So you’re back at work. Goodbye beach towel. Goodbye SPF 15.  There is one thing you can do that will make the transition from beach bum back to office slave a little bit less gloomy; buy some new tax-deductible toys.

Head for stationery mecca Kikki K to stock up on charming Post-it notes, storage solutions and other get life in order necessities. Peruse the shelves of clean, Scandinavian designs and embrace another year of being a career genius with enviable pens, pencils and erasers.

Drop by Paper 2 in Surry Hills for the most charming little shop. Step into a world of butterfly notecards, gardening journals, hand-printed gift tags and all things curious and kind. This is a year for sending thank you cards, remembering birthdays and outdoing yourself with personalised invitations.

As an avant garde creator you’ll want to replenish your Moleskine supplies and keep an eye out for the new analog meets digital Moleskine Folio Digital. Invest in an Hermès leather agenda or notebook to jot down the kind of notes for years to treasure.

If your spare room is supposed to be your office but it looks like the Wombles of Wimbledon have moved in and brought their friends, dial up Karen from Clutterfree. She will turn your piles of old junk into a storage solution paradise.

Now get back to work!

Hermès Sydney
135 Elizabeth Street Sydney 2000
T: 02 9287 3200

Kikki K
T: 03 9645 6346

Paper 2
477 Crown St, Surry Hills
T: 02 9318 1121

Clutterfree, Karen Perkins
T: 0425 334 53