Wasted $64 on a fancy dotted notebook from a boutique in Seattle and my $8 Target one works better | Bullet Journaling

Mila Jones · 2026-09-29T21:05:06.701701+00:00

I bought this thick 160gsm dotted notebook at a paper shop in Seattle for $64 after seeing it all over my feed, and the pages were so coated that my fineliners smeared for 10 minutes while my cheap $8 Target one soaks ink in seconds. Two months later the binding split at the spine and half my habit tracker pages fell out, so I went back to the budget book and honestly it holds up fine. Am I the only one who thinks the pricey notebooks are just selling paper weight and pretty covers?

The Design Community Hub

Loading…

Wasted $64 on a fancy dotted notebook from a boutique in Seattle and my $8 Target one works better | Bullet Journaling - The Design Community Hub