Filofax Love!

I've had a Filofax for a couple of years now and it has always sat looking pretty in my bag with occasional dates written in it. However just before christmas I picked up a new Filofax (well actually I picked up 2 a personal one and one for all my girl guide stuff) and decided to customise and start using it in a bid to become more organised.

If your looking for a new Filofax, now is the time to pick one up. Ive had diaries in the past and yes you can get some nice ones but the great thing about a Filofax is it allows you to customise it for your every need.

When I was looking at new Filofaxes, I knew I wanted to get an A5 one. The one I had before was a Personal size one which was a nice size but I really loved the size of the A5 one. You can fit so much more in them both in the actually Filofax and on the pages. 

When I was browsing the WHSmiths sale at the Filofaxes I was instantly drawn to the Domino. Slightly different that the one I had before which contained a popper fastening on the front where as the Domino sports an elastic on the front which goes around the front to close it. The good thing is with this is no matter how much you squash in it the elastic just keeps extending! Perfect! 

Allow me to give you a sneaky peek inside my filofax because if your anything like me I love noseying inside other peoples! 

 This is the inside cover of the Domino! As you can see it contains 4 card pockets and a picture pocket. It also has 2 little pockets and one large pocket on the side.
As you can see I use the card pockets to hold my stamps (because you never know when you will need one) and my P60 from work because you never know when your going to need that! In the other pockets I have my prescription for my glasses and some stickers and post it notes for making the pages with and then in the large one a couple of forms. In the picture pocket you may spy a picture of me, mum and dad at my graduation!
At the front of the filofax I have my stickers. The smaller ones you can see are from Filofax and the large A5 ones are from Paperchase. As you may be able to also see the good thing about this Filofax is it has 2 holders for pens which is great like me if you like to use a normal pen as well as coloured pens. Here I have a Bic 4 coloured pen on the left and sneakly at the edge of the shot you can just see my Cath Kidston Star Pen (You can see it better below)


So what do I use my Filofax for and what sections do I have? I picked up some of the 6 plain dividers from WHSmiths so that I could create my own sections. These can be picked up for around £4 and are great if you want to be able to stipulate what sections you want.

The 6 Sections I have in mine are:

• Info  - In here I keep all details of things like my phone details - when my contract is due etc
• Diary -  Pretty Self explanatory 
• Lists and Notes - In here I have got my 30 before 30 list, my fitness goal list and my bucket list plus my measurements which I am tracking as I loose weight
• Blog - I have customised this section with the help of some page tabs I picked up in Ryman. Here I have another diary - a week on 2 page one from Filofax that I use to make a note of planned blog posts plus areas then I have sections for day to day posts, reviews, features and christmas posts. 
• Addresses - Again self explanatory
• Christmas - In this section I house Christmas recipes, christmas card lists, present ideas etc

I am really in love with my Filofax and particularly with the Domino. The good thing is about the Domino is that it is quite a reasonable price, especially the A5 one when you can compare it to the price of some others. The Domino retails at £37 and is available on the Filofax website here . If your looking at getting one though it may be worth checking your local WHSmiths (or online) as they may have some still in stock (Mine was around £28) although the Domino is sold out on the WHSmith site. 

Do you have a Filofax? Are you in Love with it??