My Personal Saffiano Set-up!

Before I move into my A5 Raspberry Saffiano I wanted to share my Personal set-up (warning, picture heavy post).  I've been using my Personal Aqua Saffiano for quite a while now and I love this Filofax, it's worked really well and i'm more than happy with the set up.

The only reason i'm moving into my A5 is that the Personal is so stuffed and right now I feel that I need more space.

When you first open the Filofax the Saffiano has three credit card slots and a secretarial pocket and a pen loop.  I don't keep credit cards in my Filofax as I use a separate purse.  I just have a Debenhams Beauty Club Card, a Medical Card and my National Insurance Card, i'm not sure why as I memorised my National Insurance Number years ago.

At the moment I have two Pilot Frixion Pens, one in the pen loop and one clipped onto the secretarial pocket.

I have the odd paperclip and a page marker.  At the moment i'm loving these Arrow page markers which I purchased at Waterstones.  They come in a pack of about eight, in bright colours for £1.99 but can also be purchased from Amazon.

I have the flyleaf where I clip a shopping list which I bought from Levenger, (i'll go into more details about these in my Stationary Post) with a cute paperclip which I purchased at the stationary department of Tesco about a month or two ago.

I have one of the apple stickers on the flyleaf that you get when you purchase an iPad or iPhone.  I love my apple gadgets.

Next I have a piece of scrapbooking paper which I cut down and punched.  This is about as far as my decoration goes.  Here I have another Arrow page marker and a post-it note with my stationary shopping list.

On the back I currently have a note that I left for my partner on the fridge so that he'd see it as he was getting his food for the week.  He's a HGV Driver and goes away for four days at a time, travelling all over the country (soppy, I know lol).  I also have a picture that one of my Twins drew for me, then my Paperchase Planner Stickers, which I love and would highly recommend.

In the Filofax Credit Card Wallet I just keep an old card for the hairdressers for contact details and opening times, a McDonalds Loyalty Card, Post-It Flags which I use a lot and a picture of a Minion which came on one of the Twins Pencil Case.  He's Minion mad.

I have recently added a Focus Section.  It's basically more card stock, cut down and punched.

Each month i'm going to Focus on four areas of the house.  This month it's:

• De-cluttering the Living Room and Dining Room.
• Organising my bookcase.
• De-cluttering my bedroom and re-arranging my Dressing Table.
• Go through Twins clothes, charity any that no longer fit and make a list of what they need.

This has worked so well, it's now the 25th September and all I have left to do is re-arrange my Dressing Table.

I tend to have random Post-it's here and there.  I was watching The X Factor and a young lad, Paul Akister sang Jealous Guy, you can find his audition here.  It made me want to download the original by John Lennon once i'd finished crying so this is just a reminder.  Take a look at Paul's other audition "Let's Get It On' here he really is an amazing singer and I know i'll be backing him this year.

Anyway back to Filofaxes, I got a little side tracked there lol.  You then come to the Diary Section, i'm currently using week on two pages and my calendar is from Paperchase for around £4 July 2014 - Dec 2015, the paper quality is good and in my opinion a little thicker than Filofax Calendar Pages.  I don't decorate my pages but use lots of Post-It Flags, hi-lighters and the odd Martha Stewart Dew Drops so that things stand out.

I'm using another of the Levenger cards this week as my to-do list.

My List Section starts with my Edward bookmark which I punched as i'm a massive Twilight Fan.

My List Section contains:

• Reading - current reading list, book wish list and books to look into.
• TV/Movie - movies I have watched with my partner, movies i've watched alone and a wish list.
• Beauty - my current hair colour, lipstick colours (Revlon Lip Butter), my favourite right now, Maybelling Colour Tattoo's that I currently have.  Should an offer come on a Boots or Superdrug I know what colours I currently own and a wish list.

I also have a Home Section, which is just items I want for around the house, a Planner Section, with pen colours I own, my weekly and monthly planner review notes and a list for 2015 and a small Blog Section, I used my A5 as my main blogging section but it will be combined into my main planner once my A5 is all set up.

I have recently added a Health Section but this is a work in progress.  My List Section is the only place where I decorate slightly with Washi Tape and the odd phrase.

My Finance Section is still a work in progress and i'm testing out a few ideas to keep on top of my finances to see how they work out for me.  I log everything I spend, i've struggled to do this in the past either forgetting or giving up but so far i've kept it up for nearly a month now which is a record for me.

Lastly I have a Filing Cabinet Section at the back where I file random information.  I just use the standard dividers that came with the Filofax as I have no patience or motivation to create my own but i'm fine with that.  I have never got round to labelling them but over time I remember where each section is and if I need to change things around, its no big issue.

In my next YouTube video and Blog Post i'm going to share my Stationary Pouch and what I store in there.

I will post my accompanying YouTube Video if you'd like to check it out or visit my Channel Planner Geek.

Thanks for stopping by.  I'd love any comments below if you have any questions or just to say Hi!