Oh dear, I guess I'm one of the strange ones! I buy fabric without the slightest clue of how I'm going to use it, except that it will be in a quilt. I also talk to strangers in any fabric store. I hope I'm not clueless to the unspoken social cues that tell me someone really doesn't want to talk to me.
So, here is a big thank you to the lady I chatted up in JoAnn's in Florida when I was house/pet sitting for my daughter and had been all alone for 3 weeks with no one to talk to. You were so kind to talk with me about your first quilting project...the cat just doesn't talk back very well.