This is a drawer in the desk my computer sits on. These are my top, most favorite pens and pencils. I always knew that pens and pencils tweaked my heart in a special way; you know that kind of thing when you think Staples and Office Depot are better than DSW Shoes, I just never realized that the tweak had spilled over into obsession. I cleaned out my bedside table yesterday, and this is a feat because it has four large drawers, lots of room for lots of stuff. Anyway, one drawer holds a basket filled with, you guessed it, pens and pencils.
While deciding which would stay and which would go, I began to wonder just how many writing utensils I had. So I started in that top drawer of my bedside table and counted out 24. Moving on to the kitchen I discovered 21 mechanical pencils in a cup on the shelf of the pantry closet, 22 assorted pens and pencils in a container on the kitchen counter, a sloppy handful of Sharpie markers in the junk/pen drawer in the kitchen, (the better to ruin the kitchen table with), and 72 in this drawer in my desk. Of course, there are the 6-7 pens in my purse and the thick fist full stuffed into the center console of my car.
This realization hasn’t dimmed the thump in my heart for more pens though. Just last week I discovered a new favorite, The Uni-ball Signo 207 in purple. I bought a modest pack of two, but already I feel the urge to have one more, no, two more, I mean I have to have my purse and my car covered.
posted by Amanda at 9:17 AM
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When my oldest daughter was in elementary school, she started her "Unsharpened Pencil Collection". This collection included representatives from every holiday, most birthday parties, and many, many school achievements (the math superstar pencil, the star of the week pencil, the pencil you won when you memorized the multiplication tables, and the have-a-great-summer pencil).
Initially, I did not appreciate the collection. (I thought she was a packrat and could not understand why I had to keep buying yellow ones to use at school when she had all those cute ones in the box.) As a former teacher, her Aunt Nancy was an avid supporter of a fellow "school supply junkie". (My daughter also dabbled briefly in stickers.) Now, however, my daughter has finished college, the pencil collection is almost gone, and she is about to start teaching the next generation of students. She has already pointed out that even high school students appreciate a "Great Job!" sticker, and I am sure that she will be placing an order for superstar pencils very soon!
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