I don't know what $30 gets there, but I don't mind to use a Rhodia block or notebook for most banal things. Also, while they don't leave the desk much, most of

I don't know what $30 gets there, but I don't mind to use a Rhodia block or notebook for most banal things. Also, while they don't leave the desk much, most of my nicest fountain pens are also in rotation. However, my hand-bound leather notebooks are reserved for design and journal work only, and written with archival inks most of the time.