I got confused

Ever since my man told me of the move to Florida I have had on my mind clearing out, sorting, packing, garage selling etc. I have been sewing lots, so I can give away quilts and not have to move so much fabric. I went through my patterns and books and sold some, I gave away threads I didn't care to use anymore. I went through my rulers ands gave away duplicates (can you believe I had 3- 12" square rulers and 2 Omnigrid half square triangle rulers?) I even sorted my scraps and made sure they were all organized my strip width. I was so proud of myself. That was where the confusion came in. Normally I am never completely sure of my self. I am always second guessing my decisions. When I was proud of myself I got confused and my brain did a strange thing, it said , "you have been doing so well and you don't have any backing fabrics so shopping online is good!" and then it said "Hey, go shopping with your friends, it's ok!" I tell you I was so messed up I didn't even think twice. I went to Thousands of Bolts..only one nut and didn't even look at the total of the shopping cart just kept putting stuff in. I was walking on air(read head in the clouds) until the HUGE box arrived. I had so much fun going through and looking at what I had ordered. I felt only a small twinge when I saw the receipt and justified it by remembering I had no backing fabrics, especially for my new Carolina Crossroads Mystery.


Then I had to go to a guild board meeting last week. Normally on guild day many of the ladies go to lunch and then shopping. I usually go to lunch with some of the ladies, but I never go shopping, I head to the quilt shop to work. This time after the meeting several of the ladies said they were going to Joann's to use their coupons. I remembered I had mine in my truck so I joined them. When I arrived at the fabric section I saw that all the print cotton fabrics were 40% off. What respectable Linus quilter can pass up 40% off fabric? So I indulged. I go to Joann's about 4 times a year and seldom spend more that $25 so I figured I wasn't hurting anything.


THEN yesterday five of us loaded up in the car and went to A&E Pharmacy in Pensacola FL. Now if you have never been to A&E you might think we went to get a prescription filled or something, but no. A&E has some of the best prices on fabric for many many miles. Why else would we drive an hour with these gas prices? LOL
I was looking for baby quilt fabrics and I found them! I had so much fun I was almost embarrassed.

If you can see the fabrics here, I found a small blue and yellow squiggle on white for a background. Then I found Noah's Ark fabric and a couple coordinates on the left and on the right is alphabet animals with coordinates. Then on the bottom is the cutest backing fabric, it has phrases like Once upon a time, In the Enchanted Forrest, Prince, Princess, etc. I loved it!

Then I was laying in bed last night and thinking about the purchases and nearly fell out of the bed! What had I done? I was trying to DECREASE the stash! I wanted to use up some so the move would be easier! I had more than replaced what I had used in the past month. Plus I had spent more than my self imposed budget. UGH! All I can say is I got confused. Originally when I went to the website to buy a backing for the mystery I got confused and thought I was in the shopping/buying mode. You know how it is, you go to the store to buy a item of clothing for your child and come home with a whole wardrobe since you were there already there and you were in "The Zone". That is all I can figure. I must have slipped into "The Zone" and lost my mind! At least that is my story and I'm sticking to it!

Now I am off to the sewing machine to get busy!
Later
Diane