As you can see from the photo at the left it is a pretty blue with a magnetic closure. It is 4 1/4″ x 6 3/4″ so it is small enough to easily fit in your purse. Inside the front and back covers are pocket folders for holding receipts, business cards or whatever you need.

The monthly view gives you a great overview of what is going on for the month. This is a great place to put major events, deadlines, birthdays etc. As you can see, the bottom of each page is perforated do it is easy to find where you are. The Weekly Agenda also has 2 built in ribbon bookmarks to help you stay organized.

The weekly pages include the left page which is where your to-dos go. You can separate your to-dos from your to contacts and streamline your productivity so when you are in the mood to talk on the phone you can get through a few of those to contacts in one block of time. The right hand page is your weekly calendar for appointments, deadlines and events so you don’t miss anything.

If that was all that the Weekly Agenda had, it would be an awesome planner…but wait, there’s more!

After the calendar there is a section of great organizational tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Weekly Agenda and stay organized.

Next is the list of special days. You won’t miss any more birthdays! Then there is a very generous notes section so when you get creative at your dinner meeting you have a place to jot down your exciting ideas. This is much better than a cocktail napkin.

Last but certainly not least are the perforated shopping and errand lists. These lists will help you stay organized while your shopping!

As you can see the Weekly Agenda from Get Buttoned Up is a wonderful planner and would make a great gift for anyone who could use some help organizing their life. At the very reasonable price of $19.95 they are going fast and quantities are limited so order yours today.

Disclosure: I received a Weekly Agenda for the purpose of this review. All opinions are 100% mine.

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My 2011 planner had to meet some particular qualifications:

• It had to fit in my purse or tote (max size 8.5″ x 6″)
• It had to have room to write all of my family member’s activities
• It had to be affordable…under $20
• It had to be cute

I started my search back in November…I told you I take this seriously, and I came across the 2011 Do It All 17 Month Planner  by Orange Circle Studio at Target while shopping on Black Friday. I didn’t buy it then because I don’t buy for myself on Black Friday and I had just begun my search. By mid-December I found myself going to 3 Target stores looking for the planner…and none of them had it! I took to the internet and found the planner on Amazon and I also came across Orange Circle Studio’s website and Twitter. I conversed with them online and then they offered to send me the 2011 Do It All 17 Month Planner for a review…and a second one for a giveaway!

As you can see this planner has a large space for mom’s activities and then has room for 5 more family members too! Since there are only 4 of us I have designated the bottom 2 for bills to be paid and meal planning. It is totally customizable so you can use it however it would best suit you. In addition to the roomy calendar this planner has a handy storage pocket on the front, 60 tear off shopping/to-do lists, and 288 stickers to help highlight the important events in your busy schedule. You can purchase this planner from Orange Circle Studios or Amazon or you can enter to win it here!

Mandatory 1st Entry: Visit Orange Circle Studios website and look around. Then come back here and tell me which of their other innovative products you would love to own and why.

Bonus Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

• Subscribe to Orange Circle Studios’ Calendar blog for great organizational tips.
• Like Orange Circle Studios on Facebook and post this on their wall “I want to win a Do It All Planner from the Mom Maven http://bit.ly/hCJg6k  “
• Follow Orange Circle Studios and MomMaven on Twitter and Tweet this “I want to #win a Do It All Planner from @MomMaven and @Orange_Circle http://bit.ly/hCJg6k  ” (you may do this 2x a day…include the tweet URL in your entry
• “Like” this post on Facebook using the button at the bottom of the post.
• Blog Subscribers, GFC friends, Networked Blog followers and Facebook likers get 1 entry each

This giveaway is open to readers in the US and Canada. The winner will be chosen by Random.org on Thursday, January 13th at 9pm ET.

Disclosure: I received a planner for the purpose of this review.

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The winner of Day 1 of our Mother’s Day giveaway is commenter #6. Congratulations to @dolls123 on Twitter! She has won the Celebrations Magazine and the trivia calendar that were donated by Lou of WDWRadio.com.

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