Spinning Out of Control

Several weeks ago, I solemnly promised myself that I would under no circumstances purchase any more yarn until I had made a huge reduction of my embarrassingly large stash. Yesterday, I found out just how weak my resolve is, however. I bought a top-whorl drop spindle and some merino wool prepared for spinning. I had seen them at my LYS after a knitting group meeting last week and had been obsessing about them. I found several instructional sites online and read voraciously and dreamed. Finally the pressure was too great and I broke down. I rationalized that it isn't really yarn yet, right?