The summer holidays are in full swing here in Australia, which means visits to the movies, lazy mornings with sleep-ins (yes!) and a generally relaxed lifestyle for weeks on end.
With a little under three weeks of holidays left, it also means it’s time to start thinking about the kids going back to school and making preparations for this momentous event. Ā Yes, I love the holidays, but by this stage of the long, long, llooooonnngggg summer holidays, I’m just about ready for those days where admittedly, the routine drives me nuts, but I do get the house to myself for a few hours each weekday. Ā As an added plus, the kitchen remains in a pristine state and I’m not interrupted with a question every ten minutes.
So we’ve started preparing for school, which means checking out the uniforms and replacing worn-out items, running through the school book checklist, buying new pencil cases and lunchboxes.
And the highlight of it all? Ā Stationery. Ā The back to school part of the year is stationery nirvana for me. Ā The department stores and supermarkets are absolutely full of pens and paper, notebooks and textas, a multitude of wonderful items that I can spend hours drooling over. Ā And don’t even get me started on gel pens – which are tantamount to my own personal crack addiction.
I have two main addictions in life – chocolate and stationery. Ā Stationery ranks in the number one spot. Ā I’ve never met a notebook I didn’t love. Ā Pens hold a fascination for me. Ā So much so that I once asked the man who delivered our groceries for the details of his pen, because it wrote so nicely when I signed my name. Ā There was an advertisement on TV a couple of days ago for a newly-designed pen, which I will absolutely have to buy, because I can’t miss an opportunity to discover some wondrously new and exciting writing device.
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Yeah, yeah. Ā Pathetic, I know.
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Consequently, at this time of the year, whilst I have a specific job in mind (the kids school needs – focus!!), the reality is that I’m checking out every shop I visit, looking for that perfect notebook, the most beautiful writing pen, the cutest set of highlighters to be added to my collection.
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And do you want to know the craziest thing? Ā Some of this stuff never gets used. Ā If I find a beautiful notebook, I can’t bear to write in it. Ā When I find the perfect writing pen, I won’t use it, in case it runs out and I can’t buy another one. Ā How sad is that? Ā
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Fortunately for me, the Darling Husband is very understanding of my obsession. Ā Sometimes, he even humors me by buying some stationery for my birthday, or Christmas. Ā Given that he knows it probably won’t get used, I think that shows how much he truly loves me. Ā Or perhaps how supportive he is of my many, many weird and wonderful idiosyncrasies!
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