"YA" Weekend

Yarn aquisition

I've debated over whether or not to share my yarn purchases here. After all, I've got quite a bit of yarn already. Some of it I've had for years. I know I have no business buying more just to stash away, because I know that in reality, I rarely knit from my stash. When I start a new project, I think that naturally means that it's time to go spend an hour or so perusing the LYS.
I'm ordinarily a pretty thrifty person. There are just a few exceptions to this:
1. Eating out (I love to eat out, but detest fast food. I likewise hate eating at places like buffets, or places like Denny's that have reheated frozen food for me. If I ever experience a taste bud reformation and want frozen food, I'd eat it at home.) Hence, we spend a chunck of change eating out at decent resturants.
2. Quilting fabric. If I'm going to spend many, many hours creating a handmade quilt, I want it to last next to forever.
3. Clothing and shoes. (Got this from my mother, so at least I have an excuse. I'm obviously not haute couture, but I dont' want to wear around cheap stuff either. I actually hate shopping, so I like for my clothes to last a long time, and stay somewhat in style for a long time as well.
4. Yarn. Much the same as for quilting fabric. If I'm going to spend hours making something, I want it to be made out of decent yarn. It does irk me that it costs more to make a sweater than it does to buy one....but I tell myself that that is beside the point. Herein lies the problem with stash purchasing. I feel duty bound to buy yarn when it's on a good sale. I ignore the previously stated fact that I rarely use yarn from my stash. (And much of it has been there for at least 4 years when my LYS was changing owners and had a half off sale. Some of it I don't even like anymore.)
Well, they did it to me again. They know I love a good deal, and getting good yarn on sale makes me feel responsibly frugal, even if I have a problem with actually using it. Last week my LYS had a Rowan/Jaeger trunk sale, with all of the yarn half off. I HAD to go.
I finally decided that I would share it with you, because I love salivating over everyone else's yarn purchases. Here's what I came away with:

Jaeger extra fine merino

Rowan handknit yarn. I actually ordered this from Ebay recently.

Rowan silken tweed. I have 7 balls of each color.

The first is a Rowan cotton/wool blend, I have 10 balls of that one. The second is Rowan all seasons cotton, 10 balls of that as well. The last is Rowan handknit again. 10 balls of the lighter, 3 balls of the darker color.
I told the lady in the store to kick me out if I came back in any time soon. She told me they would post a picture of my hubby's face on the door to help deter me, lol.

My latest project:

It's from Rowan's Classic Cafe book. It's actually crocheted (which I ordinarily hate for clothing), but I fell for this pattern. I have to admit that crochet doesn't have the same 'pull' on me that knitting does. I really want to have this sweater, but It doesn't call out to me, saying 'oh, you can sit and do a row for a minute'. I'm not getting any thrill out of making it. Especially since it's already getting too warm to wear it this year. I'm persisting, because I know I'm going to run out of my yarn (Tahki Cotton Classic). I need to know how much more I'm going to have to buy before everyone sells out of it.