It sounds like you've taken to wearing habitually. Like most habits it's nice and feels good to do but is less than exciting. Wearing diapers habitually is fine if you want to, it's certainly preferable to smoking or snacking.
The costs are almost entirely in labour and distribution; the small market size dictates an inflated price. As such plain white is pretty much exactly as expensive to produce as heliotrope with rainbows.
*shock* The world started in the north...
Nottingham to Brum isn't terribly expensive (as trains go) and at least it's only one line.
Does the midlands network really not cover the midlands?