Pen obsessed writers unite!
For as long as I can remember, way back to my school days, I was obsessed with pens and highlighters. I always wanted new ones; different colors, different styles, different tips. And I was particular, too. I couldn’t use generics, they had to be name-brand, quality pens.
I can recall joining a “club” (that we made) where we all bought different pens and pen packs and traded for what we wanted in the set. Yes, a little crazy, right?
In junior high and high school, my notebooks would look like rainbows. I had to make things stand out. I would have several pens on my desk at one time. And, in math classes, only mechanical please. I couldn’t stand anything less than the sharpest pencil possible all the time!
Of course this all translated to my teaching days. I had to have purple and green pens in my mix. I just couldn’t do all blue and black. Too darn generic. I was possessive, too. Don’t try to take my purple pen from me.
Now that I work from home, my notes (which are everywhere) are often in different colors (never color-coded mind you), and with different doodles on them. I still have to have them, though. Honestly, I don’t like sharing with my girls, either, but I do.
I also like to send out handwritten notes via snail mail, too. Who doesn’t like to see a hand address envelope and letter in with their pile of immediately-go-to-the-recycle-bin mail and bills? This girl does. Wouldn’t you know it, these notes are also typically in a fun color, and written with a nice pen, too.
I was recently sent an assortment of BIC®’s back-to-school line up, and I am in pen/pencil loving heaven. Ball point, marker pens, gel pens and mechanical pencils and even highlighter tape. It’s dream come true.
So many fun new things for a student or teacher, or pen-lover to try out and use!
- BIC® Tech 2-in-1 Stylus and Pen – Our newest product that features a lightweight stylus on one end and a retractable ballpoint pen with smooth-writing Easy-Glide System® ink on the other!
- BIC Automatic Mechanical Pencil – Our innovative and refillable mechanical pencil that easily retracts with just one click of the clip at the top of the barrel.
- BIC For Her Gel and Marker Pens – These smooth-writing gel and marker pens bring style and sleekness to any writing experience.
- BIC Brite Liner Highlighter Tape – This one-of-a-kind, fluorescent tape not only adds vibrant highlights without bleeding through paper, but is also eraseable! !
- BIC Round Stic Grip – Offered in vivid fashion inks, this pen provides comfort for everyday writing.
- BIC Z4+ Roller in classic and fashion colors – With its .7mm fine point, this pen writes smoothly with a visible ink supply.
*I was sent a variety pack of BIC® products to facilitate my review + post. All thoughts are my own. No compensation was received.
I love me some pens, pencils and highlighters too!!! I recently found some at Dollar Tree that are NOT name brand (gasp!!)! They are now my VERY favorite I have ever had and they were only $1 for 4 colors!! But if you ask me about pens & pencils that’s another story! I have to have a certain brand & don’t mess with them either!!! LOL!!!
Highlighters are definitely in a different class:)
I like pens that write thick and are ‘inky’. I want lots of ink, with little effort, and a nice fat tip. Those skinny ones make my bad handwriting worse. I like to color code school notes, too. In college I was crazy with the colors, but then when I was taking exams I could picture the color of the notes and what they said so it really worked for me.
Funny, I tend to like the medium point ones, right in the middle. Not too fat (I feel like I smudge them).
I have always loved thick, black gel pens with a clicky top. A nice fat ink line makes me happy. When I was in 6th grade, I vividly remember my best friend had a purple PIlot precise pen. She was so cool!
the purple pilot pens were my favorite. Although, not the gel kind.
i was once that way… loved them and loved trading them… then, as i worked in the restaurant biz and saw how fast people left with my pens, that love slowly slipped away… ha ha ha
Oh, during my many years of waiting tables, I purchased the crappiest of pens. I never brought my good ones to work!
I am the exact same way with my pens and pencils? Each member of my family has a color that I use when adding our events to the calendar. Right now at work I am obsessed with Tul and Foray pens. I better go check out the new Bic lineup!
I’ve never heard of those before.
I’ve moved to a digital calendar (google) because I can sync it on my phone and with my hubby, otherwise, I’d do the same thing.
I like a comfy grip over anything but I also like a girly colored pen. I don’t often find the two combined though
That’s true. These Bic for her pens seem to combine more of those qualities.
I love highlighters. Any color, shape, or style is fine by me. I read a lot of “real” books, and I like to mark things.
I did not know about the BIC® Tech 2-in-1 Stylus and Pen, it will become my new favorite !
my favorite is roller gel pens, bic makes awesome ones
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I love pen’s like the one you picture above that are more like a marker because i’m a lefty and if the ink is thick I smear it everywhere, so annoying!
I really like black, fine, felt tipped pens. I suppose that those are really markers, eh?
I love metallic gel pens!
I really like the smoothness of gel pens, usually blue. If not blue, I like fun colors like purple or green. Black is too boring!
I’m totally a pen girl. I’m super picky when it comes to my pens, but I do like that purple one!