Keeping up appearances.......

HappyNow

Thanks for the comments

The charity IS wonderful and the work they do in their own field (animals, but not horses) is magnificent. I wish I could promote them here because they deserve it, but it would completely blow my cover .
Bit of a spendy day:

• £27 for a haircut after work, and yet again I told her to keep the change from my £30 . I'm never really sure of hairdresser-tipping protocol and I know her mum!
• Paid the vet £20.71 for three cat wormers. I normally buy tablets online, but our oldie turns very feisty/violent if we try to make him eat tablets so I decided on the spot-on stuff, which has to be prescribed. It is more expensive, but there was considerably less bloodshed (mine, not the cat's - I'm no match for him!) and at least he is successfully wormed; the tablets always end up in and out of the cat several times then eventually dissolve on the floor.
• 80p for a Fry's Chocolate Cream. It's my new thing

smallholdingsister

Do they still make Fry's chocolate cream?!

HappyNow

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Do they still make Fry's chocolate cream?!

oohhhh yesssssss they certainly do....:D. I had my first one since about 1986 a couple of months ago. Little Miss Happy had converted (briefly) to full veganism and those are one of just a few vegan choccie bars. I've barely stopped eaten them since, totally given up Smarties! Apparently they still make the Fry's Peppermint Cream too, but I haven't seen those for years.

Honey_Bear

HappyNow wrote: »

Apparently they still make the Fry's Peppermint Cream too, but I haven't seen those for years.

Time for a little 'research' I think.

joeyjimbles

B&M Bargains or Home Bargains have them from time to time. But watch the short dates on some - I'm not a date freak but I expect the squidgy fondant might dry out if it were too far passed the BB.

Honey_Bear

Even dried out it will still be yumptious, won't it? And sugar being a presevative I expect it would still be safe months if not years after. I'm trotting down to a very old-fashioned sweet shop later to see what they sell in the way of Fry's generally. (Can't let a good thing pass me by.)

See what you've started, Happy?

joeyjimbles

I expect it would still taste good - more like a Bendicks Bettermint perhaps? - but it might not be as satisfying. All depends on personal taste. I don't like chocolate so that wouldn't be my thing - but you can pass me the Sports Mix or Wine Gums (as long as they are the traditional hard Lion or Squirrel brands),Tortilla Chips and Salsa, Chili-spiced nuts....the list goes on. I really haven't got a handle on this diet thing yet this month.

Dolphin1

Hey Mrs HappyNow, are you still on for Fab Feb 16? If so, I'll get my thinking cap on for Monday.

Honey_Bear

HappyNow wrote: »

Apparently they still make the Fry's Peppermint Cream too, but I haven't seen those for years.

They do! I have a bar of each, downstairs on the kitchen table, waiting for me when I get overwhelmed by my next sugar or chocolate craving. I may have to hide them to discourage indulgence, because seeing them seriously kicks it off.

HappyNow

Sorry for the latest long absence, it's been a busy few days. Both my parents have been ill (my dad still is), and Mr H's mum has fallen and broken her arm. It's been a constant round of visiting, caring, supporting and general plate-spinning. It'll be the same for a bit longer, but hopefully at a slower pace now the urgent stuff is done.

I've taken my eye off the financial ball a bit, but no serious harm done because there's not been time for much spending. Tomorrow I will get the bank accounts in order and YNAB balanced. And maybe tidy the house a bit. Or maybe not.