Just A Girl... Atlanta

My Week 9

2014-03-03T15:50:00.000-05:00

Hey Y'all

I'm so in love with the new Kokeshi Doll charm that I got for my Filofax. I was ~~enabled~~ inspired by Jen from My Purpley Life. I purchased it from a seller on Etsy. I had to get more than one. I'm hording goodies for an upcoming GIVEAWAY!!

Here's my layout for March in my Personal Purple Malden.

This is how last week turned out. I this this is one of my favorite layouts!

This Week.. Meh.... Not my best but not my favorite :(

Happy Planning!
XoXo

My Week 8

2014-02-25T22:39:00.001-05:00

Hey Y'all

It's been an interesting week :( No crazy ice storms or "snow jams", but I was sick the entire week :(
I had a super fun diagnoses of fever, strep, double ear infection, and a sinus infection #fail

Here's this weeks layout!

Happy Planning!
XoXo

My Week 6-8 (Let's Play Catch Up)

2014-02-21T02:09:00.001-05:00

Hey Ya'll!

I've been slacking... I've been slackin'.... [sorry I have Beyonce's new song stuck in my head] >_<

Excuses are lame but in my defense.. I've been traveling all over for work (Park City, UT)

Here's how my Week #6 turned out!

Here's how my Week #7 turned out! Pretty blank because we had a snow storm in Altanta and then an ice storm with left us trapped in our homes for 3 days. #georgianeedstodobetter! @gdot can you here are cries?? I don't enjoy living on an Ice Skating Rink the size of Massachusetts. #nobeuno

Here's my layout for Week 7

Here's my layout for this week! Which will be blank again. Ms. Kendall is sick. :( I have A Fever, Strep, Double Infection & a Sinus infections. My whole life, I've never had this and it sucks :( I got drugs so #imgood

Happy Planning!
XoXo

Would You Be Able To Help Me With Something?

2014-02-18T11:32:00.000-05:00

Please vote for my friend's jingle for a contest that he is participating in. It would mean so much to him to make it to the next level and perform his submission live.

http://www.project50k.com/jingle/entr...

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XoXo

Video: My New Patent Purple A5 Filofax & Two Super Easy Divider Filo Hacks!

2014-02-16T22:55:00.001-05:00

Happy Planning!

XoXo

My Week #5 Panda Love & Atlanta Snow Jam

2014-02-03T00:06:00.000-05:00

Hi,

As usual, I hope everyone had the best week EVER!! I survived the Atlanta Snow Jam 2014. I only had a 5hr commute. Some people had to sleep in stores. 4,000 kids got stranded at school! It was legit cray cray! 2.5" of snow turned into 2.5" inches of ice immediately. Every road was gridlocked. I almost peed in my car. :( I went before I left work, but I wasn't expecting 5 hour
commute. On a normal day it takes me about 15-20mins to get to work. The roads were mess full of stranded cars. Some people were stranded 10, 15, 20+ hours. Others abdoned their cares

Kids stranded at school, the buses went back to the schools because they couldn't make it. Some buses were just stranded and stuck

When stores like Home Depot, Publix & Kroger stay open to help stranded motorists, you know it's bad....

So moving on to Filofax Decoration! Here's how last week turned out.

Not to busy, because I was TRAPPED in my apartment for 2 days. >_<

I also decorated my MO2P for February.

Easing my way into Valentine's Day.. Panda love! I decorated ahead of time so that's why my travel schedule is showing. Its a straight up sin for me to write on my pages prior decorating #OCD #weird

I hope everyone had the best week ever!

Happy Planning!

XoXO

My Week 4 - Kawaii Rilakkuma

2014-01-27T01:02:00.000-05:00

Hello! As usual I hope that everyone had the BEST WEEK EVER!!

Here's a look at what happened this week.

Here's my layout for this week! Rilakkuma is the cutest! So I tried to coordinate a post-it note that I was RAK'ed into this weeks layout because he's just so kawaii!!!

I didn't do a layout for my A5 #fail #lazy #needtogetbackinthehabit

Happy Planning!!

XoXo

Video: Random Filofax Thoughts, Small Haul & RAK!

2014-01-27T00:53:00.000-05:00

Random Filofax Thoughts, Small Haul & RAK!

My Week #3 & Pics from Big Sky Montana

2014-01-21T01:11:00.001-05:00

Hola Ya'll,

I hope every one had an awesome week! I went to Big Sky Montana this week for a conference. I don't know how I functioned prior to having a Filofax!

Before I share my layout here are some photos from my work trip to "Big Sky Country". :)

Snow Selfies

Warming up by the fire

Verruca Salt hitting the slopes

So this is how last week turned out...

Here are my layouts for this week!

A5 Deep Pink Calipso

Personal Size Malden

Happy Planning

XoXo

Video - Filofax Update! How I Use All 3! & 2014 Filo Savings Challenge!

2014-01-14T09:20:00.000-05:00

Here is the 2014 Savings Plan In Reverse I'm using.

I also keep a photo of it on my phone (widget on a spare home screen) to keep myself motivated and accountable.

XoXo

My Week #2

2014-01-13T10:53:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday! Blah >_< I'm a little bit of a cranky bear this morning, but I'm actually getting this blog post up on time :)

Here's how My Week #2 went.

It was a busy week! Or the huge stickers make it appear that way. This week I'm going to Montana on a business trip and I tried to make a Montana/Ski/Travel theme using what I had on hand and this is what I came up with.

It screams 4th Of July but, I tried. I haven't decorated my A5 for this week yet. If I do I will probably duplicate the theme from my personal size. I was just too exhausted to decorate it last night, then I realized that I wont be home to journal most of the week anyways.

I did flim a brand new Filofax video. I hope to edit and upload it tonight (no later than tomorrow night), so stay tuned.

Happy Planning!

XoXo

My Week #1 - Happy New Year

2014-01-08T13:55:00.001-05:00

Happy New Year! Here's how my Week #1 went! It's so vast and empty and sad. It's not a case of planner fail. I was finishing up my vacation time and had some days off. I think I wans't very happy with the layout so I was kinda waiting for the week to hurry up and finish. Also got super sick on New Years Eve :(

I magically recovered in time to host my Girly Girl NYE Jammy Jam. Which was the best NYE I've had in years.. No drama, no lame guys, no tears! Just me and my girls in our PJ's playing Wii Just Dance, Taboo, Chubby Bunny, and Rainbow Looming! There was also some Bubblegum flavored Pink Vodka and Jello Shots which lead to more silliness. If you can handle silly you can watch my daily vlog for that day here. We also recorded some super silly YouTube Challenges! Chubby Bunny Challenge, What's In My Mouth, and the Baby Food Challenge will be up very soon.

Here's my layout for Week #2

Week #2 Personal Purple Malden

Week #2 A5 Deep Pink Calipso

I was going for a tropical Under the Sea/ Beach / Get me away from this Polar Vortex I live in the South theme. Long name but that's the theme! It was 9 degree's yesterday! IN ATLANTA, GA!!! #fail
I left the Northeast to escape the foolish weather and it's like stalking me. :( It's supposed to be 60 degree's on Saturday so maybe I'll have a BBQ and layout by the pool. I can't imagine how warm 60 will feel after the last few days of Polar Freezing.

I'm carrying on so I'll end here. Happy Planning!!

I want to thank everyone that's subscribed to my new YouTube Channel! I refused to be YouTube homeless and to those who visit my new channel I sincerely thank you!

Any Southeastern Filofax/Planner Addicts. I would love to attend or possibly host a meetup in the Atlanta area. Leave a comment below if your interested.

XoXo

My Week #52

2013-12-30T13:27:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a super wonderful Christmas! Mine was full of family, old friends, fun and blessings!!!

Here's how my week turned out!

I'm still in love with my Piaric WO2P Inserts!

Here's my decoration for Week 1. I flew in super late last night and wasn't feeling super creative, but the OCD in me wont let me write on my pages until they are decorated. #weirdo

My good friend Joie bought me a a huge pack of deco tape! I think there are about 30 in there. (I should of taken a pic but I did vlog about it last night so it will be on the Dec. 29th vlog)

I also kept it pretty simple in my A5 also.

Happy Planning!

XoXo

My Week #52 Layout

2013-12-25T01:40:00.003-05:00

Merry Christmas! Better late than never!

Surprise I went with a Christmas theme in my A5 and Personal size!

I was super tried and forgot to put some red washi tape on the 2nd page :( Oppss (I fixed it)

Merry Christmas!

XoXO

Video! A Look Inside my new Purple Malden Filofax!

2013-12-25T00:23:00.000-05:00

A Look Inside My New A5 Deep Pink Calipso Filofax

2013-12-18T00:49:00.001-05:00

My Week #50

2013-12-16T12:01:00.001-05:00

Hello beautiful Filofaxer's! Here's a look at My Week #50! My new inserts don't tell me what week it so I'm starting to get confused (doesn't take much, especially on a Monday morning)

I love those stickers!!! I almost used them again for this week! Last week was kind of blah. I also eat a ton of crap last week. I started jotting down where I ate dinner. I also didn't fullfil my goal of 3 Just Dance Wii Workouts and 3 Rosetta Stone sessions. :(

Here's a look at my layouts for this week.

Personal Size Purple Malden

You would think that I only one thin pink and purple washi tape but those are just my favorite colors.

A5 Deep Pink Calipso

XoXo

P.S. I'm slowing getting my new YouTube channel back on track. Right now I'm in the process of reuploading all 250+ of my daily vlogs. I've literally been uploading since Thursday (today is Monday) As soon as i'm done uploading I will begin to post new vlogs. You can find me on YouTube JustagirlTV:)

Filofax Finance Pages

2013-12-11T15:13:00.001-05:00

I will be honest when it comes to money, I'm really really good at spending it. I seriously lack discipline when it comes to keep track of my money and staying on a budget because it's not fun.
I've seen the Filofax Finance Tracking Inserts online and I've been curious about them, but not curious enough to invest in them. I was super surprised when my Malden arrived with not only a Cream colored Finance tab but also with some Finance Tracking sheets.
I think I've used every app on the planet to try to keep track of my finances. My bank, Mint.com, Manilla.com and probably more. I've also tried using the mobile apps and I just dont keep up with it.

I've decided to give the Finance inserts in my Filofax a whirl. I really need a reality check about where my money is going. I know how much is coming in, but I often am in denial about it's outgoings. I'm going to force myself to keep track of everything I spend for 30 days. I also have another reason to open my Filofax and write something down .

I'm not setting it up like a typical checkbook. Right now I don't care so much about my balance. I want to know what I'm blowing money on so I can start to cut back. I think my biggest expense is dinner. :( I was looking back at what I had for dinner the past 2 1/2 weeks and I've eaten out every night! Which is really bad. Some argue that its super expensive, but I'm one person. I always order something that will have leftovers so I can eat it for lunch the next day or even two days. I don't really go grocery shopping much so I'm not eating out and buying groceries. I also hate making my lunch everyday so I love opening a take out container and plopping it into a Gladware bowl and keeping it moving! I think I also eat out alot because I go with my BFF and I figure why rush home to an empty apartment. My mother says that I should #YOLO while I'm still free.
I have no idea why I just wrote an entire paragraph about food. ...

I'm going to do my best to stick to this for one month and try to make it a habit. I will report back to see how I'm doing. Wish me luck and SAVINGS!

XoXo

Banned from YouTube!

2013-12-09T10:57:00.000-05:00

I'm banned from YouTube! I went to upload my daily vlog Friday night and my YouTube page said ACCOUNT SUSPENDED! WTF!

We'd like to inform you that due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines (http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines) your YouTube account kgreenel has been suspended. After review we determined that activity in your account violated our Community Guidelines, which prohibit spam, scams or commercially deceptive content. Please be aware that you are prohibited from accessing, possessing or creating any other YouTube accounts. For more information about account terminations and how our Community Guidelines are enforced, please visit our Help Center at https://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=92486&hl=en-US.

Everything is gone from my account! Every video that I've posted is gone. Luckily I back up all of my vlogs to an external hard drive so I still have them. All of my history, playlists, and favorites are GONE! I've searched for different ways to get my account back. I filled out useless online forms that generate the same lame reply. Do any humans work for YouTube?

Until I can sort this out my channel is on pause. I'm still recording daily vlogs and Filofax videos. I just have no where to put them.

I also don't understand why I'm prohibited from accessing, possessing or creating any other YouTube accounts. Are you kidding me! I barely watch TV anymore. So I've been accessing from another account. I'm not sure if I want to reload everything there and risk getting shut down again.

I was so surprised by the number of people who tweeted @Youtube asking them to reinstate my account.

When I figure out what I'm doing to do I promise to update you. I'm going to end it here before I get upset again and go into a childish full on temper tantrum.

If your wondering why I'm banned. I think it has to do with an incident that took place over the summer. My channel was botted. Some spammer or machine viewed a handful of my video's 1,000's of times one video had over 10,000 views. YouTube figured out that those weren't legit views because it happened quickly within the span of a few hours and the countries where the views came from were inconsistent with where my views usually come from. This resulted in strikes against my account. I did not bot my own channel but "I'm responsible for everything that happens on my channel (bots, spammers etc), according to YouTube. I also had a copyright issue from my friends wedding but I acknowledged it, removed that video and re uploaded it.

If anyone knows how to get in touch with YouTube, please let me know.

XoXo

My Week #51

2013-12-09T10:41:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a fabulous week! Here's how my week turned out. I'm still loving my Piaric inserts.

Welcome to the Kawaii Zoo

I also received my dream Filofax this week. My Purple Malden! Her name is Verruca Salt because she's a brat! I also acted like a brat while trying to hunt her down and make her mine. I will do a more detailed post on her.

Here are my layouts for this week. I reverted back to pink in my Personal Filofax.

Aren't those the cutest stickers ever?

I'm not feeling my A5 layout, but it's Hello Kitty so it wont be too hard to just deal with it.

Have a great week and Happy Planning!

I Had A Purple Malden..

2013-12-05T12:04:00.000-05:00

So finally after all of the waiting, changed ETAs and backorders my dream Filofax came from Gold Spot Pens! I was so excited that I literally ran home on my lunch break to pick her up because I didn't want Ms. Verrcua Salt sitting outside all alone under my welcome mat (my FedEx person is weird they put packages under the welcome mat which doesn't hide anything because there's a huge hump). I rushed back to the office and opened her up and I noticed right away that the rings were open. I didn't fret to much because I was happy and excited. I decided to start moving in ASAP.

When I closed the rings I noticed that two of the rings had a slight gap. I asked my co-worker and she said she couldn't see it. I posted it on the Philofaxy group on Facebook and the comments came pouring in. I wasn't crazy there was a gap, sent a pic to a friend back home and even with his untrained Filo eye he noticed the gap.

I called Gold Spot right away and discussed it with their Customer Service rep. She assured me that they double and triple check all the Filo's before they go out and that she can't understand how it arrived with the rings open. We agreed on doing an exchange and they emailed me a return label right away. When I got home I tried to "work" the rings by opening and closing the rings a few times and that didn't help at all. :(
So back in the box she went. I shipped her back this morning. Then I was thinking to myself. I don't want to wait to do an exchange. I want my Purple Malden NOW! It's Christmas! (I know it's not Christmas exactly but it's December). So I called Gold Spot again and was able to pay for a new one and I got OVER NIGHT SHIPPING!! To my work address so no package chasing will be involved. Asha at Gold Spot was super nice and helpful. She understands that the Purple Malden is my Golden Egg (that's why her name will be Verruca Salt).
Hopefully she will arrive at my desk tomorrow morning unharmed and with perfect rings. The Purple Maldens are hard to get and almost everyone who has one is already out of stock.

XoXo

P.S. If you don't get the Verruca Salt reference, she's the brat from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. When I was small that was my nickname because I used to dance around my parents and say I want a [insert want] and I want it now! I probably ~~was~~ still am a bad egg!

My Week #48 - Still Mad About Turkey Stickers

2013-12-02T14:39:00.000-05:00

Of course I found some Turkey stickers at Target after my no turkey sticker rant. I just realized that I should have bought them and stashed them for next year.. Oh well.. So this is how my week turned out. It was a bit of a slacker week.... All that blank space on Monday makes me feel like I need to do better. I also started writing down where I ate dinner. Its a baby step to a keeping a food journal, and a reminder to maybe try this knew idea called EATING AT HOME! In the last 14 days I've had dinner at home ZERO times. I don't think it's less expensive to eat at home because I pretty much stopped buying a lot of dinner groceries and I always have leftovers for lunch the next day. It's like winning twice. I also don't have to wash pots and pans so I'm saving the earth. Luckily I live alone so I'm not neglecting anyone...#singlegirlproblems

Oh I work in the medical industry a few people asked if I was okay because it say's follow up with Dr. Xyz multiple times on various days. Those are work reminders. :)

I went for a Jungle theme in my Personal Size Filofax this week. I'm not too happy with it. I need to change up my style and step out of the box a bit.

I also did a random Cupcake thing in my A5. The WO2P in my A5 is my gratitude journal.

I also decided that I'm doing Christmas this year. Don't ask, just go with it. So I attempted to theme out my A5 MO2P calendar with some Holiday Cheer :)

And of my Personal Size

That's a lot of decorating! I also got some new inserts from Piaric and I'm in love. I swear they feel like buttah! I will dedicate a post with more detail this week.

I have to re film my updated A5 video. Once edited it just wont render >_< I detest, filming things twice. I do vlog everyday. So if your ever really bored and want to watch me dance around my apartment feel free to stop by! There's a link on the sidebar on the left. I usually decorate on Sundays and try to film my process. I would love to make legit decoration videos but I have no clue how to set up my camera to point down on my table.

XoXo

Washi Tape Problems

2013-11-29T14:56:00.001-05:00

I'm going to be 100% honest. A few months ago I didn't really know much about washi tape. I've seen it affixed to packages and I've always wondered where to get it from. I chalked it up to it being something only the cool kids in Japan could get. All I ever owned prior to my madness was two small rolls of deco tape received from a friend oversees.
Then when I started to become more curious about how to decorate my FiloFax pages, I started seeing it everywhere. It like stalked my life, I decided that I had to have them all.... In less than a month. I went from two very small rolls to this.

Compulsive Much?

35 ROLLS OF PATTERNED WASHI TAPE!!! 23 ROLLS OF THIN SOLID COLORS!!! The worst part is I took those pictures a few days ago so go ahead and add 5 or 6 more to the count.

I do my best to grab rolls that are on sale..Or to use a coupon. The sad part is that I still want MORE..There's so many possibilities, patterns, width, patterns! I see other peoples layouts and I get all washi envious. I'm grateful for what I have and the compulsion needs to stop. I'm on an official washi tape NO BUY. Except for maybe 2 Christmas themed ones....

How do I store them? It's quite sad how I store them. At first they lived in a regular sized zip loc bag. That lasted for about 3 days and I had to upgrade bag sizes. I like to work on my decoration projects during my breaks and lunch at work so for now I keep using the bag system because it's portable. I can just sneak them in my work tote. I've been busted and its really weird trying to explain why I have 40 rolls of "weird tape" showing in my open work tote.

I keep the solids and patterns separated. I'm not sure if that's considered racist or not...

I've recently made my own washi tape "reference" sheets in my Filofax because I've caught myself buying duplicates. >_< It's not my fault I buy things in my sleep... I seriously do. I get packages and I have no recollection of ordering the item. Or I get a confirmation email from Etsy or Amazon and I'm like "huh"?

I also think that decoration my Filofax helps me actually use it and look forward to using it, I think I've said it before but I prefer to look at cute things :)

I started out doing the solid ones on the back of a divider in Dulce (my personal sized Raspberry Saffiano, but then I realized that if I want to switch out my dividers I'm screwed so I decided to do the rest on regular Filofax note paper. I'm not to worried about buying dupes of the solid colors because I pretty much that I own almost every basic color.

I also wanted to do them in color order or sort them in an organized way but I realized that wont work because as I acquire more it will be a pain to keep them sorted.

I think these are my top favs!

I don't like the Deco tapes from the Scotch Brand :( It's colored tape it also has a weird texture, not wahsi tape but kinda like deco plastic tape.. I only have errmm 3 the solid pink at the bottom, the 3rd one down with the circles and a solid purple color.

Solid Washi Rainbow

So that's my collection/compulsion/confession... I'm really not buying any more for a while. Unless its a present from me to me, because presents don't count!

XoXo

Thankful Thursday ~ Happy Thanksgiving

2013-11-29T14:10:00.002-05:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! I will be spending the day in comfy clothes and hanging around the house. Then off to dinner with the strays :) We call ourselves the strays because our immediate families are not close by. Were like stray wild alley cats! Ok not really... We are thinking about starting a band. None of us can do anything band related but in my mind we would look kick ass!

XoXo

My Week #47

2013-11-27T12:20:00.001-05:00

I just realized that I'm late with my Week #47 post! I think I got confused because I posted my layout for this week.

Overall it was a pretty good week :) As you can see instead of focusing I just doodled the work FOCUS *fail*. It's the thought that counts, right?

I started writing in where I ate dinner. I need to write what I ate. I'm starting to feel "puffy". I need to cut back.

XoXO