I really doubt that I have felt guilty about buying that special fabric that jumps out at me, as it often makes the most beautiful quilt/quilts. Cost becomes a factor depending on the balance in my checkbook, but spending a little more money on that perfect fabric and the quilt/quilts I make from it, makes it all worthwhile. Quilting is my passion, my way to keep relatively sane when times are tough and the joy I receive when I make that special quilt for a family member or friend, makes that quilt priceless to me. Planning and making quilts, sometimes just fondling my stash, makes me happy as well as the fact that quilting helps me focus during difficult times, and keeps my mind active so the grey cells do not fly out of my brain at an alarming rate. It's therapy, no two ways about it.