Yeah, I was looking at the one-offs via Axa (I think?) last year, it was nearly double my weekly food bill - then you've got the cost of travel and whatnot. It's daft, 'cos I've got something like 4-500 bracelets here ready to go, as well as a ton of rings and earrings et al.

I think what helped just after I started was that I managed to sell my entire stock in one go to a woman who wanted a small business for herself, so I suddenly thought I was Del Boy flipping a wholesale mini-business in the space of three months. The entire stock has, once again, been up for sale in one bundle ever since, but never a decent enquiry further than a query or two as to the sales figures.

Driving would be bloody handy, and I'm really pissed off that when I could afford to, I didn't bother retaking my practical when I failed first time. It was back when there was a 5-6 month waiting list between booking and taking, and I really couldn't be arsed to keep paying for lessons all that time while I waited for another test to come around.