I have been trying hard to stay away from the computer and my favorite INS sites, so that I won't be tempted to order anything I can't afford. So, I guess the next best thing is going to my stash and pulling out something new to work on so that it feels like I just bought something new! I should really call this post "binge starts"! Technically I should have not started anything new and tried to finish some other projects as I get ready to start the Merry Cox SAL very soon. When am I ever practical though? I started the Au fils des Reves "Bourse" recently. To this start I added Beardie Designs "Elegant Acessories" and Birds of a Feather's "School Girls Wish Sampler". Lately I have been most tempted by the Beardie Designs project. It is funny as I had planned to stitch this as a gift for someone last year. I was using DMC and just hated it. I couldn't make myself stitch on it. I ordered the NPI silks instead, but had to stitch something as a gift in the interim. Then this week I had an inkling to pull it out again, and now that is all I feel like stitching. Strange, isn't it. I guess timing does count for something! It is way too fun looking through my stash bins! Really that is all I need to do when I feel like shopping--look what I came up with instead! Three lovely projects which had just been waiting and waiting and waiting for me to stitch them!