I enjoy perusing the Ali Express website and have many a planner over numerous wish lists: Travellers Notebooks, Hobonichi style covers, ringbound planners etc, but I spotted a few planners by a company called Cagie and I was intrigued. I did what I usually did and I added them to the wish lists for fun - sort of a collection without actually owning them. Then I got the idea in my head how the ones with the locks on would be a great journal, and that I really should get back into it, as it is good for mental health surely. I actually had a different one in my cart for a long time - it was white with purple florals on, and I battled over in my mind which one would be better - Rings or a book cover, but the book cover continued to sit in that cart. Then one day, up popped "New in!" and I spotted this one.
It was in Gold, silver and yellow. The silver one promptly went into my basket. It was cheaper than the other one that sat in there for such a long time, so already - a big bonus! Plus I wasn't sure the floral design was completely ME on the other one. But this.... This one spoke to me! Once again, it sat in my cart for a while, before I finally came back to it. The gold seemed more of a "nude" colour than gold and I quite liked that, and I already have a lovely grey planner... I swapped the gold and silver a few times before I finally went ahead and bought the gold one. It arrived yesterday and I LOVE it!
It is quite reminiscent of my childhood journal, and the lock feature is wonderful - this one thankfully doesn't need a key as it is a combination lock and very easy to change the original number. The inner book can come out when it is full and be replaced inside the cover, so this will last me a very long time. I am so pleased with this, and look forward to writing in it very soon.
[Ali Express link to the cover I bought]
