Oh Martha! | Martha Stewart Home Office Discbound Notebooks Review

I had been meaning to make a funtastic video to talk about the Martha Stewart Home Office Discbound Notebooks by Avery. Honestly... If you know me... then you know that I love me some Martha Stewart. I feel like we'd be best friends... but she'd have a much prettier and more cohesively decorated house. We'd sit on our fancy window seats... what are those called anyways(?)... drinking our tea and homemade muffins (that she made because we all know she would make the most amazing stuff)... ahhh... the life...

Oh ya... back on track. So I was given a super amazing opportunity to review the Martha Stewart Discbound Notebooks over the past month and can I tell you something... ITS SOO COOL. I tend to love school supplies... but since I'm not a kid anymore I have moved on to office supplies. I once said in an interview... for a job... for an Administrative Assistant... that my favorite part of my previous jobs as an AA was office supply ordering. I will also tell you that I did not get said Admin job... but I like to think its because they knew I would order sassy and fun office supplies and not the fact that I totally bombed that question. P.S. I dont even know how to appropriately answer that question... My favorite part of being Admin was transcribing notes... or My favorite part of being an Admin was red line edits. Come on... I like to think my answer just added pizzaz!!

Oh... man... off...topic... again...  So yes where were we... Discbound Notebooks... Martha Stewart... Avery... yes... I remember now. While I love traditional notebooks, I think I love this notebook EVEN MORE. For one... I love that I can move around the front papers... you know... the important dates, random facts, etc. to the back. Normally when you get a notebook its either you keep those in the front or you tear them out. I like them. They are very useful, but I dont want to have to skim through 10 pages that I don't need on the daily (see that... that was what cool kids say, right?) just to get to my notes. I want to get there and get there fast. Another one of my favorite things is the ability to remove a sheet of paper from the notebook, and then... wait for it... put it back in. WHAT!!!! Normally, I can tear sheet of paper from my notebook and then its gone. Its the little things people.

Another cool thing... and this does not come with the purchase of a notebook... are the accessories. Personally, I have the task pads and the dividers (which are heaven considering that I dont have to open and close those darn latches that I always get my fingers caught in). I still need to get my hands on the calendar insert, my store only had through 2012 a few months ago and I keep forgetting to get in there before they are all gone again. Surely they'll still have them... its not February yet. ;)

So go on... Go get you one. I should note that I was supplied with the Martha Stewart Discbound Notebooks and accessories, but my love for all things Martha Stewart Office Supplies does not end with these. Oh no. It surely does not. I even have the Binders and accessories for that... which I purchased with my hard earned money, and yes... I do pinch my fingers in the darn latches but its worth it for Martha. And... ya know what? I'd do it again... and probably will. Cause those are cute too. ;)

xo,

Steph

Who Wears Fancy Schmancy Eyeball Goggles??

PEOPLE.... I GOT NEW GLASSES or EYEBALL GOGGLES as I like to call them!!!! Gone are the days of bifocals with lines on them. No, world. I've upgraded. I got me some fancy schmancy progressive lenses and now no one knows I'm old and have funky vision. Yes!!!!!

Ok... So are you guys wondering what they look like? Well here they are.

Joseph Marc 4070 - Black

I got them at Coastal Contact and I got my first pair for free and then paid the extra for the different lens type I got. It was so much cheaper getting them there rather than at my eyeball doctors office. So here's my thoughts on Coastal. The quality is pretty good. I opted for the progressive lens and the reflective coating. I didn't get the scratch protection because I heard from a friend that when they did it looked like there was a weird film on it. So opted against it.

I loved the site first of all. I was able to "try on" before I bought, so I took a photo on my webcam and then was able to see how the glasses I liked look on that photo. That was super helpful when I was trying to see how small the glasses were (I was wanting big glasses so I had more room to see through).  I got my first pair super quick style - like within 2-5 days-  and I couldn't see a flippin thing. Lets be honest. I called my eyeball doctors office and told them the got my prescription wrong. Nope. It was me. I took my newly received glasses to the Doc and I had gotten my P.D. wrong. So while I appreciate that Coastal offers up that little ruler thing I have to say, for me, it was useless and I got it wrong. So I sent my glasses back and had to re-order and get my glasses fixed. They shipped out the new pair right away, yes I did have to pay a second time while I waited for my refund which I got after about 4 weeks, but it was nice to know that I could send my glasses back even though I had messed it up. So... what's my opinion on Coastal.

A+ Customer Service

A+ in Shipping

A in Quality

Do I recommend this to my sister, best friend and anyone else who wears glasses? HECK YES!!!! I loved them and I love that they ever so often will give free glasses away, just pay for shipping. I'm gonna get a 2nd pair that is just my regular prescription, no bifocals, so I can have a pair to leave at work or wear while driving cause lets face it, I'm super forgetful and need another pair at any place I am at for longer than an hour.

Oh and here a bunch of photos I took of myself because I really like myself and photos of myself. You're welcome for that info!

Me and Justin Beiber making smoochies to each other.

 Ok. So that's all folks.

xo, Steph

p.s. I soo listed a referral link for Coastal but thats because I really like them and want to earn free eyeball goggles. You don't have to use the link, but if you want to help me earn free glasses then you totally should... Pickles and Mustard would be sad too.

Oh and this is my honest feedback too, they didn't pay me or ask me to say anything nice, in fact, I paid them to say nice things about them because I paid for my glasses. :)