I got a biggish Moleskine in Rome several years ago, just because it seemed like a good deal on a blank book–lots of pages, no lines, decent binding, unusual trim size–and I bought a couple of little brightly colored silk-covered ones to give as stocking stuffers this year, but for my own dark purposes I prefer the Miqelrius notebooks, which have a _lot_ of pages and are much cheaper than Moleskines.

During the month last year that I tried to use the “Getting Things Done” system (=Total Failure), I carried a tiny Mead looseleaf notebook that took paper probably the same size as your beloved memo pads. I liked being able to take pages out and move them around, because I’m both obsessive about and hopeless at organizing things and am always deciding that whatever sorting system I’ve just set up is totally wrong. Which is probably why GTD didn’t stick for me. That and generally not being able to prioritize anything. And spending too much time online to ever Get Anything Done.