British Passport - the final chapter

I've got it!! I hold in my hands my British passport, after months of trouble, and over 7 years of living here.

It's largely thanks to Bing who kept encouraging me to go through the process, when my nature was telling me to do it later. I believe they've changed the process recently but this what I did:
- stayed for 4 years on an ancestry visa
- Applied for permanent residency (took 3 months)
- Booked, studied for and wrote the 'Life in the UK' test after being here for a minimum of 5 years (6 for me, because I'm lazy)
- Applied to South African embassy to keep my SA citizenship even though I'm applying for another
- Sent in my application which had to be countersigned by 2 UK citizens you've known for 2 years, 1 of which had to be in a specific set of 'recognised' professions e.g. Minister, Policeman, Doctor, etc. Luckily I know a guy who is a solicitor who helped me out.
- Booked and attended a citizenship ceremony - it was official at this point.
- Filled in my application for a first adult UK passport - took 3+ months because it ALSO has to be countersigned by somebody in a specific set of professions who I've known for 2 years, and the guy who'd helped me previously wasn't ever getting back to me. Luckily I managed to find a guy at my company who qualified.
- Had to book an interview to confirm some personal details in person (fraud prevention apparently, but I think they do it just to annoy you)
- Then finally, a few days ago, it arrived!!

It's finally over, sheesh.