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We all have a dream planner, and the A5 Aqua Chameleon Filofax is mine. In fact, this may be the start of a Filofax addiction...
The other day I got a wonderful surprise. I paid a sneaky visit to the Filofax Website (as I do at least once every time I am online) and to my delight, I discovered that the Filofax planner I have had my eye on for months... The beautiful planner that started the obsession but was way too expensive to even consider... The Filofax Chameleon in Aqua A5... Was ON SALE.
But not just On Sale... it had a 50% discount! It was a miracle that I simply couldn't ignore. No, it must have been fate.
So without even thinking about it - because I knew that any amount of thought would result in something very silly called rationality and lead to me never owning such a thing of beauty - I logged into my bank account, increased my overdraft by fifty quid, and made the purchase. Very bad Zara, very bad.
But I don't care. I don't care. I will admit to it, I must be a Filofax addict. I just have to have it. And now I do. Well not quite - it still has to arrive in the post. But at least it is on its way. I'm so ridiculously happy, I almost feel bad about it, almost.
Filofax addiction is real
It makes no sense how a sane adult can develop such a strange addictive obsession with these extortionate little personal organisers and paper inserts. I just don't understand it. All I know is that I am one of these crazy people now, well and truly.
How do I know this? Well, aside from the fact that I have just spent fifty quid that technically isn't mine on a piece of stationery, I do often find myself on Ebay browsing through the lists and hoping to spot a bargain, when suddenly I'll realise that a couple of hours have gone by. Hours I tell you.
I once spent two entire hours in Paperchase deciding on paper inserts, and other bits and pieces for my personal-sized planner when really I should have been in the library studying. It was an unexpected detour, what can I say? It's not like I planned it.
Filofancy – my new planner blog
Anyway, I think that my recent purchase is a sign to get serious. So I have created this planner blog. Yes a BLOG all about Filofaxes, and paper inserts, and pens, and page-keepers, stickers, and notebooks.
The beauty of it is that I have happily discovered that I am not alone. There are so many Filofax bloggers, I'm talking about lots of ordinary people writing blogs dedicated to their Filofax addiction.
Do you know what this means? It means I am not crazy. Or maybe I am. Maybe we all are.
My new Filofax collection
I can't wait to get my gorgeous A5 Chameleon Filofax. Mine will not be black though, it will be glorious aqua blue, and I will be posting lots of pics and a video when it arrives. Watch this space fellow Filofax and stationery junkies, watch this space.
And just in case you are curious, this is not my first Filofax. Goodness me, no. I also own a rather dinky Pocket Guildford Filofax, and a personal-sized burgundy vintage Filofax that doesn't appear to have a name. I will, of course, be writing all about them in future posts, so make sure you subscribe to my blog so that you don't miss them.
Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, it would be lovely to meet you – what was your first planner? I reply to ALL comments, even new ones on old posts!
See you in the next post!
