Black A5 Cross Organiser with pen – a gift from Nati

About a week ago Nati contacted me and said she would like to give me her black A5 Cross organizer because she was not using it. I was flabbergasted at her generosity and the way she overrode my protests that it was too generous. That afternoon she let me know she had posted it. Last night, just a few days later, I was able to collect it from the post office. And it could not have come on a better day.

I find the winters tough in Sweden – not the cold but the darkness – and suffer from SAD most autumns when we are suddenly pitched into darkness mid-October. In addition I am suffering from a bad sinus infection and working two jobs right now which means working weekends. So last night at about 8pm I was on my way home from work and feeling grim, when I got a notification on my phone that I had a parcel. In Sweden you collect your post at the supermarket so they are open seven days a week, supermarket hours.

Bone-crushingly tired but look what is on the belt at the supermarket. A present!
Bone-crushingly tired but look what is on the belt at the supermarket with my dinner. A present! Boy did that cheer me up 🙂

I did not open it when I got home about two hours later as I was exhausted and just wanted to eat and fall into bed. I walked 10.2km during the day which is slightly more than normal.

So today I woke up early, waited for it to go from darkness to gloom and opened my package!

Beautifully wrapped. Thank you Nati!
Beautifully wrapped. Thank you Nati!

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A rather unusual box - it has an elastic, like a Moleskine
A rather unusual box – it has an elastic, like a Moleskine
Closer view. I have always loved cross but never owned anything by them
Closer view. I have always loved Cross but never owned anything by them
The box opens out - so unusual.
The box opens out – so unusual
First view - look at that interesting pen loop. And the pen!
First view – look at that interesting pen loop. And the pen is divine! The leather is glorious – just what you would imagine Cross leather to be like. I would like to be a person who always uses pen loops but I am not. I end up losing the pens in the bottom of my bag because I never put them back in the loop after using them. This may be the answer to my problem.

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Reminds me of driving gloves.
Reminds me of driving gloves.
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Extremely nice secretarial pocket on the left, with a zipped pocket and credit card pockets – very nice design. To the right is a suede, non-slip surface.

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I bought my wonderful Rose Classic Filofax and my travel journal from Nati, who also gave me my cat bookmark. Nati, I am so grateful for this gift, which shall join all my other special gifted binders on a shelf. When I have a bad day I look at them and know that out there somewhere are people that think about me. Life has been pretty stingy with blood family where I am concerned but I have a very large extended family all over the world and I want to thank you all for being there. x

Author: Janet Carr

Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.

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  3. What a lovely gift. The Cross leather is beautiful, I am currently using my A5 purple as a health & fitness journal with your inserts that you recently linked. They’ve been really helpful – thank you. I am now getting a lot more water down me!

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  5. Nice post Janet.. thank you 😉 .. It is normal that reminds you of driving gloves. The company was inspired Cross auto leathers for the design of this planner.

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  6. OMGosh! How sweet is that! That brought tears to my eyes.
    To hear that helps to restore some faith in people.

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  7. That looks really lush! I have a Cross binder in personal size (one of the 1846 collection) – a beautiful binder that I’ve yet to find a use for. The suede at the back is a nice touch. The inner of a couple of my Day Timers are suede and it really does grip the paper.

    Sorry to hear you’re not too well – hope you pick up soon xx

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    1. Thank you! Yes it is gorgeous – I am so lucky when readers like you do gorgeous happy things for me. I am feeling grim but it is just a combination of a sinus infection and exhaustion I think. A good sleep will do wonders and I am not working tonight.

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