I love notebooks. Love. However, I'm obnoxiously picky about them - they need to have hard backs (none of this flimsy stuff!), but the front cover also needs to be able to fold behind the back all the way, so hard-backed journal-type notebooks won't work. I also want to be able to easily remove pages without making it look ratty. Once I could drive, back-to-school shopping became an epic tour of every stationery store in the state. If I found JUST the right notebooks, it was an auspicious omen for the school year!
I'm not in school anymore, but these notebooks (almost) make me wish I were!!

( Cardboard Book-Ring Notebooks - photo tutorial )
I'm not in school anymore, but these notebooks (almost) make me wish I were!!