We have a Rennaisance (sp?) Festival just a few miles away from where I live in Ohio, and every year I seem to come home with a new instrument, usually some breed of whistle. Several of my friends have the same problem--my friend just bought bagpipes! So we've semi-decided to start a band so we can play there. That way we'll be too occupied to shop much--either that, or it will backfire horribly, and it'll be worse than it already is.

Speaking of addictions, I play clarinet, and I am a shameless reed addict--I even have some that are cherry-flavoured! I can't go to a music store without buying a reed of some kind, so as a consequence I have at least three dozen of the darn things laying around that I haven't even used yet. But hey, they're cheaper than buying actual instruments.

I do suppose, however, that I will eventually become immune to this cheap fix, and I will just have to buy instruments. . .