Moonpi is a girl after my own heart. K don't buy online. More because of the price it costs than security reasons. But my "someday" lists have stuff on them thanks to the hop. I couldn't do all of them this year, but I've done some. I'll do the holiday one. I loved bookmarking the sites with the free patterns. You can never go wrong with free patterns.
I've also won 10.00 certificates in 2 hops. One store I was super excited to get ten bucks off something. The other I got a gift for a friend.
I like the hop process, just don't have a ton of time this time around. I like some of the clues you have to figure out though. I would buy kits if they were cheaper. They are all so beautiful!! Very tempting. Maybe I'll have to go hop just to get more someday ideas!!