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Well here it is. The last day of quilting retreat coincides with stash reporting. And like every addicted body, I didn't pay any mind to the consequences of my actions ... I threw caution to the wind and indulged to my heart's content. I even ignored my own lofty words from last week's stash report: Plus, I won't be buying any fabric while I'm there! And I know many of you saw those words and just shook your heads, thinking, "Bless her heart!" (And we Southerners know what that really means, right?!) There's not getting around it; it's time to pay the Piper. I have to divulge how much I *gained* over retreat versus how much I (*cringe*) used. It's time to stand up and say, Hi, my name is Denise ... and I'm a fabricaholic. And PROUD OF IT!! LOL!
Used/donated this week: 1.5 yards
Used/donated year-to-date: 4.75 yards
Purchased/added this week: 20.0 yards
Purchased/added year-to-date: 30.75 yards
Net used/donated for 2012: -20.25 yards
Ay yi yi!!!! What in the world was I thinking?!?? I'll tell you exactly what I was thinking . . . I was thinking that the five yards (all that was left on the bolt) of one darling, darling fabric that was $4.50/yard and 60% off to boot, would make a darling sundress for Ellie (a new one for the next five or six summers). And hey -- since I'm thinking clothes and not quilts, do I have to count it?? I was thinking that 60% off all those batiks could not be passed up. I was thinking...what a bargain!! Plus there was free fabric ... I totally shouldn't have to count that, right?!? Hahaha!! Ah well, as always, be sure to check out the link-ups at Judy Laquidara's Patchwork Times!
Hanging on the wall at Grand Oak Retreat
As for today? I've got a couple more hours of stitching and then it's time to pack up and head home. It'll be nice to see my sweet husband and sleep in my own bed tonight!
:)
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I'm pretty sure I would have done the same thing. :) blessings, marlene
There's no way you can turn down 60% off!!! Not with today's prices! I'd say that makes you a wise buyer, getting your fabric now so you don't have to pay the big bucks later! Of course, that's the excuse I always use!! =^..^=
LOL! You did yourself proud! An honest to goodness quilter would not have been able to pass up a sale like that! Heck, I probably would have needed a Uhaul to bring it home. :) I'm so glad you had the opportunity to attend this retreat - sounds like it was lots of fun!
I almost never resist such a good sale. Fortunately, I don't come across them too often!
60% off?!! Well, of course you can't turn that down! SOunds like you had great fun.
You will put this fabric to great use and turn out some beautiful items! xo
my gosh 60% off batiks!!! I would NEVER be able to pass that up.
No one could turn down 60% off. So, "Bless your heart!"
Glad you had a wonderful time.
It is always so good to get back home, isn't it?
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Sounds like you are having fun and I would have done the same thing! I don't do the stash report.....I keep saying I don't need any more fabric but......
Ay 60% off it would have been totally wrong and irresponsible NOT to but them. LOL!! Like everyone else has said, I would have done the same thing. Beside, it's for your retirement fund.
Free fabric doesn't count at all. And cheap fabric barely counts. :-)
Oh...I agree...do NOT count fabric for clothes in your quilting stash report....and don't count free fabric, either. AND...I think only 60% of the 60% off fabric counts....right?
I guess I'm a fabricholic too. I absolutely love fabric and own tons of it and keep buying more. It's so hard not to go to the fabric department to look at it. Of course, when I look I automatically see something that I just have to have.
Hi, my name is Margaret....and I to am a fabricaholic. AND I TO AM VERY PROUD OF IT!!!!!! Love it! My kids tell me I am addicted all the time! But they never seem to complain when they reap the benifits of my "addiction"
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Well,when it is marked down that much there is no choice....buy it!
I wanna see it all! if it's on sale, it doesn't count...Hee hee!
My first reaction was Holy Moly 20 yards but ... at those prices I would have bought at least as much!
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