My marvellous new Montegrappa makes writing fun again...
There is something about a fresh, new year that makes me want to write. Not online, tapping furiously on a screen (although I'm clearly not averse to that either!), but taking my time to really write - longhand, with a beautiful pen, and using elegant stationery or a brand new notebook - I imagine my 2019 desk will look just like this (all items from TK Maxx) : Mind you, any new stationery items have a lot to live up to.. my husband is a lifetime devotee of expensive, top quality writing instruments. He owns, and regularly uses, a wide range of fountain pens, propelling pencils and rollerballs, from luxury makes such as Mont Blanc, Dunhill and Parker Duofold. One of his favourite sets is by the Italian house of Montegrappa, so when I saw a beautiful, black and silver Art Deco style ballpen of the same make on the TK Maxx website, reduced from RRP of £380, to just £66, I simply had to order one and see what the appeal was! The pen arrived promptly, well packaged and felt imm