I had originally bought the Mambi Happy Planner from Michael's. It was on sale for $11.99 I believe. This is my second time purchasing the planner. I first bought it thinking I was going to use it for punching into my a5 planner. I ended up doing so, but then got lazy and ended up selling the pages through Facebook. Since then, Create 365 has come out with a wedding expansion pack, which I really wanted, which caused my second purchase of the happy planner. From using this planner, I have decided I like the Erin Condren style layout with 3 boxes per day, a lot more than a horizontal layout. Because of this, I actually purchased the new SewMuchCrafting inserts but that's for another day!

Planner cover purchased from her

I love this kikki k magnetic bookmark. Heart paper clip made by me

 A new feature of the blog. Every Saturday I will show you photos of my spiral Kate Spade planner. I kind of just use all my planners the same way, because depending where I go, I'll grab a certain one. I don't use them for different aspects of planning because they all kind of do the same thing for me

This was purchased at TJMAXX

This was purchased from etsy

Since I've had free time around the house, I've been making dividers to try to sell to get some little sort of income. I don't have much paper choices right now so this is what I've come up with. I got the bow punch from Target, it was on clearance for $5 and some change. I'm having so much fun with it

  Since these planners are an outlet only purchase, the demand is pretty high. The market has noticed this which is why the Kate Spade website now sells a similar version of the zip planner. Instead of it being a Wellesley, it's called a Grand Street zip planner, which can be purchased here. Wellesley is a brand line at Kate Spade. It features a license plate with the Kate Spade logo. The Grand Street line has no plate. I've had sales associates from Kate Spade stores tell me that having the plate on an item used to be (if not currently) a way to tell outlet items from store items. Anyways, my planner was an engagement gift from my boyfriend. He had originally planned to have my engagement ring inside my planner, and had special dividers made (which I'll show), and he got fake rose petals and pretty crystal pieces. He was planning on proposing to me in Atlantic City, but after talking we decided to wait until my parents are visiting. I talked him into still letting me use the planner, because I loved it so much! If you can't get to an outlet (if they're still selling the planners) people in Facebook planner groups sell them once in a while for anywhere between $120-150. Mine was an ebay purchase. Without further ado, the photos. **Excuse the leopard print, I haven't found a great spot to take photos yet**

My gold foil accents are from Michael's.

I made this dashboard, the paper is from Paper Source. It's Rifle Paper Co.

Bow tab dividers, they ask me to marry him on the back, made from her

My weekend sticker is from her

My date night sticker is from her

Stickers from Michael's

Filofax checkbook inserts

Savings inserts from her

I usually have paper clips here but I've been redecorating constantly

Life update

Yes, that's right! I'm here, in New Jersey. I'm finally with the love of my life. I left San Diego, CA on Feb 17, 2016. My boyfriend surprised us with a new laptop he had purchased during the Black Friday sale. I have decided to get my blog back and running! It's much easier to update and use Blogger on a laptop/desktop computer than it is using a Surface tablet.

I'm going to keep this blog both planner friendly, as well as life friendly. Right now we're staying in a foreclosed house, using this time to our advantage, trying to save as much money as possible. I spend my days, when my boyfriend is at work, cleaning our house, using the treadmill, playing with my planners, and searching for jobs. With the free time I have, I thought it would be beneficial, to keep myself from going crazy, to start my blog again.

I updated my 24 before 25 list, and my about me page (which now tells which current planners I have) I'm going to start getting posts in the que. I hope you enjoy looking in on my life! Living here is a lot different than San Diego, and I feel lucky to get to show this new part of my life with you

xo, Marisa