CookyIN, it is so worth the money. You get to spend time doing what we love most, qulting, talking and eating. I have a retreat coming in a couple weeks myself. I take a new project, some old ufo's and some smaller projects to do between these. This year it is aprons requested by my girls, a new quilt for a co-worker and several UFO's that have little to finish them up. I take plenty and just unload the car as I get around to them.