I'm glad your DD seems to be more willing to do stuff soups. But 
about the GP - especially when you want to move things on. Will the blood tests check for thyroid stuff too (TSH? Thyroxine?)? Though not too useful if you need a needle to take them in the first place, I suppose... Is her diet giving her enough iron, do you think? Also, the standard MN recommendation for extreme tiredness is checking vit d...though I'm sure you've looked into all this!
Gin- that is an amazing loss for a few days! Well done! Though it does sound hard core...though as long as you are managing it without wanting to eat All The Food by the end of the day, it definitely sounds effective. For burnt orange jumpers, have you tried me and em? (Sale only, unless you want to mortgage your children...)...I saw they had a fair amount of orange stuff last season... like this or this? (I bought the roll neck one in the pink version and it is really good either by itself, or under other stuff...it's wool, but almost a jersey weight and material, so warm, but not heavy or itchy).
fuzzy hope the sandals live up to expectations. They do look really nice!
Well done on eBay codfish! You and Laska are the queen of bargains! Hope they turn out OK for you.
That is a lovely jumper Ella. It's difficult to tell, as the MV ones looked good too, but you are the one wearing them, so if you prefer it and how it feels on, that is the most important thing! I love the detail on the sleeves. Also glad the DMs are more or less behaving...
ktd- what a shame! A few people have said that about the animal print jumpers I think (the leopard and zebra star ones, at least) - that they aren't as nice in the flesh as on screen, and are a bit itchy. I got the insect long sleeved tee, and it is a bit thin, but I've only worn it under stuff, so that doesn't really bother me. I do like the shape of their v neck tees. Bum about the missing top too. I had that issue - except that it was included on the packing note but not in the parcel! Took ages to persuade customer services that it wasn't magically going to appear in another parcel a few days later as "computer says it has been sent...". Did eventually get refunded, but it was a bit of a pain...