I’m not talking about a yarn diet here. It’s ALL purchases. Sadly, I have come to the one thing that prevents me from buying more yarn: money. Yep, I’m broke. And as I mentioned before, I’d have to kill myself before I incur debt to buy yarn (credit cards don’t count since I always buy what I can pay in time, thus, no interests or other fees accrued)

As I was lifting out boxes after boxes and bags after bags of yarn out of my closet, I thought to myself “HOLY CRAP! I am one step away from becoming a full on hoarder and being broke at the same time”

So, no more purchases at all in the next 6 months (since that’s when my CD matures. Am I glad I didn’t invest in any stocks or stock-based funds? Totally! I so deserved to buy the last $1000 of yarn just for that! Take that mutual funds and 401Ks!)

To show that I’m serious, I’ve left 6 Ravelry groups that pertain to any sort of yarn sales or anything that might even hint at a yarn sale. I’ve not logged into Ebay to watch any items and I’m gonna do my best to keep any spending offline to a minimum. Rough times ahead – ahoy! (Sorry yarn retailers, I forsee some decline in future revenues, seeing I’ll no longer be dropping ridiculous amount of money at your site) No exceptions. I don’t care if you’re selling cashmere for $1 a skein. Nope, not buying it. Baby alpaca for 25 cents? La-la-la, I’m not listening.

Aw, no more posts about my yarn buys? Don’t worry, I still have a good 200 yarns I didn’t mention buying in the last 6 months. Stash diving here I come!