Lone Star State represent!
I treated myself to a new huge cutting mat (the one I had, veteran of over 50 quilts, much much ridged in half-inch increments and has been retired to the role of batting-cutting mat).
I have put a fresh blade on the rotary cutter (anyone else get stubborn and wait way too long to change blades, only to kick yourself when you finally do and experience that effortless slice of a new blade? *sigh*)
And now…let the candy-trimming begin!