I don’t know how many of you writers out there are also notebook addicts, but I know I am. I saw Rhodia notebooks for the first time this weekend, and I was charmed by the bright colour and the variety of sizes. They are French, tangerine and flip-top, so the fact that they are full of graph paper cannot dissuade. In fact, I think that hidden practicality makes me like them more.

The Curiosity Shoppe carries this notepad-shaped L’Essentiel which includes four notebooks in varying sizes and two matching pencils, for $15.