9 Years in the Rabbit Hole

(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)I noticed this week that my penversary was coming up this weekend! What’s a penversary you ask? Basically, it’s like an anniversary but for when you got into pens. I used to agonize over what I would pick for this occasion but with all the shops and shows that I get to attend as well as all the ongoing sales and deals, I’m practically shopping year-round anyway. So rather than figuring out the 9th penversary pen, I wanted go back to where it started. So, what were those first fountain pens? Yes, plural, because I couldn’t decide which ones to get, so I ordered a Lamy Safari and Pilot Metropolitan from one vendor and a 7-pack of Platinum Preppies from Amazon ‘cuz I couldn’t pick a color, lol. They all arrived on the same day, May 31, 2017! Oof, that sounds like a long time ago!…