Several months ago and in anticipation of a holiday abroad,
I purchased the pocket Pennybridge in purple.
In all fairness, it was pretty much love at first sight. Not only was it purple, I’m currently still
using a pocket size Filofax, it wasn’t too expensive and being leather-look, I
wouldn’t be too upset if it got splashed with suncream or other parenting
mishaps.
As is usual with most of my Filofax blog posts, this is
fairly photo heavy.
At the front is the little zip compartment I used for
coins. Behind the zip is a small area suitable for notes and cards
although this is my only issue with the Pennybridge, I miss a suitable area to
store notes.
In front of the zip compartment are several slots suitable
for payment cards, EHIC cards, business cards etc.
My front picture always makes me smile and is the front from a glittery birthday card.
I printed Ray and Steve’s fantastic pocket travel journals before departing. These were really useful and practical and used every day on holiday. I then inserted some budget sheets to keep a check on how much money we were spending. Next I inserted some plain lined notepaper which made perfect shopping lists for the supermarket run.
I currently use Google calendar and sync to my IPhone. To prevent using my mobile too much on
holiday, I printed off a WO2P Google calendar view to Landscape PDF and then
shrunk it by 60% and it fits perfectly in a pocket Filofax. The same also for the MO2P Landscape calendar
views. Finally, I added my contacts so
we could write postcards whilst away.
In the pen slot (not shown) was my original Bic 4 colour pen
and I also managed to slide the Bic fashion limited edition 4 colour pen and
along the top of the inserts a small mechanical pencil.
In summary, I’ve found the Pennybridge so useful, I
occasionally use it at home if I know I’ve got a short trip out rather than a
purse/Filofax/handbag combination.
A little hint/tip; If the coin section contains too many
coins, it can become a little bulky or difficult to close the external zip but
if you hold the Filofax horizontal and shake it around a little, the coins
distribute themselves more evenly within the coin zip and the Filofax is easier
to close.
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