An in-between phase

PennysIntoPounds

Air fryer roasted cauliflower with cheese also sounds poshe @redofromstart 😁
Make sure you're getting enough calories for your needs at the moment though, you're doing a lot on top of going through a lot 

Thanks for the link

South_coast

Can't believe I missed the chip chat 🤦‍♀️! Though no mention of mushy peas 😋🤷‍♀️???

Blackcats

South_coast said:

Can't believe I missed the chip chat 🤦‍♀️! Though no mention of mushy peas 😋🤷‍♀️???

Please don't mention mushy peas 🥴 or even worse mushy peas anywhere near sauce of any variety.  Chips just need salt and vinegar.

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

Dear me, and I've had air fryer roasted cauliflower with a bit of grated cheese! 

My original account shared the cheap and basic white chocolate one years ago here

Ooh … air roasted cauliflower…. Sounds intriguing 😊 Might try that this week - I have an excess of cauli here to do something with 😊

KK

badmemory

I learnt in my late 50s that chip shop chips don't just need salt & vinegar (a lot of) but they also weirdly enough need cheese.  Thanks to a co-worker who had already stuffed her face before the chips.

PennysIntoPounds

Like everyone else in the chip chat, you are also a wrong 'un @South_coast

Chips are salt, vinegar, ketchup.

PennysIntoPounds

Tidying
Admin
Comping

25 minute walk getting budget bits, picking up a Christmas gift for mum, and using voucher to get chocolate coins for mum's Christmas stocking.
Have now got all her main presents, just need one more thing for her stocking, then I can start on the impossible task of working out what to get Mr PIP

Few receipt surveys

Noticed flat pot needed £6.22 to reach the next £10 mark and I had 72p interest in another pot so moved that over for a nice round £5.50 next aim

22 minute walk around the manor

Got paid by a client so share to tax pot

Finally got the money through from the hospital trust...
Can't remember if I said but they took so long sorting it out the ombudsman told them the guidance had changed and said they should up the payment from £650 to £800. Thank you ombudsman.
Felt a bit odd actually seeing it there.

Took myself to the pub.
Squandering my own money, not 'Dads', I hasten to add

Did do some spec work while there though

Mr PIP is out this evening so I'll do pasta and use up some of the ancient pesto that's lurking in the fridge

Hope everyone's week has started acceptably 

Sun_Addict

I’m glad the hospital trust have finally paid up. One less thing to chase.

PennysIntoPounds

Cheers @Sun_Addict

Not sure what the best use of the money is, although a large chunk will definitely be going to flat fund, but not directly in the flat pot yet as I don't want my dad's money getting diluted with this that and the other, if that makes sense.
Also not sure if I should pursue the complaint. On the one hand they have eventually paid and this is a logical time to draw a line under it. On the other hand, their conduct is a f*cking disgrace and I feel a responsibility to speak for them as have no voice, like wot Discworld, which my dad introduced me to, says.

Re use of money, I thought maybe going away for a few days then when I saw it in the account I only wanted to spend it on something useful like extra to flat fund or tangible like a bit of jewellery as a gift from him to me.
Then I veer back towards a few days away to the place I went when he died and being alone and processing these last few years fighting against the powers that be since he died. Then I think I want something lasting I can touch, as it's the last thing my da is ever buying me.

Re complaint, on the other hand, I still have powers that be to fight against what with council re build and I expect HMRC re NI, so it's not like I'll be zen if I don't do this complaint, I'll be fuming and miserable anyway so might as well try to hammer into their ghastly heads that it is not okay to act this way.

Sorry, bit of a braindump there!
I appreciate £800 isn't loads of money to most people but it's a lot to me, and because it's both mine and my dad's money, and it's the decision as to where I say as much justice has been done that I can do, I want to make the right decisions 

badmemory

You could always write & basically say thanks for the money but you really were incredibly bad at your job & hope you realise that.  Then put it all away & move on.