Sharpie Stainless Steel Pen!!!
Office Supply Geek and Pen Addict have weighed in on the new SHARPIE STAINLESS STEEL PEN and wow, it’s a thing of beauty. Despite currently carrying on a renewed love affair with my Lamy pens, the Stainless Steel Sharpie Pen has been able to command my full attention. (Shiny things tend to do that) You know a pen is made of awesome when I’m willing to head out to a store 20 minutes before they close IN A SNOWSTORM to obtain one! Read more…
The day has finally come: my beloved Post-it Flag Pen Classic has been discontinued. To be fair this probably happened awhile ago, but it was only recently that I got official confirmation when I contacted 3M to find out where I could purchase more. Now if I wanted to buy 100 at a time I could go to one of those pen wholesalers, but seriously, let’s hope it doesn’t to come to that. Favorite office products being discontinued seems to happen to be on a regular basis so I’m not sure why this came as such a surprise. I mean I don’t even know anyone who uses this pen! It is my daily default pen and besides the fact I love the barrel, there’s nothing especially remarkable about its performance. I don’t even use the flags! I’m so glad I snagged so many at this time last year. What about you? What cherished office supply products have been discontinued? Which ones do you wish would come back?
More Hello Kitty Stick Pens!
Target’s $1 front-of-the-store craptatorium was on fire the day I found these pens. Last time I was felled by love of Hello Kitty I walked away from the experience decidedly disappointed. Not so this time! Maybe it was a bad batch or old inventory happening with the prior purchase, because these pens were actually kind of awesome. Because they’re Hello Kitty there’s no need to wax about their adorableness. Because they’re Hello Kitty there’s no need to expect high quality writing performance. Perhaps it is possible to find high performing Hello Kitty pens – probably in the same fantagical universe where Staples Opiflow pens don’t tear up your paper when you try to write – but I’m not girl for that quest. Read more…
I am a bit of a planner junkie. I have no qualms about juggling several planners at once even if it does sort of defeat the purpose of having a planner in the first place. I am adept at rationalizing why I need a separate planner for gym visits, writing projects and work stuffs. And damn it, if I find Moleskine color-a-day planner for under $10 (like I did two years) I’ll buy that bad boy too. Read more…
You know I can’t turn loose a novelty pen and when combined with anything Star Wars related…well it’s just going to be virtually impossible to say too much bad.
The Lego Star Wars Connect and Build Pen have been a part of my stable of novelty pens since I received Darth Vader a year or two ago from Babby. I’ll be honest that I wasn’t especially thrilled with the way Lord Vader handled daily wear and tear. Within about a week of moderate use his little cape was just as raggedy as it could be. I finally had to put the cape out of its misery because I couldn’t keep that janky cape on such a stylish and ruthless leader.
The poor Stoormtrooper lost his little hands minutes after this photo was snapped. But let’s talk turkey: with hands…without hands, there’s probably not gonna be a noticeable change in a stormtroopers competency. Basically, this means this is not really a pen/toy for little kids. There are way too many tiny pieces. Leaving aside choking hazard, I’m talking about aggravation hazard as you will be nagged half to death to find the lost pieces of this pen because they are tiny and not especially stable. Still, I do think the pen is super cute. However it is NOT a mini figure. The figure part doesn’t come off. so if you’re considering buying it for that reason your mellow will be harshed.
Just writing with the pens will knock the Carmen Miranda hats right off the top. Let’s not even talk about how silly those random shiny pieces look on top of the pens. I don’t think you’re supposed to put them all on at once, but I don’t know what else to do with them, since I only got about ten minutes of fun connecting and disconnecting them from the pens.
The ink is standard black ballpoint fare and I think the pen is refillable. I haven’t figured out how to do that just yet, but so far it hasn’t been a pressing need. These pens write FOREVER! And price isn’t bad either. usually between $5 – $7!
I covet the C-3P0 pen!
Did You Miss Me?
Happy New Year, everyone. It’s been a few since I last updated this blog. I had always planned to return to pen blogging after the new year so here I am. I haven’t been totally out of the office supply game. I’ve been doing a lot of instagraming and that’s usually a good daily record of what’s in my daily arsenal. Read more…
During the school supply season, which sadly is winding down, I noticed some of the big box retailers had replaced the low cost Crayola alternative Rose Art with an even lower cost alternative Cra-Z-Art. I don’t know if has always gone on, but I only noticed it recently when I realized the cheaper brand I was carting to the register was not the oft purchased Rose Art, but a plucky upstart! Read more…
Missoni for Target
The scalpers have already hit ebay with some of the hotly anticipated items from the Missoni for Target collection. From what I have seen of the collection (which does not feature a single plus sized item) I can’t say there are tons of things I like. Still there are a few cute things. Okay, Missoni or not who buys patio furniture at full price in September? The collection drops 9/13. Who’s excited? And what if any of the 400 pieces are you lusting after? Read more…
Fresh or Tired: Pilot FriXion Erasable Pen
It took Borders flat lining for me to finally say, “hey, now is as good a time as any to try Pilot FriXion Erasable Pen.” 80% off the listed price of $4.99 for a two pack seemed to be sweet spot for me to try a pen that evoked those disappointing erasable pens of junior high. Read more…
