A few days ago I dropped my girls off at school and joined some of my friends for a nice after-school-drop-off coffee. It’s a ritual that keeps all Parisians sane — every Parisian school was built beside a café for that exact purpose (at least that is my theory). It had been one of those rare mornings where we did not have to race to school and the girls and I had even indulged in some polite conversation! But while I was sipping my coffee, I realised that I had, once again, forgotten the snack for Coco, who was staying at the after school club that day. So instead of enjoying my coffee, I had to race home, get myself ready, pack a snack, run back to the school, beg the nice lady at the door to hand the snack over to Coco and high tail it to work — not the relaxed morning I was hoping for!

So it did dawn on me that it was time to started getting a bit more organised. Hilariously  the very same day the weekly planner from Lollipop Designs fluttered through my door, which I ordered after Courtney’s review. It is great! Plenty of room to write down important stuff that happens all week long and it comes as a big fat pad so you can re-plan your week many a time.

- Emilie