Good luck on the job front with interviews, etc. We have all "been there and done that". I just want to remind you that there is a life on the "other side" of unemployment. We survived and I know you will too! Good wishes are sent your way.
Our 2009 Alaskan Cruise let us shop in Anchorage and I found one (or two shops) there. I don't know what direction now, but it was in town, not far from their mall. We stopped in several on our trip and the fabrics were slightly different...in Texas, our fabrics feature our spring flowers, in Alaska, their fabrics featured wildlife, oceans, whales, native Eskimo, etc. I bought an assortment of quilt fabrics for a lap sized Alaskan quilt. It was my first one, but not the last!