But you do have it in an account for a rainy day - the day when you aren't spending $ on fabrics but shopping your stash. I've had a great time shopping my stash first. Made easier by doing most of my sewing at odd hours when nothing is open and the Internet can be iffy out here in the boonies. The only project I've done this year that was not primarily from stash was the one for my friend Misty. And I've used what I bought for that in a couple other projects as well. Another help in shopping stash first and limiting my buying has been having DGS with me a couple of times and wanting to get out of the store before he got cranky! Of course if I have DD along too, then she says "oh go on you might need more of that, and you can make me xxxxx with it too." Love my enabler!!!