Help with Mountain Lion Install!

Hi
I've just brought a Crucial M4 SSD and want to install it in my Mid-2009 Macbook Pro running OSX 10.8.2.
I have all my data backed up on my Time Capsule and just want to do a clean install on the new SSD to start afresh, however I do not have a copy of OSX 10.8 on a USB and don't want to pay for it again in order to get one.
If I 'Reinstall OSX' on the current HDD in recovery mode, when it downloads will it give me the opportunity to make a USB copy, or will it just install striaght away?
What is the best way for me to get OSX 10.8 on to the new SSD?
I don't have or want to buy an external HD enclosure, otherwise I may as well just buy the OSX...
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
Stuart

I've just had a look on Amazon and suprisingly I can get a USB HD encolsure for £4...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Drive-Caddy-Case-Enclosure/dp/B003MVW2SM/ref=pd_sim _computers_4
Is it therefore worth me just buying this and then copying my current HDD to the SSD and then doing the recovery reinstall of OSX from the SSD?

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