Two things to remember this weekend.....

Firstly don't forget our Skype chat coming up on Sunday. It's an hour earlier than previous ones. I hope as many people as possible can join in. I'm looking forward to chatting with you all. Full details are here.

Secondly Filofax UK are having a 20% off sale on their full organiser range this weekend. Click on the advert below and put in the promo code at the checkout.

Have a good weekend.

Free For All Friday No 107.

So December has arrived, although to me Winter seems to have come early this year, even here in France we have had some cold frosty mornings. Plans for our Christmas are coming together and may be it's time to think about any changes to the format of diary you are using in your Filofax.

I find it quite a difficult decision to make at the start of each year, mainly because I don't like changing mid year. As you will have seen I've been using some Quo Vadis inserts for the last four months, this has been a good trial to have done ahead of the start of the new year. So far no issues so I will stick with my A5 Timer 21 which is a QV Trinote look alike!

So have you decided on which format to use next year yet?  But as it's a Friday we open the door for you to discuss anything Filofax related.

This weeks web finds

Well it's good to see that people enjoyed the meet up on the 20th and you are still talking about it...

• Philofaxy London Meet Up - November 2010 - Sharon. And while you are there take a  look at her post about the advent calendar she recently made.
• Caribbean Princess has a new look.... and some posts about her Filofax collection.
• Draw Pilgrim has published the details of her Filofax Pen Case, useful for people that do sketching or use more than one colour in their diary for different appointments etc.
• Perideau Designs have just released a weekly printable calendar page, and there are other 'printables' on the site as well. 
• And finally.... is a Filofax the perfect Christmas present? Did they need to ask????

Until next time... enjoy.

Taking Stock

Do you ever open your stationary cupboard and discover some Filofax inserts you had forgotten you had bought and put away in a 'safe place' ?.... Oh it's not just me then.....

After the trip to the Filofax shop last month where I had intended to buy some inserts, but the excitement of the day somewhat took over! I didn't get any.... So I needed to go through what I have 'in-stock' and make a list and either order it up on-line or pop in to a shop when I'm in UK next, which just happens to be in a few days time.

So last night I gathered all of my Filofax organisers and other goodies together and laid them out in a sensible order. As you can see I didn't go too over the top with the placement for the the photo... using a ruler to get them all spaced with millimetre precision...next time!

So from left to right, we start with Mini, which I have inserts for, but no organiser... Then comes the 'Pocket' section, plenty of inserts there and an out of place Heart in Pink... included for completeness, I'm looking to swap  the Pocket size Heart for a Mini of some kind (contact me if you are interested, it's a Heart Pocket 2011, new not used). Then in the middle my personal slimline and punch. Then the normal personals including a couple of 'vintage ones', not many inserts spare there, there's also a grape Domino in that stack, not sure what I'm going to do with that one yet. Then finally my A5 which I only have some spare ruled paper for, but apart from the diary (QV Timer 21) I tend to print a lot of my own inserts for my A5, hence my punch.

The job today is to do the Pocket Finsbury to Pocket Chameleon swap over and at the same time work out what I need to buy next week for the other sizes. 

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign - Donation

You might recall about six weeks ago I announced that all of the commission from Filofax sales for October and November would be donated to the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. I checked on the website last night and in total I earned £16.85 during that period.

This morning I made the donation on-line and got back the following acknowledgement email:

Dear Mr Morton

Thank you very much for your kind donation of £20.00 to Breast Cancer Campaign. You have also allowed us to claim Gift Aid which will add an extra 28p to every £1 you have donated, for which we are most grateful.

Thanks to research, more women than ever before are beating breast cancer and your gift is vital to our continued success. 

To find out more about Breast Cancer Campaign, please do call our Supporter Care team on 020 7749 4114, email supportercare@breastcancercampaign.org or visit our website www.breastcancercampaign.org

Thank you once again for being one of the people whose generosity is bringing us closer to beating breast cancer.

With kind regards,


Arlene Wilkie
Director of Research and Policy

P.S.
If you feel inspired to support us in the future, you may consider taking part in our wear it pink day on 29th October 2010 where businesses and schools across the UK raise vital funds for breast cancer research. For further information about this, please visit www.wearitpink.co.uk

Thank you for your support during this campaign, the fight of course goes on and you can donate at any time on the BCC website or by purchasing a BCC Filofax organiser or other products.