Hello and Happy almost February! Time is flying but it feels like certain days feel faster than others.
Since I am still working from home I have been buying everything in bulk and there are a few major items that I did buy in bulk that I will share here. Don't worry I will make a post on the stationery shops I did order from the most in 2020 so please keep your eye out for that!
Overall the main reason why I buy in bulk is to order less often. The more I order the greater chance I will add stuff I don't need into the cart and the more times I have to pay to ship. So if I only order from each store a few times a year, I will make sure I buy only what I need all at once.
Onwards to what I buy!
- Notebooks: This covers all the blank, undated notebooks I use which include Hobonichi plain notebook and Hobonichi papers, MD notebooks in A5, and the three-pack, Traveler's Notebook inserts, ca.crea premium A4/3 notebooks. More often than not these items do get sold out so buying them all at once will help me to worry when they will be in stock again.
- Ink and Pen refills: This sounds crazy but packaging wise makes the most sense. I always order inks with a new pen or a bunch of inks together so it will make use of the entire shipping box and make the shipping cost worth it. Glass ink bottles especially get a lot of packaging material so adding a few more inks will make use of all of it. Pen refills are so small that it makes so much sense to buy a handful of them cause they can fit into a tiny little box and they weigh almost nothing so the shipping cost might be the same anyway.
- Adhesive: I still only use the Nochiban Tenori Adhesive Stamp as the only adhesive for everything and it has been doing great however, I stick everything into my Hobonichi planner so I use up the refills quickly. Thus, I end up buying the refills ten at a time to prevent me from buying them last minute when I have nothing else to buy. If I switch to something else in the future I will also bulk order it as well.
- Stamps and Stickers: If I buy one I most likely end up buying ten or more from the same seller and artist. Stamps and stickers are small and don't weigh that much so every time I order I dump all the ones I been keeping my eye on for a while and order them all.
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