A couple weekends ago I went to a "Me and I" party.
No, I wasn't the only person partying - I assure you, I'm not that much of a loser. :P
"Me and I" is a Swedish-based company that sells children (and some adult-sized) clothing.
They're colorful, have cool patterns and twice a year, fall and spring, they switch up their clothing line and have new items.
Going to one of these parties is the equivalent of going to a "Tupperware" party or a "Mary Kay" party...except there's 0 pressure to buy things and it's for clothing.
I was invited with my friend K. to go to one of these and seeing as I've never gone before and it was the weekend - I thought, "Sure why not?"
The presentation was in Finnish - so my friend translated it for me when necessary. The lady just had a rack of clothing hanging, showed us each piece - described it a little, paired it with something else to show us the different color options and then when she was done - we got to touch, feel and try the clothing on if we wanted - as there were many adult shirts available too. Or if you had your kids with you - then they could try on some of the clothes. There was absolutely no pressure - so you just picked up an order form if you were interested - chose how to pay and your order came to you in the mail. This was a big bonus factor for me- because the party was held quite far away from where I live!
The basic idea is that it's cool and comfortable clothing for children and some stay-at-home mothers in Sweden thought of this and boom! "Me and I" was born.
I looked on Facebook and they do have an international FB page - but here is their official website, in English for you.
I intentionally went there just to see what kind of clothing they have - because I really had no idea. A friend of mine had purchased a cute hat for her son and one for herself and some yoga pants - but that's all I knew of this company.
I walked out with 2 t-shirts for my son and 3 hats (one for each of us) coming in the mail.
And they got in the mail within a week at the post office!
And yes, they were ridiculously expensive but I think, well worth it - because of the humour - and because of the quality is top notch. (That and you have 12 months to pay with only 1.7% interest per month!!)
If you're wondering about the selling end of this - apparently it's a mark up price of only 24% (approximately) and you have the choice of buying your own clothing for the parties you go to or renting the clothing as a "Junior Seller". Renting makes more sense to me because the styles change twice a year...
Anyways, there's more information on the above linked site if you're interested and they are an international company - as far as I can tell.
No, I wasn't the only person partying - I assure you, I'm not that much of a loser. :P
"Me and I" is a Swedish-based company that sells children (and some adult-sized) clothing.
They're colorful, have cool patterns and twice a year, fall and spring, they switch up their clothing line and have new items.
Going to one of these parties is the equivalent of going to a "Tupperware" party or a "Mary Kay" party...except there's 0 pressure to buy things and it's for clothing.
I was invited with my friend K. to go to one of these and seeing as I've never gone before and it was the weekend - I thought, "Sure why not?"
The presentation was in Finnish - so my friend translated it for me when necessary. The lady just had a rack of clothing hanging, showed us each piece - described it a little, paired it with something else to show us the different color options and then when she was done - we got to touch, feel and try the clothing on if we wanted - as there were many adult shirts available too. Or if you had your kids with you - then they could try on some of the clothes. There was absolutely no pressure - so you just picked up an order form if you were interested - chose how to pay and your order came to you in the mail. This was a big bonus factor for me- because the party was held quite far away from where I live!
The basic idea is that it's cool and comfortable clothing for children and some stay-at-home mothers in Sweden thought of this and boom! "Me and I" was born.
I looked on Facebook and they do have an international FB page - but here is their official website, in English for you.
I intentionally went there just to see what kind of clothing they have - because I really had no idea. A friend of mine had purchased a cute hat for her son and one for herself and some yoga pants - but that's all I knew of this company.
I walked out with 2 t-shirts for my son and 3 hats (one for each of us) coming in the mail.
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| This is a "Peekaboo Chicken" shirt |
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| This is the back of the Peekaboo Chicken shirt. The rep had said many Finnish parents were probably offended by that dot under the chicken's tail....anatomically speaking - it's correct - so I don't see what the big deal is! However, she advised us that some parents told their kids, "The Peekaboo Chicken was in the woods and sat on a blueberry." |
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| The "Creepy Hat" - not really for winter..just for cooler days. It came in 3 sizes and shockingly the 3rd fit my ginormous head! (Yes my head is huge and my hair is super thick too.) The felt hats didn't quite fit unfortunately. |
And yes, they were ridiculously expensive but I think, well worth it - because of the humour - and because of the quality is top notch. (That and you have 12 months to pay with only 1.7% interest per month!!)
If you're wondering about the selling end of this - apparently it's a mark up price of only 24% (approximately) and you have the choice of buying your own clothing for the parties you go to or renting the clothing as a "Junior Seller". Renting makes more sense to me because the styles change twice a year...
Anyways, there's more information on the above linked site if you're interested and they are an international company - as far as I can tell.
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