SDP - Budget drama

The first day back after Easter we had to prepare for design tutorials for the first years. We provided all the stockings, and I also showed Frances what I'd managed to find: the spats, gloves, jewellery and choker ribbons. I felt that this went well, and I was really glad that Frances liked everything that she showed us.
The next day we spoke to our tutors, and were told that we hadn't been fulfilling our role as supervisors. I was incredibly frustrated that when I tried to explain that things were taking longer than we thought it would because of trying to find everything on basically no budget, we were told we could have asked for more money. I think this is quite unfair because the one thing that was drilled into us through the supervising workshops was that sticking within the budget was one of the most important things, so to be told that we could have asked for more and that it was our fault that we didn't wasn't really something that I thought was fair. If we had known there was more money from the start we could have ordered and bought so much more in the way of samples, but because we didn't think we could afford to do that we didn't! This is also the first time that we have been supervisors, so how could we know that we could have asked for more money? I presumed that everyone knew what budget we had been given, and I thought it was our job to provide what we could on that budget, and not to be asking for more money. I guess the positive to be taken from this is never to 'presume' that everyone has the same information and to check and check again.
This is the first time I have done anything like supervising, and I haven't been enjoying it so far. I'm hoping now that we have been given a bigger budget, even if it is now getting closer to the end of the project, that we can buy what we need to buy and what we want to buy, and provide some samples for Frances so that she has some choice.

Reflection: There is a lot to be learnt from this I think, which is to check and check again with people that all the information given is correct. Especially with a project with so many different people working on it, all information needs to be relayed again an again. I've also felt, so far, that I shouldn't really be asking tutors for help - as it is 'self-directed' I have felt like we should be dealing with everything ourselves. However, I don't think I've been right in thinking this, and I have to remember that this is the first time I have supervised and that I will need help along the way, as it is a project to learn through and I can't know everything straight away!