It’s about buying stuff you don’t need.
I spent over $100 on these notebooks. The biggest splurge was on a Moleskine (pronounced as /mɔleˈskine/ or mol-a-skeen’-a) Japanese Album style notebook ($26.61).
I received this Chinese kungfu-manual-lookalike notebook from PageOne (picture above, right) for free since I spent above $30!
I later found notebooks bearing a resemblance to Moleskine ones (I never say imitation ah) at A “N” BC, called “monologue”, by PaperLuxe (www.grandluxe.com) going for $6.40 and $7.40 for soft sketch and ruled notebooks. These can also be found in MPH.
Then there’s the 2007 Organizer from Prints (”Printed in Singapore bla bla bla blaaaa…”)
I used to obsess over buying boxes and containers. Now, drying up what’s left in my bank account on notebooks like these give me a certain sort of pleasure.
