2008 SB vs BDJ

Goodbye 2008 Starbucks planner…. Hello Belle De Jour 2008! I came to my senses, thanks to Yayen’s influence (no she did not smash me over the head with a hammer), and realized that the Starbucks planner is a bit too expensive for a planner, fine make that too expensive.

I went crazy last year, drank too much coffee until I got acid pains, and got myself that SB planner which, sad to say, I did not use to its fullest capacity. I am 21 stickers away from doom don’t let me go into the light!!!!

Oh someone tell me to shush already!!! Wahahaha WTB!?

Ok let us take a logical approach. Why should I get the Starbucks planner.
1. It has a ring binder, easy to store pictures and envelopes. All I need is a single-hole puncher (which I already have).
2. The leather cover is soft.
3. It has a free pencil. (errrr... ok..)
4. Splattered all over the pages are nice doodles and my most loved coffee drinks!
5. The layout is nice, the days did not have the time line that makes me not want to list things at random. I get this crazy feeling I need to follow the time.. say 10am heck I am not doing my DB by 10am! This was what I didn’t like about the Belle De Jour 2007, the time lines.
6. Alex will shut up about the SB Planner. I have no clue why he wants me to get the Starbucks Planner when he doesn’t even use a planner!!

Why should I get the Belle De Jour 2008:
1. The layout is really girly. The cover, the color scheme, the prints are all girly. It may not be coffee but I like girly stuff.
2. Coupons! It has coupons, lots of them. Coupons for sandals, boutiques, coffee shops etc.
3. This planner is not with the herd. Admit it, the 2007 Starbucks Planner is EVERYWHERE this year and I am betting the 2008 Planner will be in every nook and cranny of Manila next year.
4. The Starbucks 2008 leather cover is too soft for my comfort. It may work for others, some might ever prefer it, but it does not work for me.
5. A Belle De Jour Planner costs only 550 Pesos, compared to Starbucks' (Say its 125 per coffee and I need 24 stickers) 3000 Pesos!? WTB!!
6. Belle De Jour has all these articles about women empowerment, beauty tidbits, recipes, etc.

Hmmmmnn which to pick. The Starbucks planner is really nice and the coffee is great but for an extimated 3000 Pesos? If I drink 1 cup at a time, 1 cup a day I bet I'll reach the 24th sticker eventually. Maybe the reason why I want the 2008 Planner is because I had the 2007 planner, collection bug?

I'll post soon which planner I'll pick.