Are you a Paper Cheater too?

Today I HAD to go to Hobby Lobby (local craft store) to get a couple more sheets of a particular woodgrain paper in order to finish up a project I have been slowly working over the past couple months.  (When it's done, I will be showcasing it here, hopefully in a week or two). But here is a little peek on it. See the wood paper on the right?

That's ALL I really needed, the wood paper, so I knew I wasn't going to be at the store very long.
LOL.  Right.

I walked straight to the little counter where the weekly special paper is first, to see what was on sale.  Even though I KNEW I didn't need anything else, and certainly was NOT going to be buying anything else except the 2 sheets of paper I really needed.  Now stop laughing, this is a serious problem.

HOLY COW!  Scrapbook paper is 50% OFF!!!!!    Off to the paper aisle I start walking jogging and I was just beaming with joy that my 2 sheets of paper was going to be really cheap!  I wondered if I had enough change in my pocket to pay for it....
I got my 2 sheets of wood paper in my hand basket... hmmm.... well since it was on sale, I threw a couple more sheets of that woodgrain in there.  I mean, seriously, I didn't want to use it all up on my project and then not have any left at all, right?  Who knows when I suddenly would need the wood paper and it was all gone?   4 sheets.  That was enough.

NOT.

My eyes couldn't stop looking at all the paper I DIDN'T have yet.  OH my gosh, this paper was going to make some really nice cards or boxes, the ideas were already flowing with what I could do with some of it, and then some others were just so darn pretty.  STOP, I said to myself.  I don't need this paper, do I?  I mean, I have SOOOOO much paper at home being totally ignored.  GASP!!   I'm CHEATING on my paper at home!     That paper has been loyally sitting beside me while I craft and color, some of it for YEARS, and here I was thinking I had to have MORE paper.   I was feeling a bit guilty.   And I was arguing with myself in the paper aisle.   But 50% off... how could I walk away from THAT!?  OH, the agony of what to do.   Do I put this paper back, or in my handy hand basket?   (Actually it was easy to do the RIGHT thing, LOL)

How much paper do I have ignore?

White cardstock up there... actually, this stuff isn't ignored too much (Oh gosh, it's getting low, I think I need some more white)

Lightweight Cardstock Paper ...  at my left side on the floor

And MORE cardstock paper (thicker)... on the carpet right in front of my feet under the desk area

Oh my, I forgot about this stuff.... bottom drawer on the left side of the room, 4 feet away from the desk where I sit

And the top drawer too....

And all the rest of that cardstock that I had to stock up on before the colors were discontinued....
in another desk behind me on my right (behind my viewing area of the craft table)

Designer papers here..... left side of my feet on the carpet, two 12x12 big pads, and three 6x6 pads

Designer papers there..... right side of my feet on the carpet, too many to count single sheets and/or SU and Basic Grey 12x12 Dp packs

Mylanta!  Designer paper everywhere!  above my head on a shelf to the right, almost 3 dozen 6x6 pads from various companies

Oh and this stuff is REALLY ignored.... (poor paper!) to the right and behind my twirly-around inkpad holder, three 8x8 pads and three or four 6x6 pads

And this is printed digi paper.... at the left of my feet behind the thicker cardstock paper container on the carpet

So why did I need to cheat on all this paper, to get this new paper today???  I can't help it.  I CAN'T SAY NO!   Sigh.  I am a paper cheater.  I admit it.     And I could have put more in my handy hand basket, but I did find a way to stop myself at 27 sheets. (WAIT A SECOND.  I must have been crazy to stop there!)
I finally paid and then left with a cute 3/4" fat style star punch, a few jewelry items to use with my many ignored charms and accents, and my 27 sheets of new paper!

I felt guilty ALL the way home that I just cheated on all my neglected paper!
But I sure didn't feel guilty when I swiped my card to pay, because I got the paper at 50% off and the punch at 40% off!   Yippie!

Are you a paper cheater too?  PLEASE tell me I am not the only one!    I feel really bad.   Unless I can get some consoling comments.     Now if you're like me, then you know you need to stop neglecting your paper and just USE IT UP!   Resist -- buying -- new -- stuff.   Why is it so hard!?

What I really need is a good space makeover, so that I can put all my paper in one place so that I can see it all when I am making something. If I see it, maybe I'll start using it!

Maybe I need to take a day sifting through it all and set some aside for a BIG paper giveaway..... Hmm....  there's an idea.....  what do you think?