I understand what you mean on having to pick and choose. I'm skipping a lot of events this year, and even contemplating a few others. I have a couple I'd like to try to make, but I'm having a really hard time pushing myself to sew. A lot of things on my mind, like contemplating where that money should really go... ugh. I'm usually bad about that anyway (feeling guilty about spending money on costuming stuff), but this year is hitting me harder for some reason. The weirdest part was I couldn't wait to get back to sewing, but all sorts of things hit at the end of year and this month and set off lots of those kinds of triggers for me. I'm sure I'll get back on track, but I still want to keep it under control. I'd really like to see the Titanic exhibit (we'd be going on a different date than the DFWCG), but like Jen the sticker shock got to me. Oof!

And picking through what to get rid of and what to keep.... that's hard enough on its own! Good luck!