Pros and cons of all my binders

Well, not all my binders. That would be daft. And a massive, massive blog post. I’ll just focus on the “usual squeezes”: the Baroques, the Cavendish, the Holborn(s), the Mulberry agendas, the pocket Baroque and the pocket Aston. What do I love about them? What do I want to change about them? Will I sell them (daft question. We all know the answer is going to be no, possibly stretching to a mmm, maybe I could sell it… maybe…).

Binder	What do I love?	What would I change?	Will I be selling it/them?
Pink and turquoise Baroques	Colour Interior embossing 6 card holders Full height pocket behind card slots Notepad slot in back	Add another full height pocket (like the Malden) behind the notepad slot	Don’t be daft
Brown Holborn	All those card slots All those pockets	Contrast stitching (um, actually I did change it) The full-height pockets nearest the rings are tricky The zipped pocket is a bit tricky too	Hmm… maybe?
Wine Holborn	All those card slots All those pockets	Contrast stitching The full-height pockets nearest the rings are tricky The zipped pocket is a bit tricky too	Jeez – I’ve only just got it! No…
Black Cavendish	The 8 card slots (yes! 8!) The 1.25” rings (yes – 1.25”!!) The pockets in the rear	The colour – black’s a bit… dark and lacking in colour The zipped pocket on the cover’s a bit pointless	Ha ha ha ha ha!  No
Pocket Aston	The size The colour	More card slots The zipped pocket wasn’t that useful	No
Pocket Baroque	The size The card slots The embossed interior The notepad slot	The colour – pink or teal would be better… The zipped pocket is pointless	No
Indie (brown Mulberry agenda)	The size The quality The beaten leather	More card slots The vertical pockets to be a little further from the rings or have the shaped edge	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!  No
Red (red Mulberry agenda)	The size The quality The colour	More card slots The extra slip pocket that Indie has Not to be so shiny (?)	Er… no… maybe…? No… Don’t know…

I have come to the realisation that I like:

• lots of pockets
• lots of card slots
• colour

At least that’s good to realise so it might curb my binder-buying habits.

[ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… who am I kidding???]

Maybe it will help me decide which binder to start 2013 in...