My Starbucks Planner.

To date, I have 3 Starbucks Planners. I find it odd though that they don't have it here in the U.S. where Starbucks originated. Maybe Americans don't use planners, I'm not really sure...

Anyway, back home in Manila, Starbucks Planners have started a few years back. One cannot buy it (except at Ebay of course), one can only earn it. November is when Starbucks starts giving away these cards with 24 small drawings of drinks. Each time you buy a drink, you get a sticker that they put on the drawing of a cup to indicate that you're one drink down. You have to complete all cups before you get your free Limited Starbucks Planner. What I love about these planners is that they are like collectibles. Their design changes every year plus they're made of sturdy materials so that they will last you the entire year. They also have enough spaces for the dates, so you can write a lot of to-do things. Aside from that, after buying your 24th cup of coffee, a donation will be given to a project of Starbucks and Unicef that provides learning programs to underprivileged communities in my country.



Ever since my Treo broke down, I've resorted to planners to keep me reminded of things. I simply cannot own another Treo or Blackberry for that matter because I always, always drop my phone (on the floor, on the pavement, or sometimes on the wall - deliberately, haha). So since then I've been collecting the Starbucks Planner. It is very useful to me because I have a lot of to-do things. I am very, very forgetful as well. I always have to write things down because there's just so many things I have to do at the same time, that I cannot remember all of them. Sometimes even, if I do not have my planner with me, I write them on the palm of my hand. That's when I miss my Treo, but so far I'm happy with my Starbucks Planner.