Personally, I would love to shop at the LQS but can't afford to do that all the time. I am going to a Shop Hop in a couple of weeks and know I will come home with a lot of great stuff...books, fabric, etc. This will be my second Shop Hop..it was great fun. I am trying to use my stash as much as possible..I do have a large one..it takes great discipline and inside the shops mine flies out the window!