Maybook vs Erin Condren Planner

For the past 2 years I've been an Erin Condren planner owner. And I've loved every single second. Loved how well made they are, how sturdy and durable they are. Love the thickness of the pages and that it comes with a cute little page holder/ruler. Love that you can add a little pen holder so that you are never without something to write with. I love the fact that it has the folder and the little plastic pocket to keep business cards or whatever else in. All around, it's a great planner. Great, but a little on the pricey side. I couldn't afford to spend $50 on a planner this year. So I started looking around, and I remembered a few people had ordered a Maybook last year, so I wanted to check them out as well.
After doing much research, and looking into the Maybooks vs the Erin Condren, and whatever else planner I could find. I found that the Maybooks looked like it was exactly what I was looking for. So I ordered it. I couldn't wait to get it. It was less than $30 shipped. I was able to create my own design, and surprisingly it came SUPER fast!!! I placed my order the evening of October 17th, it shipped October 23rd and it was in my mailbox on October 25th! That's FAST!!!!!
I was very pleased!!!

Super cute packaging!

This is the inside of the package

And here is my book!!

Month view

And then the week by week view

This is how big they are...so perfect for me!

Size comparison to Erin Condren

And the thickness

All in all, I'm in love! I couldn't ask for anything more. The ONLY think that would be nice is if it had a few pages in the back for note taking, but other then that, for a monthly/weekly planner, this is PERFECT!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I was going to make my Halloween costume this year, but ended up buying the major piece off Etsy.
• Chloe keeps telling Hubs that she wants him to be Superman for Halloween....guess he's gonna be wearing a cape. LOL!
• Chloe has a drug allergy...we're trying to work through it.
• I have eaten literally, nothing but veggies for snacks and lunch this week, and I still feel like a fat ass after eating dinner most night. What gives?
• I don't like 1 of Chloe's teachers at day care.....She's just too old fashioned for me and she makes me feel like I'm a failure of a Mother.
• I can't afford Erin Condren this year. So I ordered my first Maybook.....and I'm pretty stoked about it. The price point is perfect for me, and it's a lot smaller and more like a pocket book, so for me, I have a feeling this will be perfect. We shall see when I get it. I'll review it once I do.
• It's taken us over a year to get into the basement and start the re-mod. We're turning it into a play room, and I couldn't be more excited! Hubs bought the paint. We're doing a toned down "banana yellow"!!

Well, that's all for me this time. Head over to Shannon's page and tell us what you're saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Meal Planning 101

Don't think going into this post that it's going to be all this information about meal planning...because it's not! I'm horrible at it, and I need some major help. I used to be awesome, used to make my list, grocery shop like a champ with the best of them, make dinner at least 2-3 times a week....yep! Best Wife Award over here! Now?? Nope. But I have my reasons....
Reason 1, and probably the only reason....we had our Couples Boudoir Photo Shoot October 6th. So we vowed to only eat Salads and chicken for the 2 months prior to that so we could watch our weight and be nice and lean and not all bloated for the pictures. That plan worked out great! Grocery shopping was super easy and cheap too! I just bought a huge thing of spinach for myself, and made salads for lunch. And we had chicken Caesar salads for dinner. But now that all that's done....I feel like I need to get back into the swing of things. Making dinner's and such. Having family dinner time....making stuff that Chloe will enjoy. Ya know, the normal....Mom/Wife thing. So my attempt at this, is becoming a member of the Elite Emeals mailing list. I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes.
I got my first meal plan Tuesday night, so I'm looking forward to going grocery shopping this weekend. We shall see how it goes, and I will be posting the recipes that I love.
Stay Tuned...

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

 

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• We spend about $60 on Chloe's school pics - SOOOO worth it!
• I have not been a very good Wifey (housewife) lately....like, cooking...eh, Yea, not the best. Need to get back on track.
• Staying home with Chloe last week while she was contagious made it really hard for me to want to come back to work this week. It was only 2 days, but that time with her was awesome.
• I want to go out and spend a lot of money on a ton of Fall/Halloween decorations. Not sure why...just really in the mood right now.
• I'm trying to be a tea drinker, and limit my coffee intake to no more then 2-3 a day.
• We bought the new Shark Rotator vacuum and we are slightly obsessed! LOVE IT!
• 65 days until we leave for Florida....time to crack down again and start getting fit.

Well, that's all for me this week. Check out Shannon Dew over at Life After I "Dew" and see what everyone is saying SO WHAT! to this week!