The stationery and organisation thread! :D

That's because stationery shopping is the best bit! I'm going clothes shopping in a minute and I'm a bit 'meh.'
Is that Erykah Badu in your sig? I love her hair!



I don't like them very much.

Organize yourself how you like! I use refill pads to take notes and then transfer them to ringbinders (I like the way I can then put handouts in between, organise them, move them around etc.) and once I'm finished with my notes are archived in a Lever Arch... I'm cool like that Depends what you write in and how you want to do it. Don't need Lever Arch files if you don't want them and Pukka Pad suits you.

Also, for me, notebooks such as Moleskine's and Paperblanks aren't for taking notes in - I use them as a journal, a scrapbook of photos, or keep them in a draw because they're too nice I don't want to start something in them and decide I want it for something else!
However, from what I gather, people who take notes in notebooks are generally tidier and more organized than me (I mess up things so always like to be able to copy them out on a clean sheet, thus ringbinders), so have no need for Lever Arch files as they are already bound in a notebook.

I've thought way too much about the uses of Lever Arch files I think...

I just read this whole thread. Total porn for me too!

I'm going all the way to London next week so I can splash out in the giant Goodge Street Paperchase... can't waiiiiit! I absolutely love my purple filofax, with a baby and a job and uni I survive on it to remember where i'm meant to be and when. Think I might get a seperate academic planner though, like a Palgrave, to keep academic and personal lifes a bit more seperate... not sure yet.

Penwise- I love sharpies and the ye olde faithful Staedtler Triplis Fineliners!!!



Am searching for a pen that I can highlight over without it getting smudged; not a biro though (hate them). Anyone??

I know...stationary shopping...eeeeeekkkk!! the excitement is unbearable...and for the record stationary shopping>clothes shopping
Yes, its Erykah, totally adore her!! I've also got similar dreads but way shorter...still waiting for them to grow that long!!

I just read this whole thread. Total porn for me too!

I'm going all the way to London next week so I can splash out in the giant Goodge Street Paperchase... can't waiiiiit! I absolutely love my purple filofax, with a baby and a job and uni I survive on it to remember where i'm meant to be and when. Think I might get a seperate academic planner though, like a Palgrave, to keep academic and personal lifes a bit more seperate... not sure yet.

Penwise- I love sharpies and the ye olde faithful Staedtler Triplis Fineliners!!!



Am searching for a pen that I can highlight over without it getting smudged; not a biro though (hate them). Anyone??

I love the Paperchase on Goodge Street. I was there the other day, it's very difficult to stop myself going bankrupt in there!

BiB: You just HAD to go there didn't you? Making me envious of your paper...

It has some good stuff in it, and i'd say it was a good buy, though it does have some problems:

- Very bulky, too many pages packed in!
- Pages crease very easily, which isn't helped by the bulkiness
- Not massive amounts of room in the diary sections eg 'time' 'place', but then again I've just filled in my freshers week timetable so its really packed, will probably be less hectic on a normal week where you can consult your timetable for the majority of academic things rather than filling them in your diary!

I used the Palgrave one last year and didn't think it was as good as made out. Not worth the money if you ask me.

As a fellow organisation obsessive this thread is like porn for me

Aww! Well if it's any consolation I did get them on sale As if I was going to pay 4 quid for a notebook, when I could have got it for 2 quid down in asda/tescos lol. I did stock up a lot so I have plenty of supplies for this year

Thanks for that. I don't want one that's bulky so I may not go for it, if it's too bulky. I got a bulky one last year, and I think that was the main reason I hardly used it since it took up a lot of space in my bag



Hmm, I've read mixed reviews about it, I think my uni bookshop stocks it, so I may go along there next week and check it out. I don't want to order something online, and then realise it's rubbish

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On another note, what is the "filofax" people on here speak of ?

I forgive you!


Filofaxes are personal organisers. They look like this. You can get them in loads of different sizes, designs and colours and they last forever, especially as you can buy refills.
Filofaxes are amazing! Once you get one you won't be able to survive without it!
Which reminds me... I need to get refills so I can start using my old one. It's not really a filofax though, it's a Paperchase imitation.

Oooh that reminded me.. I've got a lovely Filofax from Paperchase, purple with birds on What I was wondering was, how do you get refills? Where sells them?

Most stationary shops. Paperchase do, as do rymans and smiths. Failing that there is ebay or amazon

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=32925463

PAPERBLANKS.ARE.HALF.PRICE. I.MUST.RESIST!

I was thinking of doing my lecture notes in a refill pad that then gets transferred to a ringbinder, and then making my neat, condensed notes in a notebook so that when I come to revise I have it all in a book rather than individual sheets? Anyone else planning to do this or is it a bit overkill to use both?

I don't know whether to buy a notebook for each module, that would be 6...
I dunno whether we're likely to end up with enough notes from each module to fill one book, i'd hate to just go over and need two, that would annoy the hell out of me. Oh, can't believe i'm putting so much thought into this haha.