As I Xi It v2.3

I saw this and wished it was available in the UK.

Moss pencil.

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve become more appreciative of a good notebook. At the moment I’m using a Bart Simpson A4 wire-bound notebook for my book chapter research notes and the holes in the paper where the wire goes through aren’t quite cleanly punched. It snows teeny bits of paper every time I turn a page.  It’s not as bad as my other generic notebook, that’s like a bloody blizzard! They might only have been £1 each, but I still expect clean holes. 

I’m finding that I’m vacuuming more often these days as a result.

I’m staring at my jazzed up Moleskine diary. It’s looks pretty neat. I’m still bummed about paying £10 for the diary iself. I jumped on the ‘net and had a look at what other diaries for a tenner there were which I could’ve got.

One of the alternatives of note were the diaries by Ciak. Soft cover, Italian bonded leather and with a horizontal elastic band rather than a verticle one. I remember handling one in Paperchase the other day, quite nice, oozes quality and looks like its worth way more than a tenner. I think I’ll get that one next year. It’s nicer than this Moleskine, oh well.

For my upcoming trip to South Africa, I might get a Ciak notebook and use it as my travel journal.

To see what the fuss was about and to celebrate my PhD application, I thought I’d splurge and get myself a Moleskine diary for next year. I’m looking at it and to me, it seems a lot to be paying £10-15 for it. It’s quite nice, but not that nice. I find the pages a bit on the thin side.

To protect my overpriced diary, I made it a little jacket out of felt. I stitched on a pen holder and a little pocket to hold a USB stick. I even added a fat ribbon bookmark! It works and looks rather sweet. I’m just trying to decide on what kind of fastening I want to add.

When I say desktop, I mean desktop in the physical sense rather than the virtual kind.

I’d love to have one of these for my desk – Click here!