Write this Down: In search of the perfect stationery

 From top: Inslee by Design 'chamomile' notecard / Minted 'paris + from stripes to chevrons' personalized stationery / Kate Spade monogram notecard / Rifle Paper Co. 'hello' telephone card

Once I confirmed the date and time of the interview I had almost two weeks ago, I immediately started to panic. What would I wear, what did I need to pack? As I started making my list (and I did start making a list immediately) I kept thinking of all the various things I would need to bring with me, including my computer, toiletries and copies of my resume. A couple of days later it hit me that I would also need to send my interviewer a thank you note. Which meant that I needed stationery. And though I knew that Papyrus was right down the street from the building I was interviewing in, I didn’t want to leave anything up to chance. Now, I do in fact own stationery – some beautiful embossed cards with my name on them that were a gift from my mother a few years ago – the kind of stationery that makes you feel like a super elegant adult. But it was at home. And so I started my search for the perfect stationery on which to write sophisticated interview thank you’s. The selections above are what I’d buy if I had an unlimited stationery budget (Wouldn’t that be ridiculous?).

p.s. I did just end up going to the Papyrus down the street and picking up some sweet Martha Stewart peony print cards.