ilweran said:
I'm thinking of getting the Cruel Thing Tarot.
Don't.
In addition to anything else, it's terribly cruel, and I like you too much to let you be subjected to that.
ilweran said:
on the other hand I'm getting married next year and might be out of a job shortly after...
Which means you'll have to sell your decks at below cost to afford the things your spouse won't spring for. Put the money aside now - you at least won 't lose anything on it.
And my last spouse was wonderfully supportive of my Tarot reading right up until I was hooked in, then made me stop (and disappeared more than half my collection behind my back). The fewer decks you have hidden in a box under a pile of old disused clothes in the bottom of the wardrobe, the fewer decks can be destroyed on you. (Yeah yeah, I thought my spouse would never do such a horrible thing, too).
ilweran said:
which means I need cheering up NOW
I can understand that. Marriage is a truly shocking thing ... <grin>.
ilweran said:
and what difference will spending £16ish now make in the grand scheme of things...
Without a one of your wages, you *could* be $16 (read a pound sign for that!) $16 short of the registration fee for your car.
Which means the car can't be legally driven.
Which means your spouse may miss an important meeting or interview for promotion, or just will be late for that crucial day when the boss is checking up, and lose a heap of commission or profits or just plain get fired. Which means you then won't b e able to pay the rent/mortgage, so you'll end up homeless, sleeping under a single thin blanket on a mattress of stained and smelly Tarot decks in an unregistered vehicle that the police take a constant interest in.
And then winter happens. Winter's cold where you are, right?
Keep your sixteen pounds - see how much grief wasting it will cause you?