First of all I would like to welcome you to the board. Hope you get all your supplies today and can start playing. Candle making is so fun, but it can be very frustrating also. Just wondering if you know anybody on the coast with a store or someplace you could have your wax or heavyier items shipped to? Would save you a bunch if you could just pick up there. Something you might want to think about in the future. We have alot of candlemakers from Canada on this board and I'm sure they will chime in and give you details on suppliers. You can get some great buys on Ebay. Just be sure you know brands everything is. That way when you need more, you'll be able to find it. Don't want you to make a nice product and then can't reproduce it. Take full advange of this board. Read,read,read. There is more information than any book you can buy. And most of all, have fun.