pation!

I'm wondering what the longest anticipation period people've had is, from first payment on a kilt until it arrives on their doorstep?

I've just sent Matt Newsome my first payment on a box-pleat -- I'm a student, and paying on the installment plan. It'll be at least a couple of months before the cloth is even woven! Then the time to make the kilt, the shipping time... I'm just curious if I'm even in the running for the record.