Even though the official Favorite Things link-up appears to be on hiatus, I enjoy rounding up the things that make my life a little happier each month. This month, I decided to mix things up a little bit and give my collection a theme. These are the favorite things I wouldn't make it through a day of teaching middle school without!
1. Extra Large Land's End Zip Top Tote - Both LL Bean and Land's End make really high quality tote bags, but personally I prefer Land's End because of the better color and size selection and zip top. I love this bag because it's big enough for my laptop, any papers I need to take home to grade, textbooks, binders, and more. I can carry 60 student journals home comfortably on Fridays in this bag!
2. Insulated tumbler - I don't have a fancy Vera Bradley one; mine is monogrammed, though! I have cut down on my coffee intake and am trying to drink more water.
3. Luna bars - The perfect planning-period snacks to help me push through until lunch when I really want to take a nap.
4. Blue Sky day planner - Wal-Mart carries these each fall in a few different sizes and patterns. I love them because they have a monthly calendar tab followed by a spread for each week with lots of space to write notes in. I really liked the polka dots!
5. Red Stamp desktop/phone calendar - I have this apple pattern on my cell phone and my work laptop and the apple design cheers me up.
6. Sticky notes - My class kind of runs on sticky notes. I use the regular size for a lot of different brainstorming activities in class, the miniature ones for lesson planning, and the flags for marking where each class leaves off in what we're reading.
7. Binder clips - I go through a pack of binder clips pretty much every month! They help me stay organized and I can color code by class period.
8. The best pens in the world - My three personal favorites are Zebra Z-Grip, and Paper Mate's Liquid Flair and Flair.
What are you loving this month?
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I think I've gotten to the point where I'm a bit over Luna bar. For the first three months or so of my pregnancy I ate them every single day. I guess I still enjoy them though, I just can't quite bring myself to buy them anymore. Although I'm sure eventually I'll be ready to go back to them.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I hope I don't over-Luna because they are a great blood sugar booster for me. I wish they'd introduce some new flavors, or maybe some seasonal ones like Clif offers.
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