My husband had an agenda planner while back that got stolen or went missing. I believe the latter as we haven't had any issues with unauthorised credit card purchases, etc. Regardless, he had been complaining about it being too small anyway (be careful what you wish for, LOL ). But in a hunt for a large one that holds the 8 1/2" X 11" papers, we realised it's just not in the budget. Then you h ave to g e t refills, etc. I was at Big Lots a week or 2 ago and I found a zippered binder, similar to the one posted in the Coupon Binder post , sans handle, f or a whopping 6 bucks. The ide a struck me to build a planner for my husband, cutting the cost to a FRACTION of a pre -made-store-bought one. As follows: This is the $6 zippered binder: It has a pocket on the front that has small elastic bands on the sides. I slid a manila folder in there for extra filing space. Maybe for things the Hubba - bubba needs at a quick- grab's length. On the left hand side, when you ...