your filofax week (#11)

This week, I'm featuring Jotje/Judith's pages! Although they were of the week before, they are still relevant as you can still see how she organises her planner. Her blog is We Really Didn't Need Another Filofax Blog (don't know about you guys but to be honest, I can never tire of reading about Filofaxes, so, yes we did need another blog!).

Anyway, this is what she had to say about her week:

"This is my past week. As you can see I color-code my entries. Pink = family/kids; lime green = household; aqua = work; purple = personal/me.

At the bottom of each day I have my meal plan in light green. I don’t use the weekly spread for Todo’s, for the simple reason that there is no real space to record them. I am currently using a Daytimer Hot sheet to record weekly todo’s. If there is any time-specific todo in future weeks, I use a small post-it note (like you see here on Monday).

I also use a lot of stickers to make appointments or specials stand out. I’m still using my supply of stickers that came with my Erin Condren  Life Planner. They fit exactly in a column which I love!

The little square stickers are from Organised Mum (organisedmum.co.uk).

I use a yellow highlighter to indicate working hours of DH, so I know when he’ll not be around for dinner or to take over one of the numerous taxi-drives that come with a family of six … ;-)"

Without further ado, here is her week!

Isn't it wonderful? The colour, the simplicity but it still has an air of professionality (is that a word??) to it! I honestly love this and wish for a day when my life is interesting enough to use an A5 as my main diary (look at the space!) but also so that I have an excuse to use stickers for different bits of my life, or even for different kids (in the future...?). I also love the month tabs - they just add more colour and a further level of organisation to the Filofax.

Thank you so much to Judith for sending me her week. And I'm so glad to be sharing it with you all too as it really is fantastic!

How has your week been? Are there parts of Judith's planner you're envious of (feel free to share - I have done already in a paragraph above!) and are there parts you would love to try and re-create? :)

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june; can't live withouts

With such mixed weather from this month, I have had many essentials but here were the ones that I used the most.

1) A colour block pleated skirt from Cos

Due to the hot weather, I had to keep my modesty but also keep cool at the same time. This skirt did the trick. It comes to just above my knee but the lightweight material helps keep me cool at the same time.

2) Welch's Grape Boost juice

Don't know why, but this juice is so addictive! I've gone through one of these a week at the moment. Slow going, but that's always the best way!

3) Hayfever tablets

Hay fever is the bane of my life in the summer and these tablets are a god-send!

4) And of course, my Filofax.

My Filofax proved invaluable when it came to my dissertation. That is because I set myself deadlines to hand things in, and deadlines for when I wanted to get a section finished by. I didn't really use it for planning the dissertation in though.

What couldn't you live without in June? How did your Filofax/diary help?

my current filofax set up

*** WARNING: VERY, VERY IMAGE HEAVY POST ***

So, as some of you will probably have guaged by now, I've resorted to using my new aqua Chameleon. In all honesty, I was a Finchley girl before I got this one but now that I have the aqua in my hands, somehow, it feels right. I like how sturdy the leather is; how dull but interesting the colour and pattern is and finally how it seems a bit more youthful than the Finchley is. (Not that I'm saying the Finchley is for an older market because I do still love my Finchleys!)

Anyway, having fully moved into it, I have tweaked and tampered with the layout countless of times and have finally rested on this current set up. It seems to work at the moment but that may be due to the fact that I am not as busy as I was earlier in the year but also, because of various changes in my life, my Filofax needs have changed slightly.

I have also, apparently, gone back to my old ways of stuffing my Filofax to the brim! Even though I have posted about downsizing to a Compact, it seems the only way to make my Chameleon lie flat was to stuff it.

Without further ado... I reveal to you, my new set up!

This is the beauty in all its glory...

And from the side...

From the top...

And finally, opened!

There is a Frixion there to the left as it's currently my pen of choice (along with my Muji Erasables but I want to use up this one first as I don't like it as much!). I don't really keep cards in the card slots. I have extra sheets of mini-notepaper for various lists or notes, then three fully stamped Caffe Nero coffee cards, plasters and vouchers for cheap eye tests. Housed under the flap thing are my NHS card and driving licence paper.

As you can see on the left; although I had to send the Affair back, I was able to keep the inserts and have carried on using them as they are beautiful! 

And a closer look to the right: a clear pocket of all the vouchers I accumulate from my participation in surveys as well as some important receipts and other momentos.

And the first tab is called 'Temperley'. I bet you're all wondering what's inside it? Well, I hope you won't be too disappointed because it really isn't that interesting...!

It's just to-do lists! It might have been more fitting to put the 'Projects' tab here but there is a reason as to why I didn't. You may have seen this list before; it's my list of restaurants that I would like to visit for whatever reason.

And overleaf, a to-do list for food! And a to-do list waiting to be used.

And this is what is under the 'Projects' tab! On the left and overleaf of that is a list of food that should be avoided for those with gluten intolerance and on the right of the picture below is my own 30 for 30 remix where you only take 30 items of clothing and shoes for 30 days.

Next is a clear tab where I've stuck on random things. At the top is my weekly ritual and at the bottom is my typical order from Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

Then some month to-do lists...

Now onto the diary! My personal page of personal details - with most sensitive information pixelated.

Two random post it notes; one detailing what needs to be done to the house we are buying (provided it doesn't fall through!) and the one at the bottom with all the dates of my jabs I've had. 

Then a blank divider to bring me to where the actual diary starts as there are sheets of notepaper in between the personal details sheet and the diary.

And another blank divider for when my summer starts (but also to show when my degree ends...!).

Directly under the second blank divider...

And then the third blank divider: to show the potential start date of the medicine degree I may be embarking on in the autumn (though, I am thinking of deferring at the moment...).

And under that third divider...

Finally, the fourth blank divider - to show the beginning of 2013...

And also to show where some more notepaper is too.

This particular sheet is how much each bit of a house renovation may cost - for my own future reference as my mum and I have had an interest in property development for a few years now and I'm thinking of pursuing it now!

Then a sheet for prizes I have won in the past (a bit egocentric, I know, but it's nice to know how *lucky* I may have been in the past).

And a balance sheet of my finances for the month. I think the expression of the monkey sticker says it all really...

Then another clear wallet after the notepaper. This contains stamps...

Spare passport sized photos and a cute drawing my sister drew for me some six years ago. Then, on the right, are the first few months of 2013!

And finally, one last clear plastic wallet. Another cute picture my sister drew; again from six years ago; and two pictures of myself as a baby and my dad.

And overleaf of that, another picture my sister drew and a picture of me as a baby and my mum.

And I lied; that wasn't final bit! This is the zipped compartment at the back and currently holds some sticky notes and proof of postage receipts.

So, after that marathon of a post, you can choose to reward yourself however! Be it some chocolate, a big steaming mug of tea or even a hard workout on the treadmill (just...why?!), you deserve it after reading all this way! (And I am very grateful for you having read this far!)

Overall, I'm very happy with the Chameleon. The more I use it, the more I have grown to love it and the more I just want to play with it! Hope you enjoyed a look at my layout but obviously, being a perfectionist, I will probably chop and change this layout in the near future; so look out for another post on that!

However, the big question is: will I move out of it into another Filofax again? If so, which one? And why? Will I ever return to the aqua Chameleon? So many questions and the only way to find out is to keep reading my blog hehe :)

Note: This post was written back at the beginning of June but was only scheduled to post now because I knew I would be busy with end of degree crap :)

my filofax week #10

So, this was my week.

The highlight? Definitely the Harry Potter studio tour on Friday. I stapled in my ticket just to make sure I don't lose it so that I can stick it into my memories scrapbook which doubles as a journal (have had it since I was 14!).

Notice another change? Yes, I have moved into my Osterley. It arrived earlier this week and I love it. The leather is so supple and sophisticated and the colour is dark enough to look professional, yet purple enough to add a bit of 'zing' to this model. I think I'm in love. (Pretty sure I said that with The Affair too - I think I fall in love with inanimate objects a bit too easily!)

Next week is mainly relaxing and doing some touristy things around London before I leave to go home (for maybe a month and a half before we move Southwards to a new house) so it probably won't be as interesting as previous weeks.

As a result of this, I'd be really grateful if one of you lovely readers could please send in your week instead? :) I love seeing other people's Filofaxes and I'm sure other people are the same.

Have a good week!