Hobo Travels

Happy 2018!  I see the year is moving right along without any interference from me.

I once again went through my selection process for a planner/journal for the new year.  Actually, this process started about the middle of last year. The system I set up for last year really wasn't working for me (I'm starting to think it's ME, not the planners!) 

I have looked at the Hobonichi as well as Travelers Notebooks that everyone raves about.  I decided to try out a Hobonichi, the small version that contains 6 months of planning and calendar pages.  I found a pretty good deal on eBay and placed my order on June 2 of last year.

Things did not go well, as evidenced by these pictures from my "scribble notebook" that I keep for note-taking.

 After almost a month of waiting, and receiving no explanation from the seller other than an invalid tracking number, I gave up.  Ebay was really on top of the problem and promptly refunded my money to my PayPal account.  I used those funds to re-order the Hobonichi directly from an Etsy seller in Japan.  Since I paid the premium shipping price (to expedite the shipping to the states), I also ordered a rubber stamp shaped like a postal scale and some washi tape.  Might as well as it didn't change the shipping price.

I had the new Hobonichi in just over a week.  Much better service than the eBay guy!

I played in the Hobonichi off and on the rest of the year, but not as much as I had planned to.  It was enough to learn that I liked it for certain things, and I decided to order a larger version for 2018, which I did. 

I have to compliment Ebay on their handling of the first order.  They were very prompt with everything.  They even gave me a $20 credit for my trouble, which I turned around and used to buy the Jane Davenport tins of watercolor (both of them), that had just come out around that time. 

So, in conclusion, I have learned... that... I need more play time :)