The Chosen One

Sorry for the lack of Blog Posts, I have not had much time. I had a good Christmas but life has gone back to the usual shit now, I am not feeling my usual self.

Now to the post.

As you all know I have been deciding between the Pocket Cross and Personal Osterley.

Well the winner (as you all expected) is Personal Osterley!!!

And the winning Diary inserts is....

This is my combination for 2013, I will not change it unless the Filofax its self breaks, then I am alowed to replace it, most likley for a different brand. Maybe a Louis Vuitton...

As I have decided on this Filofax I now have a 2013 Pocket Cross in Barbie Pink for sale (what a surprise)

It is in pretty much PERFECT condition, I was very surprised when I received it. (I am selling due to not wanting to have something else there to use)

It is for sale at £30 then the cost of postage to where ever you are in the world.

That is the price I bought it for and as I have not used it I believe it is fair to sell it for the same price.

If you are interested please let me know.

filofaximy@live.com 

I may end up selling the Regency as well as I do not need it and it has sat in the box for a few months now (it is brand new as I had a replacement due to faulty rings).

I will try to post more regularly!

Comparing Personal and Pocket

Bet your all getting bored and tired of this subject!

Well my Pocket Cross in Pink (Barbie Pink as I call it) arrived yesterday and I bought a Diary from City Organiser which arrived today, amazing City O are. I would recommend them over and over to everyone their services is just perfect!

I started to set up my Filofax last night therefore I want to show you the comparison between the pocket pages of the same things in my Personal Filofax and get your opinions....

The loose post it just marks where my writing up of diary has got too.

Comparison of Diary....

Comparison of to do lists...

I didn't copy all the todo items just wrote up the things I have not done!

Comparison of my notes for work...

So what do you think after seeing my comparison photos??

Let me know below as per usual!

I am really liking the Pocket! Just need to use a diary for 2012 (which I do not have)

Pocket or Personal - the decision continues..

I have read all the comments you have all posted on my last blog post and this is a reply to the whole load of questions instead... I will refer to certain questions etc... so enjoy!

Number 1:

I saw a few people mention my declaration where I said I would use the Osterley Personal for the whole of 2013.

Well I said I will start from 2013 and then in theory I have until 1 January 2013 to make any fine tuning whether that be change to a pocket size Filofax or choose a different diary format! It is not set in stone until 1 January 2013. Therefore if I really wanted I could buy a Pocket Osterley in Plum and use that from 1 January 2013. But as it is not a set in stone event until 31 January 2013 I therefore am able to change my mind.

Number 2:

A few people mentioned I should use two filofaxes have one as a main home binder and have one I take with me.

Well I am unable to do that as I would forget to update the other. BUT I am going to update holiday's overtime etc, (important things) in both in case for any reason I HAD to change)

Number 3:

The idea of the "test drive".

This is what I intend to do, I have ordered a Filofax Cross in Pink (I believe as it is an older model it may be better quality, leather and rings wise)

The Piazzaa fell through due to them not actually having any on sale... bazar!

Number 4: 

I do not actually use much room in my diary, I have been trying to fill up the space with Washi Tape but it looks a bit excessive!



See that is all I write in, then I turn it in to this...

Therefore less room in a Pocket Filofax will make it easier to use as less prettiness needs to be done! :)

Number 5: 

What about your beautiful Osterley?

A lot of people are saying this..... What about peoples spare Filofaxes they have they do not use? I am not the only person in the world guilty of committing this crime! I am still using a Filofax, just my needs require a smaller Filofax!

My beautiful Regency is still unused, but I am ok with it. I am sure I will go back to using the Osterley soon, but for a different reason, maybe somewhere to write recipes... that would be useful!

Number 6: 

Snarling gave me a wonderful tip!!!

Use A6 notebooks or Midori Notebooks, therefore I may use one of those just for lists or something to save on pages!!!

Finally...

If it doesn't work I have 2 weeks to decide and use the Osterley and sell on the Pocket!

I hope that answered everyone's questions over my decisions towards Pocket!

One Diary for 2013 - The Ideas?

As you all know I am going to use just one Diary for 2012, and I have decided this will be a Filofax.

The reasons I am not going to change is because:

    - I need to keep track of overtime & holiday at work properly (Have a huge issue with this atm)

    - I need to keep track of my money

    - I need to just know what I have done when..

    - I need to be able to look back when I last went to the Doctors etc...

And no I cannot use two diaries as they would never be in sync at all, I can only use ONE at a time!

So it has lead me to thinking.... Personal or Pocket the reasons for this are as follows:

Personal

Its large

Holds a lot

Larger rings

Pocket

Easier to carry everywhere

Smaller

Enough space to write

Cute

The cons of each organiser are....

Personal

Too bulky sometimes

If I need to use on the move can be a bit too large 

Heavy

Pocket

Could be too small

Not as much room on the rings, would need to use twice as much paper for notes, or just write smaller

So this is my predicament...

I need the Filofax to do the following:

• Have a whole YEAR week to view
• Maybe a Month to View (years worth too)
• To do lists
• Notes 
• Fiance sheets
• Track other things
• Lists - Birthdays 
• Addresses 
• Random things which I decide

But if I went for pocket I do not need to use dividers, I can use the tabs, but I am tempted to buy some from Japan Corner for which ever I decide to stay in! Also thinking of getting the Month to view from Japan Corner too (I am not linking as I don't want it to sell out before I decide hehe) {sneakkyyyy}

To go Pocket or Personal for 2013?

I have ordered a Piazza from Rymans very cheaply just to see what the size is like, if I don't like it I will sell it on ebay, but I do not think I will get it as I searched on their website and nothing came up. I could end up falling in love with it? You never know.

So reading what you have what do you think I should go for??

Steve told me you can hold 220 pages in a Pocket... is that enough? How does that even look?? (NO IDEA)

Do I go for Pocket Malden as the leather has the most give? or a Finchley? or a Adelphi (I love the Adelphi design and emailed someone on AdSpot on Philofaxy, awaiting a reply still, as I want it)

Once I decide on the Diary and inserts I have to stick with it for a whole year, but I have two weeks to decide what to stick with...

Also a side note about the Pocket - I have tons of Hello Kitty Inserts for Pocket Filofaxes...

Also I have the hole punch that is adjustable so I can make pocket or personal inserts (so thats the least of my worries)

I am thinking of cutting up some of my spare Midori notebooks and using them as Filofax paper once I decide (AS I LOVE THE PAPER)

END OF TRAIN OF THOUGHT.......

Please reply below!!! URGENT MATTERS AFOOT! (afoot may not be the right thing to say, not idea just wanted to put that at the end I felt it thats all... sorry if I have made a complete idiot of myself!!!)

Moving on up.....

I really am oh so very much in love with my Regency as you all know!

There comes a time when Compact will no longer work due to the small rings!

I came to thinking, well I am going to City Organiser this weekend, and I will be surrounded by the best enablers this side of the world, so what is a girl to do.

Here is the beautiful Rose the Regency, she has got me through some tough times, but the signs off too much is starting to show. The pages are stiff to turn, her rings are not enjoying the pressure she has been put under. I am going to need an extra 4 months of Diary in my Filofax minmium with my up and coming hospital trip for a check up so I need space to plan my next appointments.

She just can't cut it anymore.

It will be sad to stop using her, but I do not have much of a choice. Me and COMPACT Regency have to part ways.....

The replacement Filofaxes I shall be looking at are:

• Personal Malden in Purple
• Personal Aston in Orchid 
• Personal Regency in Black (I prefer brown but I believe they are sold out) 
• Personal Osterley in Plum
• Personal Cuban (not sure as to colour, I like the ink)

The best thing about Compact is the rings are same spacing as personal, so I get to move all this....

In to a bigger ringed Filofax, how exciting is that! 

So what do you think I will buy??


(This is a scheduled post, the Philofaxy meet up and my trip to City Organiser was a week ago, so I have already bought a new organiser, post to come soon....)

Pocket V Person - Revisted

Hello

Last night me and the lovely Tracy @icclewu were up until 11:45 on FaceTime on our iPhones discussing pocket Filofaxes.

She is craving the Enigma in pocket, but the discount code for City Organiser - 15% off andy15 is not working! I realised last night after we finished on the phone it says discount codes are not accepted on this idem or something?

I had a look and the first thing I saw was a POCKET FINCHLEY! Finchley is my Favorite Filofax at the moment, I have an Personal in Vintage Pink and a A5 in Imperial Purple. This is in Imperial Purple so in theory would be a lovely addition to my collection, AND it is half price! I am really tempted but first of all I thought I would do a blog post and ask what you think.

I did have a lovely Grey Pocket Malden, which I LOVED! I used it over the Christmas period with a 2 days to a page diary, but the colour really depressed me! I have noticed that if a Filofax is not Pink or Purple, I CANNOT USE IT!

During my little choosing between Pocket and Personal I have done a few blog posts.....here they are:

Pocket V Personal - HELP 

Grey Gravy Granule Pocket Malden, What's in it?

Pocket V Personal - Diary Comparison - 2 Days To a Page

Last night Steve Tweeted to me and Tracy a link from Philofaxy - Pocket is where it is happening!

And as  you can see in my most recent blog post I do not really write much in my actual "diary" part of my Filofax:

Tracy and I were discussing how it makes us feel a bit down that we have nothing written in and she said that if she had smaller pages there would be less white space so would not feel as bad, and I have to agree that it would work for me too!

It would be less of a weight in my handbag too, and there is just so many bonus features to having a Pocket again. I know I just sold my Pocket Malden, but I did not like the colour.....

So my plan is, ORDER the Finchley Pocket Imperial Purple, see how it goes with that, then if me and the pocket get on sooo well, I buy the Pocket Malden in Purple! As I LOVED the Pockets in the Malden, but I hated the colour.

But I did notice that there was a Vintage Pink Pocket Malden for the same price?? So what shall I do?? 

So what do you think?? ENABLE ME BABY!

Pocket V Personal - Diary Comparison - 2 Days To a Page

Morning!!!

I just wanted to do a really quick post this morning of a comparison between my Personal Malden in Crimson and my Pocket Malden in Grey which have both got the same Diaries, i will go more in depth with this post in the future but just wanted to show you the difference of the diary! 

As you can see the Pocket really does look like my Personal has had a baby with another Personal, (my Personal is a female, but have forgotten her name, sorry Personal Malden. My Pocket is called Amelia) they do look very beautiful together! 

Here is the comparison from a far, i do have closer pictures which i will show now! 

To tell you the truth the page size doesn't look too different, its just a little smaller, from these pictures they don't look all that much smaller to me! I am very happy with the difference in size of the Pocket and Personal, I am really getting used to using a Pocket instead of my A5 or Personal and i am LOVING it!!!

More comparisons to come soon!