{"id":5595,"date":"2021-10-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2021-10-08T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:15:56","slug":"my-200th-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/my-200th-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"My 200th Pen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5 years, 8 months, and 19 days after buying my first fountain pen, I purchased pen number 199. Granted, I haven’t kept all of those pens. Between selling, gift, breakage, and loss, I currently own 121 pens, of which 110 are in regular use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the main point is that my next purchase will be pen 200!! That’s huge, and deserves an appropriately special pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I wasn’t carefully cataloging my pens yet, I blew right past pens 50 and 100 \u2014 although, by sheer dumb luck, #50 was my first 18111 pen. And I didn’t think to save 150 for a special pen, so 200 has to be awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pen number 50. She’s certainly gorgeous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

At the moment, I’m waiting to hear about the ARTUS<\/a> Four Elements Fire pen that’s in the works. I’m fairly certain that will be my next purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to admit, though, I’m finding it difficult ignoring other pens in the interim. I’ve been having fun with makeup to distract myself, but I don’t know how well that will work long-term. Indie makers<\/a> keep showing off their awesome creations \u2014 as they should. I almost jumped on one from Rockster Pens<\/a> the other day before I remembered why I’m not buying pens right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If nothing else, this is good practice for being thoughtful in my purchasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So…erm, I wrote this about a week and a half ago. And, in that time, ARTUS finished their Fire pen. I jumped on that so fast! It’s mine now. *giggle* There will be a post when it arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUxBE9HDSkT\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With that said, how about you? Have you hit any pen milestones? Do you commemorate them with special pen purchases? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to subscribe to my blog<\/a> or follow me on Instagram<\/a> so you don’t miss any posts. I generally post at least once a week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe I’ve finally hit my 200th pen. Granted, I’ve sold a lot over the years, but #200 should be something really special.<\/p>\n

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