Sob: Bye-bye Unlimited Subscription (Sob)

Sob!!! Today is the day that my unlimited subscription to the Silhouette Design Store Ends. Sob. It was so much fun, a total blast, but it is gone. I have downloaded over 3000 designs, but that is done.

I had made the decision not to renew BEFORE Sil decided to change their structure. They totally did away with the unlimited downloads, which totally upset people. I can see both points of view: people were downloading every single design, which pretty much meant after a couple thousand that Sil was losing money; as for the customers, well, unlimited was a SWEET deal. As for me, however, I have 3268 designs, including those that came with the machine and the upgrade, and the ones from Postcard, the only cd I purchased. That's more designs than there are days in the year. Heck, that's enough to use one a day for NINE years. If I couldn't use my OK dies everyday, I sure as heck am not going to be using all my Sil designs anytime soon.

I do scrap, I love to scrap, but unfortunately, lots of what I scrap lately doesn't come on either QK or Sil. I have had to create my own. Last night, Sheryl helped me create designs using Google Images, Paint and my Sil software. I now have nunchuks, two types of kamas, sais and the Kanji for honor. Right now I am going to use them a bit more than the 50+ flowers I have....

So, goodbye dear Unlimited; you were wonderful, thrilling, as I checked the store everyday, downloading obsessively (how else do you explain 2 bassinets when my kids are 8 & 11 - and never even used a traditional bassinet?) and suggesting the same stuff over and over. I will miss you, but on the bright side, there will be less to back up! (DH makes me back-up every design, just in case. I am 400 or so behind.)

Tomorrow's withdrawal is going to be tough....