I know that my fabric buying has seriously slowed down the last couple of years. I belong to the online Stashbusters group and their mantra of using and shopping your stash before buying has really become mine. Sometimes you just "have to buy fabric". How can any quilter have a drawer and a huge bin full of blue and still not have two metres of a medium blue? Unless it's a must have because I need it for this quilt or so cheap ($2 a metre) I am usually able to resist buying more just to store it away.