yup i go through that too...but i have become better, at least at work, when i show anything and someone oooh's and aaahhhhhhhhs, i tell them it's for sale if you are interested, so instead of coming home with an empty bag i at least come home with a few $$ to show for my time. if it's family or real friends they usually get it when they say they want it, sometimes right then, sometimes as a surprise later, sometimes i say, this one is for sale...sometimes they still want it...sometimes not (and most of them know if they say they love it, and i do not give it to them...some time down the road they are going to wind up with it anyway or a different one like it....i think most quilters are generous to a fault and at least for me...a real push-over ;) but, as long as you are not (breaking the bank) it's ok isn't it?