introducing my erin condren life planner...

So a few weeks ago I was looking at other people's blogs and I came across one that mostly talks about organization (right up my alley) and one of the posts was about this planner.  It was an Erin Condren Life Planner (check her out here ) and I cannot believe I had not heard about her or these planners before.  Planners are like my life line.  It is such a relief to be able to walk around with my tasks/schedules/thoughts down on paper, not just always kept in my head.  These planners are so cute and seem to have everything I could want in a planner.  There was only one problem - they are $50!!!!  I think that is a LOT of money and I couldn't justify spending it on a planner even if it would be adorable, and personalized, and a life-saver, and sooo me.  Who am I kidding, I totally bought it after drooling thinking about it all afternoon.  So that was September 18.  And after that day I started checking my account every day until I saw this:

I was super excited because it was shipped a week earlier than the deadline they gave me.  So then I started stalking checking the FedEx website with the tracking # they gave me.  It took sooooooooo long (it felt like that, but really was only a week) before I checked and saw this:

 

That totally made my day!  It was a long day at work waiting to get home and open it!  When I got home I made dinner, gave the girls baths, picked out their clothes for tomorrow, tucked them into bed, and FINALLY it was time to open my long-awaited package.

 

 

The package was so beautifully wrapped and I was so excited to finally see my planner in person with all of my favorite things listed on the cover!

 

 

Here are a few pictures of the inside of the planner so you can see it for yourself:

 Each month on two pages:

 Every week is broken down into two pages as well, with a morning, day, and night section as well as a note-taking section on the bottom of each day - PLENTY of space!

There is a page of stickers in the back to help certain events stand out:

 

Two pages of blank stickers that you can customize yourself:

 

Two folders in the back for you to place things in:

 

A ziplock pouch in the back for you to keep pens, markers, or anything else in (shown is my $10 giftcard that came with my planner to go towards a new one next year!)

 

I know I didn't go into a lot of detail about the planner itself other than the pictures, but there are SO many posts online about the Erin Condren planners so I didn't feel the need to do yet another in-depth review.  I will just say I think it is awesome and I am so excited it is finally here.  I will write another post in a day or two about how I am going to use my planner - you will also find a lot of posts online about how people use their planners, and everyone does it a little differently.  Its fun to make it work for you!  Want one of your own? Sign up for her website here !