I had such fun last month when I was with some on-line friends and we shopped and talked and bought. No explanations necessary, no asking 'what project are you going to do with that'. We were camping and DH's kept themselves busy with no comments on what we bought.
I don't save much under 2 inches because I try to keep it under control. I also want the fabric manufactures to stay in business or we won't have any new fabric.