Where to buy single spiral notebooks w funny covers
June 8, 2023 11:53 PM Subscribe
It used to be easy to go in a store and spend $2 on a spiral notebook whose cover featured bizarrely edited animal pictures or Justin Bieber in rather strange light. Looking online, I’m mostly finding fancy journals, tape-bound ones, and fairly plain covers. I want to buy a bunch from just one site and of course prefer lower prices , including shipping. Any ideas?
You'll find more of these in a few months when stores stock their back to school merch, and you're more likely to find what you want at drug stores and Walmart vs someplace like a Target that has a more curated aesthetic.
I'd bet that you're a Millennial, like me? I hate to say it, but gen Z had a much more tasteful aesthetic than we did, and this is finally filtering out even to the cheaper markets so the Kids These Days can get the tastefully aesthetic school supplies just like their cool older siblings and YouTube/twitch heros have. We're just going to see less of the novelty stuff for a while. I can't tell you how strongly I personally hate this, and they can pry my skateboarding poodle folder from my cold, dead hands.
posted by phunniemee at 5:00 AM on June 9, 2023 [10 favorites]
I'd bet that you're a Millennial, like me? I hate to say it, but gen Z had a much more tasteful aesthetic than we did, and this is finally filtering out even to the cheaper markets so the Kids These Days can get the tastefully aesthetic school supplies just like their cool older siblings and YouTube/twitch heros have. We're just going to see less of the novelty stuff for a while. I can't tell you how strongly I personally hate this, and they can pry my skateboarding poodle folder from my cold, dead hands.
posted by phunniemee at 5:00 AM on June 9, 2023 [10 favorites]
I would look where products go to die: Dollar Tree (other “dollar store” chains as well, though not sure which ones sell online for shipping).
posted by staggernation at 6:10 AM on June 9, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by staggernation at 6:10 AM on June 9, 2023 [9 favorites]
Walmart has cheap school folders and has spiral bound notebooks; I didn’t check the covers. And Dollar Stores were made for this.
posted by theora55 at 6:20 AM on June 9, 2023
posted by theora55 at 6:20 AM on June 9, 2023
Daiso is great for this kind of thing!
posted by KatlaDragon at 10:50 AM on June 9, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by KatlaDragon at 10:50 AM on June 9, 2023 [2 favorites]
I think Decomposition has some interesting covers, but unfortunately is very pricey. Maybe you can find some discounted ones out in the wild somewhere.
posted by Seboshin at 11:03 AM on June 9, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Seboshin at 11:03 AM on June 9, 2023 [2 favorites]
Personally, I'd get a notebook where I can replace the cover at will...
posted by kschang at 2:41 PM on June 9, 2023
posted by kschang at 2:41 PM on June 9, 2023
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posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 4:57 AM on June 9, 2023 [1 favorite]