Excellent!!! That must have been awful being out of work so long, I was made redundant on Thursday and got my new job on Friday!!! I had panicked for 7 weeks after they gave us our collective notice that the departments were all closing, I registered with 3 different web based job sites and recieved daily alerts which meant i was applying to lots of jobs very quickley, it's been alot easier than I thought to fins something. Retail is still strong despite the recession I believe.
Good Luck in your new job anyway!