Sometimes it is the small things that keep us from complete ruin. My favorite on-line yarn maven has updated her shop with yarn that tempts me in unspeakable ways (unspeakable because Big E does not want to hear me sigh and yatter about yarn). ( I particularly like "Monkey Flower" and "Arrr".) Yet, all financial security is not lost, because it takes me such a tremendously long time to knit socks, and all the yarn I yearn for is sock yarn. I still have an untouched skein of Yarn Chef yarn from 5 months ago, and until I work my way through my stash, I am not buying (sock) yarn. My yarn cache will not get away from me as my fabric, paper, button, ribbon, thread, and embellishment collections have. No! I will maintain control! Look, my sticker cache from the 80's.. almost completely gone. I only have an envelope or three left to go through. Yep, I am winning the war in that one. Now if I ever manage to cut my sock making time to a week or even a couple of months, I would be in real trouble... but what's the likelihood of that?