Pete, sounds like your misses aint to greatful!!
So is this hers or yours, what you had repaired??
Dropped a couple of pics on my old S1, this misses hated it and called it a pimp car, but then it did have gold alloys and white interior when I bought it so she had a point. Bought mine for £3k then spent £3.5K on it in 18 months before selling it for £3,700. If yours had a good solid shell then it is deffo worth what you paid for it, little bits and even the engine are easy to sort, but rott gets very expensive to sort.