hi, i did my course in August,and like you saved up.and was so excited when the time came to start, now! when i practised on the dummy head i took to it like a duck to water, i thought wow i'm a natural at this, but when it was time to change on to a real model i was absolutely rubbish,i lost my patience and went home all deflated, i thought this is not for me, then my sister very kindly said come on don't give up practise on me,well , rubbish again, so i phoned my tutor told her how i felt, and went back on another day to listen in ,i went home feeling much more possitive,so now i must say i love doing them now, and my clients are well pleased, they've rebooked for infills, it does take time as with everything, Rome wasn't built in a day, so keep practising, and as francessca said take it slow, you will get there.