This is a universal planner. It can be used on any year and it is very nice. It has daily planner pages, weekly planner pages and yearly planner pages, empty note pages, and a phone address book pages in the back. It also includes the pen holder (although pen is not included) on the back of the book cover. Lovely.
I got this one from Sanrio store after 4th of July sale. It was 50% off and cost about 2.5$. It makes a squeeky sound when you press it. Kids just love to play with it.
I bought this one from Tokyo 100 yen stores in 2003. At that time, 1$ was exchange is 122 yen, so this is like less than one dollar and is relatively cheap.
A lot of people love hello kitty --- it's a mystery why the little cat capture the attention of love. I think sometimes that hello kitty does not have a mouth, and naturally the character does not have much expression other than looking quiet, innocent, and may be passive, and that attracts people who have been tired of noises, deception, and may be aggressiveness of the human nature. Pink and purple is the color of love, and may be that's why, hello kitty looks the best in those colors and is the most appealing colors of hello kitty in the marketing history. The little cat never reminds of of a cat, strangely, she has some sort of personality. In a way, I think of my hello kitty collection as my memory tribute to my pet cats whom I had to leave them when I decided to start my life again in a foreign country.