The inescapable notebook...

[mistressofmuses]

Tiny, silly thing that made me smile at least a bit today:

I have a notebook I bought for myself about 13 or 14 months ago. It's my current "writing notebook" that I take with me in my bag so I can jot things down at any time, with no excuse not to write an idea down. I mostly use it at work. (In actual usage it's more of a journal/to-do list/planning notebook, but at least with a bit of a writing bent.) It's got flowers and mushrooms and bugs on it. It's very cute, colorful, and kind of 'cottagecore', I guess. I bought it because I liked it!

At Christmas, Alex bought me the exact same notebook, because "it looked like something you would like!" ...The same one I'd been carrying around for seven months or so at that point, haha. (To be clear, I was happy with it, because it absolutely *is* something I would like! And now I have a spare!)

Today I got to work, and my manager had bought me... The exact same notebook. I had needed a new one for my work stuff, but figured I'd just get a plain one. She bought it because she knew I liked that size, and it was a cute cover that looked like I'd like it. (She has seen that notebook on my desk at work for over a year.)

Help, I'm predictable. But also it's very funny that I can carry something with me daily, and the people most likely to see it don't remember that... But see it and apparently think of me.

Comments

[vriddy]

Subtly squishing subliminal notebook images into everyone around you haha :D A superpower? XD Don't get them mixed up now!! XD

[mistressofmuses]

Apparently! I find it very funny that no one remembers I *have* that notebook with me on basically a daily basis, yet also looks at it and for some mysterious reason thinks of me, ha.

[spikedluv]

That is so cool! They know you well (even if they can't recall that you already had that notebook). *g*

[mistressofmuses]

Apparently so! Haha.

[umadoshi]

The power of subliminal suggestion is astounding! This is all delightful. ^_^

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I have apparently subliminally convinced multiple people how much this notebook suits me, hahaha.

[boujee_redneck]

Lol! I'm amused that you've been clearly associated with a specific aesthetic but also slightly concerned at the lack of observation that this happens to be a notebook you quite literally carry with you daily? In good news regardless, you have an heir and spare now haha?

[mistressofmuses]

Right? The lack of observation really gets me. Subliminally I'm associated with this specific notebook, but not consciously... I feel like I need to study this phenomenon. But yes, an heir and a spare! I'm only a few pages from the end of the original one, so it works out well!