Life planner for the busy working Mum

So it appears I am VERY forgetful. I forget birthdays and appointments all the time. It isn’t that I don’t remember actual dates of birthdays or appointment dates as such, it’s just that I don’t keep a good mental note of the current date  therefore dates come and go before I even realise it. I have to literally enter everything into my iPhone calendar so I don’t miss anything. With an alert.

The only problem with the iPhone calendar is on the month view you have to enter into every appointment to see what it is. So, I decided to get myself a nice little life planner. I went to look at Filofax and didn’t find anything I really liked. Then I stumbled across these beauties. Erin Condren has designed this planner with options for both weekly and monthly calendar views, little to-do and goal lists, notes sections in every month and a little pocket and zip lock compartment at the back to store items. It covers the remainder of 2011 and all of 2012. There are also options for patterns and design, and you can add your own name. Plus, IT HAS TABS!

Every girl loves a pretty parcel.

peggy & boys - of course.

Month view - with tabs for each month.

Sweet words.

Inspiring words.

Coloured stickers and pre-printed stickers with ‘birthday’ and ‘wedding’ etc. I heart stickers.

Tidy little pocket and zip lock compartment to keep items.

I have to admit the delivery was very steep, I paid about $57 for delivery to my door from the US. As the planner itself was $50 I calculated that even with the delivery fee it was still cheaper than a Filofax. And so very much worth it. I think though there are probably ways to get cheaper delivery, ie discount coupons. Worth a look if you're interested in getting one.

Did I mention THERE ARE TABS?