New Project Started

I started on Jeannette Douglas's Rocky Mountain Sampler last night. It took me about an hour to do the first row which is all backstitch. Should have taken me 15 minutes but I kept starting over trying to decide where on my fabric I wanted it to start. Then I got the row done, tore it out and moved it over some more. I don't know why but I always take forever to start a new piece. It's like I need to get warmed up or something. I put another hour into it tonight and finished the 2nd row which is pretty trees.

I ordered Vikki's silks for CHS's Sampler Stocking and am going to stitch that on Saturdays with the rest of the stocking stitchers on the Legacy board.

In other news I've been a stash shopping maniac. Is it the weather? Am I the only one going nuts? There have been some really great lots on Ebay lately and I just can't pass them up. I'm watching some fabrics that end in about 5 days and then I think I need to put the brakes on for awhile.