.

Here are a few pictures of my new Moleskine.





Upon opening my Moleskine, I am greeted with two perfume cards sprayed with the respective perfumes from a perfume counter:  Marc Jacobs Daisy and Marc Jacobs Lola. Marc Jacobs perfumes (along with Dior, Chloe and Chanel ones) are my guilty pleasures.

This ensures that I open it in a good mood and so am ready for some organisation!


A very handy month view:



I copied up the stuff I had in my Filofax into my Molskine. I tried to make it as colourful as possible!

Also, note that on the 28th of March, I ordered from Rymans...More on that later.


Another perfume sample: Daisy Eau So Fresh by Marc Jacobs:



As you can see, there is actually some bleed through in the paper. The pen that has bled through is a Uni-ball eye pen with a 0.5mm nib for those of you interested.

I love that there is a dedicated space for the weather and temperature at the bottom of each page:



With this layout, it means I can do more with each day. I can write down what I wore (I love fashion and am always looking for ways to improve the way I dress), the weather, or even a mini diary entry with interesting things that may have happened that day! This is something I love and if I do head back to the Filofax in 2012, I think I may just opt for the day per page layout instead. Hope they do that in cotton cream!

The back pocket where I keep my NHS card and the paper counterpart of my driving licence:


The back cover where I have an interesting illustration from the Harajuki perfume range. The card does not smell but I liked the illustration so stuck it here:




Now onto my Ryman's order. I have been going through pens like no tomorrow lately due to writing up lecture notes and through revision and as a result of this, I decided to bulk purchase some pens. I bought a few Uniball Signo Gelsticks in blue and red (when I say a few, think 'quite a lot') and then fifteen of these as they had been reduced to 99p! I already have this pen in the 0.5mm thickness but decided to try this one and this is how it looked... (ignore the 'WORE', that was written using a Uniball Eye pen in 0.5mm).



I'm pretty much loving the space and freedom I'm having with this Moleskine at the minute and will see how my love/hate develops during the course of this year before deciding whether to return to my Filofax (which I do love) or purchase another Moleskine. Right now, it looks like Moleskine has the upper hand but we'll see how everything changes after this 'honeymoon period'.

4 comments

  1. justenoughsalt3 April 2011 at 18:04

    nice. it never hurts to add some variety. also, i should have asked this earlier but what is "netball"...is it a british thing that this yankee won't understand?

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  2. angela4 April 2011 at 13:48

    Hi Colie, netball is kind of a variation of basketball but without the contact and backboard on the rings. There are no two and three pointers - each goal is only worth one point (but even so, games can be very high scoring). Each team has seven players and each player wears a bib which tells you where they can and cannot go on court (as the court is split into thirds with a semi circle in each third aside from the centre third).

    Once a player has the ball, they cannot move with it and they have to pass the ball to another player within three seconds otherwise it will be a free pass to the opposition. These are just the basics but I hope it has given you an overview of what it is.

    If you're interested, there are quite a few videos on Youtube - just search for 'ANZ netball' and you'll get to see matches with some elite players in (i.e. players who play for their country or used to, etc).
    I hope this helps :]

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  3. Jansa6 April 2011 at 01:48

    This is quite a direct and highly effiecient system. As it goes there are two groups that fret over things to the likes of organisers and their construction. Stationary nerds and organizational nerds. I fall into the latter catagory, which is to say I LOVE anything that can make my beautifly hectic life more efficient. Hence my obsession with Filofaxes. Though when I read this post, I found myself oddly tempted at the simplicity of the structure. It forced me rethink my Filofax's place in my heart. Darn you! ;)

    For now I have chosen to continue with my current love, my personal Teal Finchley. But we'll see...

    Anyhow, great blog!

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  4. Jennifer8 April 2011 at 01:21

    Thanks for these pictures! Everything on your blog serves as inspiration to organizing my own life, planner, etc. Your methods are extremely helpful and easy to use-- not to mention, pretty damn good looking :)

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