honestly...i think you win, i was a skinner/leatherworker untill 36 and decided that engenering was my new calling, i have never regreted my choce.
it rocks as you can power though the early stuff, since you are such a high level (kind of) the mobs arround copper and tin will just ignore you and you can boost up to where you are in skinning in no time. i droped skinnign at 36 and was up to the same level in mining by 37, and geez o peat do it now.. selling mith bars was the key to me getting my mount.
hope it helps