It would have been easier and neater to use a peeler to get the courgette ribbons.
Carbonara is icky at the best of times (bog standard white sauce + cheese is enough for me - and it saves the eggs for a proper meal). Don't waste halloumi, either, as the whole point of it is that it doesn't melt like that. A cheaper and much nicer sauce is half a tub of Basics soft cheese.
It's hardly 20 below zero today. I've had the back door and upstairs windows open throughout the day and my only concession to the change is that I'm actually wearing a T shirt, jeans and - the defining proof it's a bit nippy compared to the rest of the summer - I'm actually wearing some socks.
Being cooler is better for inflammatory arthritis. Takes the heat out of the joints.
Ikea do big curtains. If the landlord is cool with shed demolition, they're going to be cool with sticking a twenty quid curtain and a tenner rail up above the door. If they say no (as if), use Command Hooks as they don't damage the wall, stick a net curtain rod or bamboo stick across and use a £4 IKEA fleece over it instead.
It's all rather boring, really.
ETA: the Patreon alone takes her above the earnings where UC would kick in for a single person. The 'savings' if she hasn't spunked them all over the summer, would be a secondary reason, as her income is too high before they're even looked at.
get me out of this hellscape made of unseasoned slop!
