So as I shared yesterday, I love Planners. I love everything to do with keeping my family's schedule. I recently learned about the world of decorating planner pages. And the possibilities are endless. But today, I want to concentrate on one of the most important parts of a planner - what to use to write in it.
You study stores with great enthusiasm either online or in person. You study every planner you see (be it one that belongs to a friend or a stranger). Then you find the perfect one and you buy it. You get it home or to your office/place of employment and you open it up. You are ready to input your life into this wonderful purchase. But what to use? You must use the right pen or you will wind up with bleed mark through the pages or smears, or other tragedies from using the wrong writing tool.
Just like I love planners, I also LOVE pens! I am a pen collector. When I get a good one, I tend to become very possessive. The one person who may get me to part with a favorite one is either my mom or my husband. Although I typically keep mine and just buy them one of their own. So right now I have some really favorite ones (some are thanks to some wonderful people I have never met other than online). But their recommendations have been fantastic.
1) Many years ago, I ran across Pilot Frixion pens and highlighters. I sort of walked away from them because the original ones seemed to leave something to be desired. However, after reading so many people talking about how wonderful these pens are, I decided to buy some and try them for myself. So far I have to say I love them. One of the things I love the most is that they are erasable, which gains high praise from me. After all who wants a bunch of scribbles or white out in their planner.
2) Pilot Precise grip pens are another one of my favorites. They write smoothly. the colors are vibrant. All in all I have to give them high marks.
3) Pilot G2 pens are another one I really like. These pens have bright colors and a lot of choices. They are ones I have used for a number of years.
4) Papermate Inkjoy pens are one of my newer favorites. These pens write really well, don't bleed and just look good.
5) One of my new favorites that I found thanks to some awesome fellow Online Bible Studies ladies are the Foray brand pens from Office Depot. Now I am not sure I ended up with exactly the ones they meant, but I still love them. I got two different sets: one are the rollerball pens (I do have one complaint about these - the red one in the particular set I got has a lid that will not stay on - so that does not really make me too happy. After all who wants a pen that has a cap that randomly shoots off the pen like a projectile). But I have to say I love the color choices and the way they write.
The second set I got are the Advanced Ink ballpoint pens. These are one of my "go-to" pens now. There is an awesome color selection in the set I got. They have a rather fine point so they are perfect for writing things in small places (Like a planner can have at times). The ink seems to be really vibrant.
So these are my five favorite types of pens. What is your favorite type of pen? Also what is your favorite Office/School supply? Share with me!
Even as I look at my planner, I see erasures, blotted out marks, circled items that have been cancelled, and arrows that point to critical appointments. Sometimes real life means our planners get messy! But maybe I need that erasable pen you mention. :)
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