Can You Say "Out of Control"?!?

I know that it's pretty common to want something even more when you are told you can't have it, but how crazy is it to react that way when you are the one who said "no"?!?  That's why I don't make resolutions - I not only can't stick with them, but I become completely obsessed with doing whatever it takes to thwart my efforts!  Shortly after I told myself that I would not sign up for any new BOMs for 2011, I saw "My Renaissance" on the Common Threads Quilting website.

  

I had to sign up for this one.  Just one BOM isn't too bad, right?  Of course, when the first package came and I realized they were sending four blocks at a time it seemed a little more intimidating...  Then Homestead Hearth sent out their newsletter and I was intrigued by their "Fundamentals Weekly Block" program.  Why, I don't know - $3 for fabric for one block isn't all that economical, and I don't really like piecing, but for some reason it sounded like fun.  I signed up for the batik option. 

I also noticed that they are planning to do Sue Garmin's new "Friends of Baltimore" as a BOM...fortunately for me they aren't taking sign-ups yet!

And then there's Sue Spargo.  I was able to resist when the info on the 2011 program first came out.  The program filled up, and I was fine with that.  That is, until I saw another picture of the project a couple of nights ago. 

What could it hurt to just call and put my name on the waiting list?  So I called - just to put my name on the list, right? - and found out that someone had just cancelled - what luck!  How could I resist?  It must have been meant to be!  I can almost recite my credit card number from memory...