Where did the weekend go? How is it Monday already? How many more days until Friday?
Anyway, I meant to get to this post yesterday, but since the meetup only took place on Saturday I figure I’m not too far behind. Yep, I’m here with my recap of Saturday’s Midwest Filofax Meetup!
This time around, I met Sandra, Jaci (aka LimeTreeFruits) and Jill for some Filofax shennanigans in Oak Park, IL. We had a blast- I’ll let the pictures do the talking for the rest of the post. Be warned, there are plenty of them!
We started the afternoon at Mancini’s, where I learned their eggplant Parmesan is amazing!
I also learned that my Malden is in desperate need of a diet- he’s on the right. That’s Jill’s normal-thickness Malden (also a personal crimson) on the left. Oops. When Jaci first saw mine, she exclaimed “Does it close?” Despite being so stuffed, I’m happy to report that he does!
Cheers!
Jill had these amazing custom stickers from Moo.com – these definitely are going on my wish list!
The obligatory Filo-pile. We actually had to move my Malden closer to the top to weigh down the rest of the pile! Then again, only one was mine, so who has the real problem??? Kidding, of course!
And the obligatory human photo! Left to right is Jill, Sandra, me, and Jaci!
To those of you in the UK who complain about small Filofax shops- take a look at this! And this is considered a good supply for a shop around Chicago!
They even had a personal Holborn, which I have to admit was more tempting than I thought it would be. But, I resisted, as I’m still in love with Mr. Malden!
I also resisted a completely adorable bright orange mini… but just barely.
This Dakota was hands down the weirdest binder I’ve ever seen. This was the credit card pocket, and the binder itself was literally rock hard. Sorry if there are any Dakota-lovers out there, but I couldn’t wait to put this one back on the shelf!
There were also quite a few interesting/older inserts I’ve never seen, including these travel information sheets with space for hotel and flight information as well as emergency contacts and notes.
There was also this wipe-off insert for most used telephone numbers. A wipe-off notes section was on the back.
These were also interesting- it was an insert with small memo cards printed three per page. It’s hard to tell, but they are perforated so they can be removed. They were from 1983!
The most interesting insert hands down was the menstrual calendar, circa 1994. I can’t imagine that insert would stay in the binder during a meetup!
Despite a few temptations, I only walked away with two purchases: a new ruled notepad and a pack of two transparent flyleaves with tabs. Boring, but much needed!
We also stopped into Paper Source- I can’t believe I was the only one of our group who had been in before! I didn’t splurge too much, just bought one new stamp and a few packs of cards for my soon-to-be Etsy shop (more on that later this week, hopefully!)
As always, it was a super fun meetup. Hopefully we didn’t scare the waitstaff at Mancini’s too badly. We definitely got some strange looks, but oh well!
I can’t wait for the next meetup, but for the time being, happy Filofaxing!
Very nice. I'm glad you all had a great time. Meet ups are so much fun!
My malden is no skinny minx either… I like my faxes like I like my men… Strong and full of interesting facts!
menstrual calendar – now I have seen it all!
Now I am totally bummed that I didn't make it. When will the next one be????? My people want to go to Chicago and get pizza, but that is a whole nother issue-we watch way too much Dinners, Drive-Ins and Dives they want to eat their way around the country, LOL!!!
That looks like so much fun!
PS Shopping for filofaxes in NJ is A LOT like that… A small section of mostly older things
Tracy
How fun! I love these meet-ups you Philofaxers do. Wish there were one on the West coast.
Those inserts are wild. It seems that there is so much more variety with personal inserts than with A5. All the stores in Portland that carry Filofax items just have the same standard inserts. Would love to come across something unusual.
Ladies you look like you had fun and a few laughs. I hope to join you at the next one (fingers crossed). I will be driving in from MI and since I am looking for a job at the present, I hope I will be able to 'sneak away' for a future meetup practically in my own backyard. Sad but its true for MI as well; the only shop I know that has Filofax is a pen store at Somerset Mall in Troy, MI and their selection is about as tiny at that one in Chicago. There may be another stationary store in Birmingham, MI that has them too but I think their selection is even smaller. Makes it rough when you want to see/feel the item before ordering online. I hate ordering online and being disappointed and then having to send back…what a pain!
It was a great MeetUp indeed. But how on earth did I miss those stickers? Argh! Been late, that's what happen!
Now if only I can make it to another NYC one someday!!!
Love it!
That's what I said!
We don't have a date yet, but I'm sure there will be more.
And yay for some triple D! I've actually considered doing a national tour…
This is why we all need to hire a private charter to the UK!
Keep an eye out- I've heard some people have interest in a West coast meeting!
Fingers crossed that you can make the next one!
Yep, I think they were put away right before you got there 🙁