Since I mentioned Moleskine in my last entry, I'd like to point a few people to the Muji store. There is one very close to the St. Sulpice plaza and it is a really good place get school supplies like pens and notebooks. Before finding Muji, I bought notebooks from Monoprix, but they had really weird annoying lines on them - which might be supposed to serve as training wheels for writing. Whatever. The notebooks @ Muji are pretty cheap, but also very pleasant. The paper is a little spongy so your pen sinks in a little deliciously while writing - very satisfying. (For comparison, the moleskin pages are hard causing an antagonistic little resistance). On the other hand, for those who find writing to be a solely 2D endeavor and not engraving, you may prefer the harder pages. I'm sure everyone has their own little quirks and requisites in regard to writing utensils. :) Or others may not care or not notice. This is also a possibility (in which case I would advise you to focus more attention to small joys like cushiony paper).
I realize Muji is not very Parisian - so if you want to have an 100% Parisian experience (whatever that may mean) just enter a small papeterie. They're virtually everywhere and are hard to miss: they specialize in notebooks, papers, pens etc. Just look for these products in the windows. Expect to pay more though. :)
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