Ever Expanding Circles

The Munqui Tribe has just expanded, ahead of the forthcoming expansion... no... I'm not drinking at work, again, but Brast and Piri are celebrating the arrival of a junior chimp of their own. Gratz to both of them, and to the little one too.

Also, Gratz to Bolle for becoming another year older... Just as in WoW things get harder as your level increases. (Probably until you reach a certain age, and you can't remember the last time you got hard).

"'M' 'O' 'O' 'N' that spells 'Distraction'"

Some of you may have noticed my online time has been a little shorter over the past few days, as in, nothing more than a few minutes.
Overtime at work, and visitors staying for the weekend are the primary culprits.

Don't get me wrong, our freinds (who are about to emigrate to Oz) are great, and I'd rarely turn my nose up at the extra cash from doing overtime, but it's been a long hard weekend, and I've rarely had the chance to even pick up my laptop, never mind invest time into my characters.

So I'm only 400g away from my Epic mount, my gathering skills are now maxed, and I know the ins and outs of being an uber PvE BM-Spec Hunter. But Arthas is near, and with only 2 more days (including today) until he arrives, should I grind those last few hundred G, and pay for my epic flier, or just bank the cash and power level myself to 80, where earning 5000g should be less of a grind, and more case of a couple of freinds and I devastating a few lvl 70 raids, to convert badges -> Epics -> Serious Cash, courtesy of the AH and my Pallys disenchanting abilities.

Imagine a group of level 80's thrashing their way through Kara, ZA, Maggy, Gruul etc etc... and you'll get the idea... loads of badges, plus epic drops, all of which are no use to us, but can be converted into glorious amounts of gold.

I often think Enchanting is overlooked as a way of making money, yet it's earned me quite a bit in its time.
I don't have many of the uber-enchants, and I don't sell my enchants, and I haven't even experimented with the scrolls side of things yet, but there's good money to be made at the higher levels.

For example: The zombie invasion thats arrived Pre-WotLK. With the runes they drop, you can buy epics, which you can't vendor, but you can DE, so for every 15 runes (which is easy to come by), I get a chance to win a Void Crystal, and even if I don't get one, I still come away with some expensive mats that I can sell on the AH.
The rare spawns that appear near the zombies are also garaunteed epic drops, which can either be vendored for about 10g, or DE'd for the same thing.
A couple of hours grinding those mobs, and on top of the trash drops, you can be on to some serious cash. Kachiing!