Since yesterday was a holiday in the U.S. (Thanksgiving, a.k.a. Turkey Day), I'm enjoying a 4-day weekend. Some folks use this weekend as Christmas shopping kick-off, which is why I avoid shopping this weekend!
Instead, I'll be ordering my 2010 refills and catching up on projects.
I do use my Personal Filo, which doubles as my wallet, as a shopping companion and aid. I have lists of gifts given every Christmas, so I don't make duplicate purchases. I collect gift ideas throughout the year, although I don't make the final decisions until December. I list interesting shops that I want to go back to.
I of course keep my weekly food shopping list in there -- behind the QR tab because the name of my local grocery store begins with R.
Do you take your Filo shopping?
27 November 2009
26 November 2009
Expanding Pens
You might have seen these already, but I came across some expanding ball point pens this evening on a Filofax shop site.
They are made by Zebra Pen they look very neat, they will fit a Filofax pen look, and in their smallest size will be short enough to be used in a Mini or Pocket size organiser, but expanded they are a normal size pen.
Quite a reasonable price too.
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They are made by Zebra Pen they look very neat, they will fit a Filofax pen look, and in their smallest size will be short enough to be used in a Mini or Pocket size organiser, but expanded they are a normal size pen.
Quite a reasonable price too.
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25 November 2009
Filofax Freecycle/Loan
This idea comes from Nickie on the discussion page off our Facebook Page:
So how would this work with Filofax? Well if you have an organiser or any Filofax related items, that you no longer use, but you would be happy to let it go to a new home, then you could 'Offer' it to the group. Now you can offer it as a permanent loan or just a loan for 1-3 months. If the later then it would be a great 'try before you buy' type service.
The person 'Offering' would be responsible for agreeing the terms of the loan and handling the cost of postage etc. Likewise the 'borrowee' would agree to return the item or pass it on for a further loan at the end of the period previously agreed.
Nickie has deliberately omitted the option of offering items 'For Sale' There are plenty of other outlets for doing that already.
But we don't want to get too tied up in 'red tape' let's try to keep it simple and lets try to make this work for the good of everyone.
Now it's not easy to 'post' offers on here, so I've set up a Philofaxy Google Group for you to Post your Offers or Wanted messages. Please always include OFFERED or WANTED in the subject of your message.
I suspect the traffic levels on the group will not be that high... but who knows!
As always we welcome your ideas and comments.
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''Do you have a Filofax that maybe needs a new home - one that you haven't used for a while or one that just doesn't suit your needs any more?If you aren't familiar with Freecycle, people offer their goods to the rest of the group for free rather than for sale or rather than throwing them in the bin/garbage. Now Freecycle covers everything from books to babies nappies from soil or rubble to rock guitars. A few things are off limits, but not much.
Would you be prepared to lend it to another lover of Filofaxes or maybe organise a swap rather than it sit there doing nothing, collecting dust? It would also give other Filofax users the chance to try out new sizes and styles.''
So how would this work with Filofax? Well if you have an organiser or any Filofax related items, that you no longer use, but you would be happy to let it go to a new home, then you could 'Offer' it to the group. Now you can offer it as a permanent loan or just a loan for 1-3 months. If the later then it would be a great 'try before you buy' type service.
The person 'Offering' would be responsible for agreeing the terms of the loan and handling the cost of postage etc. Likewise the 'borrowee' would agree to return the item or pass it on for a further loan at the end of the period previously agreed.
Nickie has deliberately omitted the option of offering items 'For Sale' There are plenty of other outlets for doing that already.
But we don't want to get too tied up in 'red tape' let's try to keep it simple and lets try to make this work for the good of everyone.
Now it's not easy to 'post' offers on here, so I've set up a Philofaxy Google Group for you to Post your Offers or Wanted messages. Please always include OFFERED or WANTED in the subject of your message.
I suspect the traffic levels on the group will not be that high... but who knows!
As always we welcome your ideas and comments.
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24 November 2009
Plannerisms blog
Hi everybody, shameless plug here. As much as I love Filofaxes, I'm also fascinated by other planners, notebooks and accessories (as anyone who has seen my Flickr photostream will know).
So in order to keep Philofaxy strictly (mostly) Filofax-related and yet still indulge my obsession for other types of planners, I have started another blog of my own, Plannerisms. My apologies to NHGrrl for copying the same template, it's the prettiest one!
I hope you like Plannerisms, if not as much as Philofaxy (of course!) then enough to check it out:
http://plannerisms.blogspot.com
Laurie
So in order to keep Philofaxy strictly (mostly) Filofax-related and yet still indulge my obsession for other types of planners, I have started another blog of my own, Plannerisms. My apologies to NHGrrl for copying the same template, it's the prettiest one!
I hope you like Plannerisms, if not as much as Philofaxy (of course!) then enough to check it out:
http://plannerisms.blogspot.com
Laurie
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Philofaxy on BBC Radio 5
I was interviewed by Jamillah Knowles from the BBC Radio 5 live programme 'Pods and Blogs' which was broadcast early this morning. You can catch up with it on-line by downloading the podcast from iTunes or by going to the BBC Pods and Blogs webpage and listening on line there.
You can also listen to the broadcast here
Enjoy....
You can also listen to the broadcast here
Enjoy....
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