The "Tool Addiction" thread got me to thinking how addicted i am to everything woodworking.
Next to or equal to my tool addiction is wood addiction. I hoard the stuff. Sad for me i tend to like very expensive species so even small amounts often add up to hundreds upon hundreds of dollars in purchases. When it coms time to us the stuff i can bareley bring myself to cut up the beautiful boards. Then when i do i feel a compulsion to go purchase more wood just as special.
I spend almost a equal amount of time trolling a few online wood retailers as i do tool retailers. I can spend hours upon hours ruthlessly picking through rack after rack of lumber at even a lumber yard i frequent. I have to try amd stay away from my local exotic lumber retailer to be honest.
Recently i came across a beautiful batch of Quilted Maple at my local lumber yard that had just been put out. It was clear it had not been picked through. I sorted through every darn board and walked away with only the two best boards one costing nearly $400. The next day i woke thinking about another 3-5 boards in that same bundle that where worth buying but i had left behind due to cost. I was back the next day buying them. While back on this second trip i stumbled upon some very nice QSWO. I left with that also and empty pockets.
I also compulsively find exuses to walk down to my shop even when i know i dont have the time to work in it or am to tired to do the precision type work i like to do in my free time. I am a carpenter by day also so often i am spent come days end. Saturday and sunday sre shop time.