[Pen/Pencil Review] The End of 2020 Post
Happy Holidays. We’re right smack in the middle of kicking 2020 to the curb. Jimmy and I are settling in for some quiet New Years Celebrations. COVID vaccines are slowly rolling out, so there may be an end to this pandemic nightmare soon-ish. Some big house-related decisions we made this summer/early Fall are coming to fruition soon that are exciting to US. It feels very grown up and real. BUT… there’s also a lot of fun pen stuff! Writing has been happening. Maybe there will be some light soon.
I did manage to finish one project I was working on off and on throughout the pandemic. It was my “pandemic project†(sort of). I went though my horde of pens and pencils, tested them for what worked and what didn’t. Got rid of a bunch that didn’t. Sorted the rest into pencil boxes by type. There are quite a number of those:
• Wooden pencil
• Mechanical pencil
• Ballpoint pen
• Rollerball/Gel pen (sorting those down would’ve been a pain)
• Fiber point pen
• Fountain pen
• Multifunction
• Highlighter
• Refills – separated into pencil, ballpoint/gel ink, fountain pen ink
The next phase will be to add the new hauls, starting going through them to see what’s been reviewed, what hasn’t, and how to keep the blog going. It’s going to be a neater/tidier horde than it used to be, which is a good thing.
So this Christmas I also learned that I need to update some of my pen wish lists. Though I did mention a gift to Jimmy that he got me that was super fun – one of the pen stores I get ads for on Facebook – because Facebook finally stopped targeting me with diet and undergarment ads and has hit on coffee and stationary – did a Mystery Box promotion with the hook that at least one box would have a Mont Blanc (which is a thing I’ve always wanted even though I know there are even better high brow pens out there now). I didn’t get one of those, but I did get a NICE box – a lovely Cross ballpoint, a Shaeffer fountain pen, CUFF LINKS. If you know someone who uses cuff links – DM me. I would love to give them a good home. There are fountain pens and rollerballs and pencils galore.
We’re about to have some fun – and s
