When I was working I'd buy fabric if I liked it. Then I started buying sale fabric picking out things that would blend or go with what I had in my stash. Last year I accepted the buy out my employer was offering, so now without a regular paycheck I find that I only buy when it's a really good sale or when I need 1 color I don't have. Yellow seems to be the color I have least of and never can match with what I have. Backing and batting are my major purchases with a treat of a yard or two of bali's in between just to make me feel good.