In 2 days is my birthday, I'm going to a retreat, and it's more than 50 miles from home. Yippy! I have 3 exemptions all together. I'm really over buying fabric that will add to my stash. The fabric I get now is designated to a project completion. Also, my medication just took a jump in cost of ~$400/mo. Yesterday at the pharmasy I took a stomach punch that had me reeling.
As to giving my exemption to someone else:
1. Getting fabric to finish a specific project is already an exemption.
2. I think this thread speaks to getting fabric just because, it's amazing/beautiful/so cute/I can't live without it/I'm hurt/someone dumped on me. etc. For these there should be no extra exemptions.
Suck it up. We all fall off the wagon. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, admit it/own it, and then get on with life. SURPRISE... you're not perfect. And there's grace and mercy when you admit your errors. And later, you may even laugh at yourself.