Why I Became a Paper Fanatic

If you read my first post, you'll remember that a ran the gamut of crafting hobbies.  For five or more years, I focused on counted cross stitching.  Unfortunately, this is a craft that is done alone.  After all those years, loneliness became my enemy.  It was time to find a hobby that would get me out of the house and around other people.
As luck would have it, I discovered a list of classes being offered through the Harker Heights Recreation Center.  One of the classes was a stamping class.  Why not try this?  The classes are held on Thursday mornings (they still are!).  I decided to go.  The instructor was a Stampin' Up demonstrator and was a pretty good teacher, but the best thing about this class was being around people.  How I longed for conversation.  I took the class for nearly 2 years.  In addition to this class, I discovered a scrapbook store in the area. That store held classes, too.  I was in heaven.  I took classes, met quite a few people, and spent a ton of money. I discovered Archiver's in the Austin area. That store became my  heaven on earth.    The time came, though, that I wasn't being challenged anymore.   I stopped going to the classes at the recreation center.  The scrapbook store closed.  Eventually Archiver's decided to close its stores nationwide.  Even my friendship with Jody ended because of our major political differences.  I'm back to being by myself.  Should I just sell or give away all the supplies I have and search for something else?  Should I go back to cross stitching?
I can't remember how I found a website that specialized in making 3-D projects and albums.   The owner of the site has some serious paper crafting talent.  She offered a monthly club that included videos and written instructions.  I was hooked.  From that site I found other equally talented paper crafters.  More important, I found people on Facebook that provided me a sense of friendship in a virtual world.
It's been about 2.5 years since I became a paper crafter.  I've made a few things that bring me pride.  I've tried to curtail my spending, but that isn't realistic.  I'm hooked on all the new paper collections.  I'm a trinket junkie.  I buy ScorTape (an adhesive), by the ton.
The hubby has been wonderful in his support of my hobby.  He doesn't seem to care how much I spend either!  I think the one thing he's really looking forward to is my return to crafting.  He knows that my mojo is gone.  I honestly believe he'll be delighted to see me working on a paper project again.  I don't want to disappoint him or me.  I need to get back to crafting.