What I’ll be doing today — Sunday

As I told you recently, Sunday is my favorite day of the week.  Today I’ll be writing postcards and letters.  I have several thank you notes I want to write and a letter to answer, plus I can now mail 12 more postcrossing postcards because previous cards sent have arrived and been registered.  Fun, fun, fun!

Right now, my desk/sewing area is covered with stuff I need to find homes for.  So, I write sitting in a recliner.  I lean that puppy back and put a big pillow in my lap.  I put a “Quilter’s Cut ‘n Press” on top of the pillow to give me a firm surface to write on.  I have my pens, white out (for the occasional mistake) and paper sitting to my left.  I’m in front of the TV, but I often mute it so I can concentrate on what I’m writing.

The ink is Noodler’s Dostoyevsky

I’ll be using my new Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen to write my letters!  (I use a Papermate G-Force ball point pen for writing postcards and checks because the ink doesn’t smear and is pretty water proof.)  I placed a small order with the Goulet Pen Company a few days ago for 5 ink samples and a new extra fine nib for my Lamy Safari fountain pen.  They are my go to company for inks and fountain pen knowledge.  Right now, they are having a ThanksGiving give away.  When I got my order yesterday, I had a surprise in the box.  The surprise was the Pilot Metropolitan pen along with a wonderful thank you note!  This company goes above and beyond, in my humble opinion, in customer service and education.  I cannot tell you how much I love them!  I wish they were local, but I’m grateful they are a US company.  I do believe in shopping local whenever possible.

Some things I love about Goulet (in no particular order):

• I love that I can buy a sample of their bottled inks.  There are usually several inks I’m debating on buying.  It can get expensive to just buy the bottle and hope I like it, but I can try out several samples and then choose one bottle.  Wonderful!  I have not found another company who sells samples of ink.  This alone is enough to keep me coming back, but their customer service and care is the real reason I continue to shop with them.
• They always write a short message on my invoice and they tell me the ink they are using to do it.
• I love their informational videos about all things fountain pen related.  If I have a question, I go to their blog to find a video or look at the specific product I’m interested in and there is usually a video at the bottom of the listing answering my questions.
• If I can’t find a video to answer my question, I know I can email them to get the answer.
• They carry Noodler’s ink.  Noodler’s is made in the US and I really like that.
• They keep their prices as low as they can on each product.

By the way, I am not being compensated in any way for this endorsement of the Goulet Pen Company.  I just want to share them with you!

Love them.  Love writing letters and postcards.  Love Sundays!  Are you writing letters today?  More soon….