The Budget Casa

Whether we like to admit it or not, the feeling of starting a new school year has kind of stuck with us. Whenever the fallish month of September rolls around, our thoughts drift to the excitement we felt over new textbooks, pencil crayons, calculators and notebooks. To this day we’re almost obsessed with outfitting our office space with new, trendy items come the end of summer. So we’ve scoured the web to find some absolutely excitable accessories (all for under $20).

This funky and fun mousepad (pictured above, $10.95) may be cheap, but it doesn’t look it. And because it’s made of super thick cloth, it won’t stain or collect dust.

This “Borrow My Pen” set (pictured above, $8) puts a hilarious spin on those weird ballpoints promoting small businesses. With fake business names written on the side, they’re guaranteed to get a laugh from even the most serious of coworkers.

To banish desk clutter, check out this ingenious holder (pictured above, $20). It has separate compartments for tape, a notepad, pencils, pens and paper clips. You can even store your business cards on the handy gadget.

We absolutely adore these mini floral journals (pictured above, $14.95) from the Modern Museum of Art. They fit into our latest clutch and because each journal has different paper (ruled, graphed, dotted and blank), we can use them for every purpose, no matter where we are.