Today is the last day at school for students at public schools here in France.
They don't return until Monday 2nd September. Even though they are off school for 8 weeks, I'm fairly sure our local supermarket will shift in to 'Back to School' selling mode sometime next week!
It means two aisles of stationery items and school bags etc. It's like an annual festival for paper people. Always worth a look though, even if you don't have any school age children at home yourself!!
Naturally, it is Friday so please feel free to discuss anything planner related and window shop the posts here on Philofaxy.
Back to School sales always happen about end of summer term in super or hyper markets. Usually sold out before halfway point of summer holidays. By that point my lad could grow out of the new clothes if bought that early, just takes one growth spurt to do it!!
ReplyDeleteOn a Filofax topic, is it common for new filofaxes to come without a dated or undated diary? I have just bought a pocket original for my neice and it does not have a diary in it. So now I have to go out to buy one from WHSmiths or Rymans in town. Does it matter where you bought it from with this? Or is it the case that direct from FF it comes with diary but amazon or other online source it comes without for example?
I've bought a couple through Amazon US and they came with diaries--one dated and one not. That was about 2-3 years ago. Maybe it's their latest cost-cutting measure?
DeleteA lot of organisers sold on Amazon and eBay are unsold old stock. Often the diary (and there should be one in a new Pocket Original) will have become out of date and quietly removed.
Delete"annual festival for paper people" is the brilliant term I didn´t know I was missing:D. I love the feeling of it even though I´ve been out of school for what feels like 100 years, it always feels like a fresh start
ReplyDeleteNow that it is Summer Season in the Northern Hemisphere do you adjust/down size or designate a smaller ring planner just for this time of year? Non-bulky winter clothing=smaller planner? Jessie, stateside Pittsburgh P
ReplyDeleteI only carry my binder in a bag anyway so so personal and even A5 is ok to carry. Usually it is with a laptop anyway. it is about the system I need and I learn to cope with the size needed for that system.
DeleteFor some summer vibes I use Filofaxes with a bit of color. I'm switching from my normal black and brown color scheme to a blue Malden and a dark aqua original. The content of my Filofax does not change.
DeleteI used to love the back to school shopping trip! I hated being rushed, so was very lucky that my Mum eventually understood this, so she'd go off & do some other stuff which meant that I could browse at my leisure.
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