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You pass a "sale" at the local fabric store on the way to work, and sweat all day that by the time you get there all the "good stuff" will be gone.

Spotting a "Fabric Sale" sign causes you to become a traffic hazard as you U-turn to the nearest ATM before pillaging the store.

You tape "historical" movies (even the really BAD ones) so you can watch them in slow-motion and make garb sketches.

When you move, the first boxes in the truck (and there are quite a few of them) are the ones with your fabric and garb. (**and this is quite true... I just did exactly that )

You always carry a baggie (or something bigger) with swatches and samples of trim, lists of supplies on hand, and yardage requirements.

You drive your friends nuts by constantly sketching garb.

You have way more garb than you'll ever wear, even if you go to an event every week.

You take your own drool towel when you visit the shop that has those gorgeous silk brocades....

Fabric store clerks either welcome you with open arms or cringe every time you come in the door.

People always get your answering machine, even when you're home, because you're in your sewing room, "communing" with the soul of that piece of silk brocade that's just screaming "Italian" at you.

Budgeting your paycheck means taking out your fabric spending allowance first.

The local fabric (or craft, or yarn) store has a parking space reserved just for you.

The clerk in the store now knows exactly what you mean when you say you're making a houpelande.

You "drift" in your period because even if your persona is 15th century Italian, there's this wonderful 13th c. Celtic gown you have to make, or you really want a full Elizabethan, or you have this great idea on how to trim an 11th c. whatever... etc. etc.

You lay in the grass after an auto accident thinking, "hmmmm.... three weeks in bed... I can finish that beading and maybe get that couched trim done too..."

You greet your garbaholic friends with, ""ooo.... nice .. how did you do that? Where did you get this? etc etc....." while ignoring the neck brace and the black eye.

There's a spectacular sale on linen, and you debate whether to tell your friends or wait until you've had a chance to go back and buy more yourself.

You go in the fabric store for bias tape and come out with $100 of "bargain fabric".

The really neat outfit that was the first thing you ever made now looks really shoddy compared with what you want.

You raise sheep and/or flax so you have the "total period experience".

You actually think twice about postponing paying the phone bill until next week so you can buy that velvet at only $8 a yard.

Your children, husband, and cats all know better than to speak to you when you're sewing. Unless the house is on fire. And they'd better grab the garb and the fabric first.

You critique the costuming on PBS (or A&E, Or the History Channel, etc.)

You wish Halloween was at least six times a year so you'd have an excuse to wear your garb to work. Again.

You'll be in debt for the next three years but you have to have the silk velvet at only $33 a yard....

You are no longer content to have just spiffy clothes- you have to have all - repeat all - the accessories to go with it.

And the biggie: After months of work, you wear your new garb to an event, and finally get to be the "droolee" instead of one of the droolers.

And from members of the SCA-garb email list:

You Know You're a Garbaholic When:
You have an entire room of fabric just waiting for inspiration.
......and you just know that it has to age properly :)

You pass a "sale" at the local fabric store on the way to work, and sweat all day that by the time you get there all the "good stuff" will be gone.
.... so you call in with the excuse of a flat tire and go shopping instead

Fabric store clerks either welcome you with open arms or cringe every time you come in the door.
.... and all the clerks greet you by first name and ask how the last project went and guide you to the sale tables because they were just about to put some new fabric out and they know that there will be less after you are done...

You actually think twice about postponing paying the phone bill until next week so you can buy that velvet at only $8 a yard.
....You mean that you are supposed to think about this?? *sigh*

You wish Halloween was at least six times a year so you'd have an excuse to wear your garb to work. Again.
.....You don't care that it's not Halloween, you wear the garb anyways! heheh

Aldiana
Inner Sea

You call in with the excuse of a flat tire and go shopping instead

"All the clerks greet you by first name and ask how the last project went and guide you to the sale tables because they were just about to put some new fabric out and they know that there will be less after you are done... "
.......THIS ONE IS THE BIGGIE !!!!

"You go in the fabric store for bias tape and come out with $100 of "bargain fabric".
.....Ain't it the truth

Awright! Whose been peeking in my "cave of wonders" / AKA "sewing room"??????
;-) ;-) ;-)

You Know You're a Garbaholic When:

You have an entire room of fabric just waiting for inspiration.
...You mean everybody doesn't have 500 plus yards of fabric? Yes, I counted...

You pass a "sale" at the local fabric store on the way to work, and sweat all day that by the time you get there all the "good stuff" will be gone.
....That's what sick days are for....

There's a spectacular sale on linen, and you debate whether to tell your friends or wait until you've had a chance to go back and buy more yourself.
....Well, there were only 15 yards on the bolt! Really! And I told them about it afterward.... okay, so it was a gloat.... *sigh*

Niamh of Wyvern Cliffe

You really know you are a garbaholic when traveling 14 hours (one way) to check out a new fabric store is a good idea. (You guessed it. Been there, done that, left the t-shirt--Buying it would have interfered with my fabric buying)

I agree that if you can identify with the list you are a garbaholic.

Here are a few more:
You know you are a garbaholic when you regularly go to thrift stores and yard sales for sheets for chemises and shirts and always check out the curtain selection too.
Your friend's local school is having a Renaissance performance and you outfit the entire band from your garb closet. (This just happened to me this week.)
Having one closet and an entire dresser for finished garb and one closet for projects in work (to be done, repaired, sized, fabrics that need to be hung until used) is my personal signature. I have three closets in my house and only one small one has my mundane clothes in it.