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Hey guys! Happy Saturyay!
I woke up really tired for some reason- didn’t sleep great, had some bad dreams and night sweats. Anyone else get those? They are horrible…
Anyway- I have a day full of plans today, which is kind of rare for me. It’s mama’s birthday- so I’m spending some time with her before I head off to my friend’s 25th birthday party and then an indoor circus event [without animals] at this really cool club.
Pretty exciting! What do you all have planned for the weekend?
So if you have been following me for some time now, you may know that I love planning. It helps me stick to a routine, feel more balanced, and I specifically love the 365 Mambi Happy planner.
You can get that here: Happy planner site!
Soooo… in my past post about spring goals, I talked about wanting to start planning again.
I was going hard with the planning for awhile and then I started using my happy planner solely for work because the stickers and decorating aspect got a little too “busy” and distracting from all of my work things I had to write down and keep track of.
I talked about how I wanted to get an Erin Condren planner- which I still want.
Little did I know walking into Michaels the other day [for something else completely, by the way,] that I ran across the planning aisle only to see a big version of the Happy planner. You read that right. Probably the same size or close to the Erin Condren.
I couldn’t resist…. I also had a great coupon.
Yeah…. I went a little crazy…
Stickers, washi tape, dashboard, sticky notes, and page magnets! I ended up paying only about $50 for all of this.
Okay, so I got all of this, ran home, super excited. Only to open it up and find out that the planner does not start until July. July!
Ugh. Okay- I have tunnel vision. So of course I looked up month extension pages- which I found out they only have for the smaller version of the planner, not this one yet- this big version was only released this month. Wahhhhhhhh.
The planner is beautiful inside, too. I am so excited to start decorating and obsessively planning again and want to use this one as more of a personal planner and journal/scrapbook.
This section is new and I really like this:
The pages also seem to be a little bit better quality. Thicker and less easily to come out of the binding system.
I also love the new dashboard pages:
So I guess I will have to wait until july…. sigh… I was even thinking about buying the smaller Happy Planner month extensions and sticking them in here, using those for a few months until July. It may be look a little silly, but my other planner mainly stays at work now.
Are there any other Happy planners out there?!
Nice! I was deciding between this and Erin Condren and chose Erin Condren because of the actual binding and it was a TAD smaller. I love it! However, I think both are great!
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Thanks for the comment- yes one day I will have an erin, too! The one thing I don’t like about the happy planner is the binding system
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Has it been holding up pretty good? I mean it has to be nice to add and remove pages as needed! I just use sticky notes when I need to add more. Have you bought any stickers from Etsy yet? 😛
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Yeah it really has actually! It is nice the customization it has is a big part of why I love it! I am dying to buy stickers on etsy! But I haven’t yet…
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I love the “currently” sidebar. That’s such an awesome way to capture a snapshot of your life month-to-month. That planner is adorable.
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Thank you for stopping by! Yes that is actually my favorite part and thats a new feature they added since the smaller happy planner came out. I’m excited to use it!!
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I love this! I actually follow their Facebook group “big happy planners” but I haven’t bought one yet. I love seeing all the fun ideas you can do with it. I have to get one now!
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Oh i didnt know there was a fb group ill be checking that out! Thanks for the comment kaylyn- would love to see your spreads too once you get it!
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There’s quite a few Facebook groups about the Happy Planner. I haven’t joined any specifically about the big one, but I could invite you to the ones I did join if you like?
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That would be awesome- thank you!
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Bahahaha. I just realised I have no idea what name to put in the add box. XD
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I’ll just give you a list, instead. 🙂
If you type them in to the Facebook search box, they should come up with an option to join.
* Me & my BIG ideas! The Happy Planner
* Happy Planner Society
* Me & My Big Ideas Happy Planner Group
Hope that helps! 🙂
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Thank you!! =D
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No problem 🙂
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Am a big planner.. but oddly enough not a planner person.. I do most of my planning digitally now..
Cute buys.. it’s impossible to wake out of Micheal’s empty handed
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Definitely impossible! Lol… there is something kind of therapeutic to me about writing down things when planning – you should give it a try sometime and see if you like it, but then again, whatever works for you- if digital is better, that’s good too! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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This planner is gorgeous!! I am a big fan of planners and the stationary but it never ever goes to plan for me and I always give up because it never looks as good as everyone elses lol!! I am so jealous, this post has kind of inspired me to try planning again!
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Yes- you should! And if you post about it, I’d love to see! Also it’s not about making it look perfect, it’s whatever works for you!
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I love using planners–it seems such a weird thing to get excited about, but if you’re using it everyday it needs to be something you like! Such a bummer about the July start
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Exactly! And im soo picky about them too- glad you can relate! Haha
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That is the exact same planner I’ve been drooling over! Love it!
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I would highly recommend it!!
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Just bought one of my own and looking forward to getting started with it!
Should be posting about my first thoughts of it soon.
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Awesome! Glad you found me, I will come over and check it out- I have been slacking with mine lately but need to get back into it!
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Omg! I love happy planner stickers, they do them on amazon for real good prices!✨
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Yes they definitely do! Thanks for commenting
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Hey, again, just wondering whether you could check out my blog? New with only one post but more are scheduled for tomorrow! Thx,
Wizz xx📸
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Will do!! I have been crazy busy with the holiday season and have not had as much time for blogging lately!
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