The Supplies

On Sunday, it was time to buy a new Moleskine notebook. An anticipatory thrill ran through my veins.

When I got to the best art supply store in the world (2 blocks from the apartment), I couldn't decide what to do. The shop had so many fabulous notebooks. I nearly fainted in the aisle, but after careful analysis, ended up getting a massively large Leuchtturm notebook. Grey cover.  Dotted paper.  Something about the size and color pulled me in.

The Moleskines were designed in Milan. Leuchtturms started out in Hamburg. Moleskine's a much newer company than Leuchtturm.

They're both remarkable notebooks.  First thing I thought when I started my new notebook yesterday was that the Leuchtturm paper is quite fine quality.  Come to find out, the paper actually IS a bit thicker than the Moleskine paper.  I've been reading comparisons of the two notebooks on line.   I'll probably go back and get a Moleskine as well this week because of loyalty.  But right now, I'm super happy with the Leuchtturm.  Also bought a few more Le Pens--- grey, dark green and purple.

I'm going to have to keep the Le Pens out of sight once I get back to Thirdland. For awhile anyway. Last year I started letting Thirdlanders use my Uniball Vision Fine Points and there was no going back.  They started disappearing right left and center.   The Thirdlanders' astute appreciation of great supplies made me respect them even more, if that's possible. I bought more Uniballs and gave them a reminder to return them to my special pen cup when they weren't using them. Maybe I'll write a grant to get them great notebooks next year. Could be a game changer.