Passport dilemma solved!

Hi all! This is a quick post to show you how I have managed to fit my passport into my Personal sized Adelphi. For those of you who are familiar with the Adelphi, you know it has a flap pocket with a snap in the inner front cover and a zip pocket on the back cover. These are both lovely pockets, but too narrow for the passport-believe me, I've tried! I live right on the border between Canada and the US, and must have my passport with me to go to the US, which I do, on average, every other day. I have a battered old leather passport cover, but was getting tired of having so many books (passport, chequebook, wallet, Filofax) rattling around in my bag, and wanted to consolidate. It seemed like I was always digging around for that stupid passport. But I just couldn't find a spot for it in my Filofax.It was extremely vexing! It won't fit in the clear plastic sleeves, either. They're too skinny. Grrr!

Recently, I was reading a blog where the poster described how she used an hair elastic to attach her passport inside her pocket size Filo. She just ran the elastic around the back (spine) of the Filofax. Of course, the wheels started turning, and I wondered if I could do something similar with my personal Adelphi. I grabbed the passport, the Adelphi, and an old elastic I had in my desk. I planned on getting a nicer, prettier elastic if it actually worked. I opened my book, and it fell open to the back, where I had recently added one of the handy little pockets I ordered from Amazon. It is from the "Daytimer" line, and they come in a package of four. I wasn't really using it for anything special yet, so it was empty. I looked at my passport, looked at the pocket, and a little spring of hope erupted in my heart. The results are below...

Yessss! It freakin' fits! Perfectly! I couldn't believe it! They are called "Daytimer Portable Slash Pockets". I got the pastel ones (you are looking at the blue, there is also green, orange and purple in the pack) but now I see Amazon also carries bright, primary coloured ones that I might get. The bright ones look like they could be plastic, which would be more durable. The ones I ordered turned out to be a stiff cardboard. They are both very affordable, under $10.00 US. Sooo worth it! Don't you love it when things work out, with very little effort?!  Just goes to show that it is always a good idea to get, and hang onto, anything that will fit in our precious Filos. You never know when something will turn out to be just the right thing!