There is a running joke in my family that my mom and I can both be completely had by anyone holding new office supplies. The Fuller Brush man and the Kirby sales-guy can't get past "Good afternoon, ma'am" before the door slams, but the [insert your office supply vendor of choice here] delivery guy with four cases of 20 lb. Georgia Pacific paper can take us on the receptionist's desk...hence the name "Office Supply Whore." Irreverent, yes, but the only moniker true to the nature of this Mr. Sketch Marker-sniffing addiction.
Among the women who gather at my house, the best Christmas gifts are leather journals and fountain pens, handmade bookmarks and new stationery. Sleigh bells ring for highlighters. Not the big fat ones. The ones that feel like regular pens. And the yellow has to be just so - not too neon, and not the kind that darkens into goldenrod, eew! My mom and I knew that my brother had found the right woman when she, too, confessed her addiction to new office supplies and displayed a wide grin at the industrial-sized package of Sharpies that I gave her last December. Oh, yes. You do need them in every color.
So please, join me in this endeavor. A vellum-smooth ode to office supply addiction.
You had me at Bostitch,
The Office Supply Whore
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One of the neatest office supplies that I have found is colored staples. I bought the last two 2,000 count, chiseled point, metallic colored packages on the Walmart shelf. The come hither pink, pumpkin gold, regal blue purple and bright money green add a sparkle to my finished product. When the recipients receive my work, they know at a glance it came from me. A nice signature to my work! Alas, what will I do if they don't restock? That will be a sad, sad day for sure!
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