Hi everyone - further to my post on Tuesday, I decided to lay a trap! I was 98% sure that the money had been taken, but I needed to be 100%. So I put £19 back in to the purse - a random amount (1 x £5 note, 1 x £10 note and 4 x £1 coins)
Anyway, the cleaner came (as usual) yesterday morning - I left her to it (as I always do) and popped out. I returned after she left and checked my purse....
The notes were there - thank goodness I thought.... but then I tipped the purse out and only 2 of the £1 coins landed on the table. WHAT!!! I felt sick - she had obviously helped herself - realised there wasn't much in there to choose from and taken what she thought I wouldn't notice.
Am absolutely gutted, upset, angry, disappointed, mad, sad and all the emotions in between - also I think how could I have been so stupid.
Now the dilemma is - how do I deal with it? She's got to go, that's for sure - but what's the best way to manage it? I need all the help and advice i can get - she has my house keys so most importantly I need to get those back.