Personal Planner Review

You may have noticed the Personal Planner giveaway that was running on my blog. Well whilst that was running, behind the scenes my own personal planner was being made ready for me to review. I say mine but I actually had it made it up to give to someone as a present.

Personal Planner UK was started in 2006, they spotted a niche in the market because most planners out there just seemed a bit boring, nothing really special about them. Just how have Personal Planner UK added that special touch to their planners that make them stand out from the rest??

Simple you can select your very own pictures/images to go on your planner, making it unique to you, that's right noone else will have it, you can even choose what pages you have inside and how to lay them out.

The process was extremely simple. I picked out pictures of my daughter's to have placed on the front and back. I even got to have text written on it in the colour my choosing. As you can see from the picture below, the pictures came out nice and clear.

The inside of your planner is also personalised. An owner information page, perfect if you were to lose your planner. A 12 month weekly planner, laid out exactly how you want it and in the design of your choice from their site.

My favourite part is the personalised pages at the back, as you can see from the photo below, you can even add in some sudoku pages, great if you travel a lot on public transport, keeps you from getting bored.

You get the choice of four different sized planners and each one comes complete with a plastic sleeve and a ruler which doubles up as a bookmark/page marker.

The planner itself is extremely well made with quality paper to write on and even an elastic closure in the colour of your choice to keep your contents secure. 

With prices ranging from £14.95 for a small planner to £21.95 for a large planner, you really can't go wrong. 

The only negative that I could find was that you had to wait around 2 weeks for delivery but honestly they are worth the wait and would be perfect either for yourself or as a gift for someone else.

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Disclaimer : This planner was sent to me free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.

FiloFax Review

I am a person who likes to be organised, I start to panic a little if I'm not organised, I cope a lot better when I know where things are, what we are doing for the day, I like to prepare well in advance.

Since becoming a mum I have had to step up my organisational skills, so many appointments and school and play school events to remember. Trouble is I write things down and then lose the paper that I have written it on. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I forgot about Layla's 12/13 month jabs, smacks my own hand.

Then Filofax came to my rescue and allowed me to review one of their personal organisers, I was over the moon as not only would it help me get organised again, I have always wanted one, I am one of these people that likes to write everything down, I don't like using apps on my phone, I love putting pen to paper.

I chose the Saffiano Organiser, it was the perfect size and it came in my favourite colour, purple, it just had to be that one.

When it arrived I was like a kid at Christmas. Filofax ooozes quality. The leather looking outer was bright keeping it trendy, yet still very sophisticated.

Costing an extremely reasonable £30, it is packed with lots to help keep you on top of day to day tasks and appointments. It includes :

1-6 coloured indexes

to do pages

diary

different note papers

notepad

contact pages

frosted ruler

I have spent the past couple of weeks writing down contacts, placing in notes, letters etc with paper clips. Whilst the kids were on Summer holidays, everything seemed to get rather confused and muddles, I was losing track of what day it was. The diary has been a huge help, it has allowed me to keep on top of the girls appointments, birthdays and has got me back on track with reviews and posts for my blog.

What I love about the filofax is that you can make it your own. I have colour coordinated it buy buying a purple pen to go with it which slides in the elastic loop at the side for safe keeping. And sad as it may seem, I have bought post it notes and highlighters so I can mark off when certain things have been done and write extra things that need to be remembered on certain days.

Measuring 190mm x 135mm, it fits into my handbag with ease and has meant that I have it to hand if I need to remember something whilst I am out and about, no more random pieces of paper in my bag!!

I personally think everyone should have a Filofax, they are great value for money and can be used all of the time as you can buy refills for the note papers and the diary to replace what you have used. And the fact that there are so many different types to choose from, there really is one to suit anyones tastes.

What Filofax would you pick??

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Disclaimer : This item was sent to me free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.