Broke the budget..how about you?

[Madeforyouinma11]

Well, this past week, actually just the past two days, I have bought more fabric than I ever buy at one time.
A friend of mine needs a tshirt for her sons 2nd birthday, with the number 2 appliqued on and his name embroidered. She showed me one she likes so I'm going to duplicate it for her. It is Thomas the Train theme so that started my spending. I found a fat quarter on Etsy so I bought it. Then in my travels through Etsy, I found a shop that will be going out of business. I ordered more fabric and she even refunded me $8.40 on shipping! More money for fabric. The biggie was when Susann started a thread trying to find out the name of a certain fabric. She posted a beautiful quilt. I fell in love with the fabric and the quilt. Well, we found out that the fabric was American Jane Punctuation by Moda. Well, this fabric is OOP, so it was difficult to find. I found two shops that sell it so between the two I was able to get all the ones I wanted for making this quilt. I did have to get one of them on eBay. I did not want all the fabrics in the line so the few layer cakes I came across was not an option. Anyway, all these packages should be here at the end of the week, just in time for my anniversary. I have now spent my fabric budget for awhile so please don't show me any more! LoL.
Have any of you spent or overspent your budget lately?

[BellasQuilts]

Um, always.....

[Precious1]

Budget? What budget? You mean we have a budget? LOL !! ALWAYS

[SuzyQue]

I can report that I am under-budget at this time! I am saving those $$ for October at MSQC!

[Granny Judy]

I just did it AGAIN!! (went shopping here) It's a good thing I don't have a budget .. I never would stick to it.

[MRoy]

Not lately, but it's only because I haven't made it to the local fabric store. I planned to go on Wednesday but ended up taking Jakie pup to the vet instead.

[nyscpa2be]

I wasn't supposed to shop at all. Except for the NQ3 swap. And then todays DD came up, and M* got more $$ from me. But not a huge order - just the DD, a pair of snips for Mom, and a charm pack. But then there's the items at CT that I want.....uh oh.

[Lisapc]

I have a certain amount each week to spend without having to explain it to the family budget. This week I am a whole .10 under. I use my fun money for mostly sewing stuff and fun things for the kids. Sometimes I hoard that money for something special but not often.

For 20 yrs I have not spent change. I wait until my purse is heavy then I used to roll it up and cash it in. Now I take it to a coin star to cash it in. About 18 months ago I started not spending $1 bills in addition to that. That works great except for when the little ones want to go to the dollar store or Five Below, then I let them take the ones and divide them up. I want to some day not spend five dollar bills. I like having little stashes of money around.

[laf512]

I don't exactly have a budget for fabric, but I did spend more this week than I should have spent! I bought fabric to make a queen size quilt as well as a couple templates, mini charm pack, and yardage to complete my dd's birthday quilt. I'm really trying not to spend money on fabric anymore without a specific project in mind. I'm sticking to it.....most of the time

[Quilted Fantasies]

Years ago my DH wanted a John Deere tractor. My response: "Sure, go ahead honey, just remember I get whatever I want for the rest of my life!" He claims I have spent the equivalent of that tractor cost on my sewing hobby/addiction years ago. My response, "I didn't say I got what I wanted until I spent the equivalent of what that tractor cost. I said I get whatever I want for the rest of my life!"