A Lot On Your Plate - S2 Ep11: London lassies, Wider & Reversing the ick

Episode Date: April 18, 2023

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Happy Tuesday, everybody, welcome back to a lot on your plate podcast with me, Jess, and my lovely friend Zoe Quinn, who has been a Mardi little bitch today. She didn't want to intro it, so I had to do it, pick up the energy, because there's no energy in this room. Yeah, no, I'm low. She's low. I could just roll up on a ball on that carpet and just snooze, snooze, snooze. she's been working hard and she's feeling a bit sad this week I'm not sad and just tired

and I've been very unwell you see yeah are you feeling a bit better today yeah I'm feeling better but I do have a very tickly throat so I might choke a couple of times but not to worry I'll get through it you will darling you will

we hope you all enjoy last week's podcast with the lovely Fiona very informative and we absolutely loved having her on I can't wait to go in for a facial and start my retinal journey. How about you? Me too. I would like to know if anyone goes to her. Oh, without a doubt.

Yeah, no, but I would like you all to message us individually and tell us exactly what treatment you went for and how you found it and all that. Yeah. Did you see someone messages today saying they bought the bioma? Love that. Yeah? Influenced.

I need to scream that at the top of my voice in the office. Anyway, today we're going to talk about everything that's been a lot on your plate we said that we're going to do it every four weeks we're going to do that nearer the second part of the podcast but we need to catch up because we've not had a catch up now for on the pole for about two weeks three weeks and we haven't seen each other

for about five days and that's a long time for us it is a long time recently I feel being very in each other's pockets yeah you look like you're sick of it snug bitch no because you know what I actually been with you is much better because then you're there. Yeah, getting hold of me is how...

And I can just communicate. I mean, I was going to say like normal, but you do zone out every second word in real life as well. But communication via a mobile is difficult. Yeah, yeah. But I think that's better, don't you, being face to face with someone? That's what I'm saying.

Yeah. It is better. I just come back from London, right, and I honestly feel so zoned out in this, sense of socialising and on the last day I was with some friends just there and I could even feel the energy in my body I was I was done for and there was a couple girls I hadn't seen for a while I bet you thought she's well boring but honestly I was just like sometimes you can't even snap out of that I was struggling when you're in a group of people and you know

you're not even speaking yeah there's just some type like if I had the choice right now that'd be me yeah this is your job now you need to do it yeah I know someone was asked me about it and I was like it's not the problem is no matter how you feel it in anything I can't come just sit in silence. No, you cannot. I need to speak, obviously. Anyway, once I'm in the swing of it, you know, it's fine. Like I'm already, you know, loosening up.

Yes. Also, guess what I found you? Found my Apple Watch. And I'm fuming because I went and bought one. When was it? Like a week and a half ago. And my friends were saying, have you got that Apple Watch at your box yet?

And you know, just simply what we're saying, like, no, I didn't get the Apple Watch out at the box. I just thought, I went in the shop and bought it, didn't get it out. Like, no, not yet, but I will set it up. I just can't be asked. The universe was telling me not to get it out of the box because last night I came back from London

and I thought, you know what, I'm going to set up at Apple Watch. I'm going to start the week fresh. And Richard went, where's the telly remote? Where's the remote? I was like, I have no idea. And then I was lying like that on the sofa leaning down. He sort of like leant over me and started like putting his hand down the side of the sofa.

And you know when you can just tell that someone's found something by their eyes? And he looked at me and he went, you're never going to guess what this is and I was like thinking fuck my dildo I was thinking I don't think I've ever bought my dildo into the living room

but maybe I have because his eyes were like dilated pupils and I'm like fuck what the fuck is it found? Why is that the first sign that comes in your I don't know because he was like looked angry at me and I was like shit what is it and then he brought it out and I was like

oh the Apple Watch so can you return you another one then yes that's what I mean so there is some sort of positiveness to my scatiness how good. That is good because and also it's saying that it was still in France

was really plain with me. Same. Why didn't... Because we would have seen it. But why didn't find my eye, whatever, notice that it was back here though? How does that not work? If your battery dies, is it still not pick it up?

That seems pointless to me. Yeah, no, actually. Because I would have thought if you'd packed it away and you hadn't touched it or pressed it or whatever since France, then, okay, fair enough. Maybe it's just not.

updated but it being down the side of your couch makes me think you've had it on well since then no I must have taken it off my wrist but I got that sofa the week I got back from skiing so I reckon it maybe was around that time right well someone in work recommended it would do a wider or a wider I don't know if it's wider wider not sure but it's wine and cider red wine with any cider plain cider

no flavors so that's what we've got we've got strong bowl and I had to buy a four pack people are going to start questioning is everything okay in that corner shop I actually got it in town to be fair today but

I was like if you not get a wee individual can I really wanted to eat the pickles at G-bought us last week but I need to find the sweetie roll-ups and get the tackies and do all the I will buy that for next episode. Does anyone know anyone that drinks Strongbow? Because you've got three cans. You've got three cans, go and spare if anyone wants it.

There's a few people hang around this building. Every hand again, you can give them a can. Why can you not just buy an individual can? I thought that was a thing. Isn't it? Bottled cider. Lung of G doesn't even drink. Yeah, I don't know why looking at him. Yeah. I don't really know what's meant to be the mixer. Well, we'll just have a little bit. But I would say probably the wine. Sorry. I would say you would have more cider and less wine, would you? So is this a new TikTok thing? No, I just said a woman in my work till I'll make it do it.

And remember to everyone sending your spit or swallows or anything that you want to try. It doesn't even need to be like nasty. It can be nice. Nasty. Nasty. That's like a classy version of diesel. You ever drink diesel?

No. Blackcurnton. Aye. Lager cider and blackcurnt. That's the best. It's like strong-go dark fruits now. Guinness and black. What?

Oh, that's quite nice. I think that wine's a bit off. That's just, that's given me mulled wine. Yeah. It's not that bad. Because it's obviously the apple from the cider. It gives it the fruity taste. You're getting all taken, and it makes it fizzy.

But for any red wine lovers out there, Primitivo is the one that you need to have. It's my number one wine from Puglia. I first tried it when I went to Puglia in Italy in 2018. Fantastic wine. If you see it on the menu, definitely get it. I actually think that's lovely. Yeah. Apparently good for a festival, I can see that.

Yeah. But apparently, also, you drink it to get severely fucked up. Well, there's no mixer going on here. It's just alcohol and alcohol. and you're mixing your drinks. Yeah. So there's no, there's never going to be a good end into this. I'm starving, so I'm going to be drunk.

Absolutely starving today. I don't know what's wrong with me? You could take three sips of alcohol on your drunk. I could honestly drink three liters and I'd be like, fucking still sober. How's there, gym going? Healthy eating. She says sipping her wider. I'm a bit breathless.

No, actually fine, but I just didn't do anything last week because, you see, I was away in London all week with work and then I caught a virus. Some would say COVID, some would say not. So I didn't really do anything over the weekend either because I actually couldn't catch a breath or nor could it open my eyes because my heads were so sore. So we're starting again this week.

Okay. Plus it was Easter. Chocolate everywhere. I know. I've also just not. I feel like maybe my arms look a bit more tones, but the scales are staying the same, and that's fine. But actually the week that I did less, I was lighter.

Did you listen to anything Jenna said on that podcast? But you know what I'm like? I refuse to believe it. I think you're not great, Zoe. I refuse to believe the information that I'm given. But anyway, yeah, Adam's great. He checks in with me every week, as he does with all his clients. And when I say I'm not sending pictures and stuff, quite forceful but that's a good thing um so then the other week i had to stand in my kitchen

and prep my phone up somewhere oh my god take a video self-timer no it was that he actually quite a good tip he gave he was like if you set a video it means that you don't need to keep doing like timer off and on he was like just set a video and then stand to the front turn to the side turn to the back yeah you can screenshot it i know but what a sight see as well because it's a video a bit blurry so it was a bit like no yeah but I did it I just thought you got to do what you got to do I'm sure you looked great you know when we were talking about our um step count on our Apple watches well we had two listeners write in and say that if you download the app called Duffy and you do something with your complications on your watch app so you go

into the Apple Watch app and there's a you can change the face can't you well how you view it And then it's called complications, I think. So, like, that's like a complication top left, where the weather is, right. And you can add the Duffy app to it so with your step count comes up. So there's a way that you can sort of manipulate your Apple Watch to do it. So that it's on your home screen of your watch. Yeah. So I've tried to do it earlier, but honestly, I was reading this step by step, like, what?

But then a screenshot of what one of our listeners said earlier, and it's a lot more simpler. Someone do you want to get home? I get, like, instantly I'm patient with stuff like that. Do you know what I mean? how's your fitness journey going I know you were in the gym before this episode I believe

tragic literally an hour ago literally an hour ago yeah so I was in the gym Graham was teaching Richard was in the class with me which is really nice to see him back participating in the class yeah it wasn't it was quite low

it wasn't like a high intensity class was it it was just like weights I know you didn't look that exhausted you must not be working hard enough I was I think I was lifting quite heavy he was a G. It was a strength session. Yeah, it was a strength session. But yeah, I would say

that I have, I have fell off about my gun, haven't I? But I'm trying to get my steps in. The bandwagon's rolled away for us, I think. Yeah. There's no bandwagon to go on. And then when we were in London, so basically, I went to London for five days for the Easter break. I went on the Wednesday, but Zoe also was there for work.

And we... The world just really aligns our lives. It lines. It does. It's beautiful. It's wonderful. I mean, met our lovely friend Molly, but when I used to live in London years ago I was a member of Class Pass which is now in Glasgow and it's just

basically like all different types of boutique gyms Barry's one rebel all boxing gyms so we both looked on the app didn't we and we booked, I don't know if you booked Barry's directly or did you book it through Class Pass? No I booked Barry's directly and from the minute I booked it a few days before I was going it's all I could think about

she literally was like anxiety ridden Yeah, and I don't really think about anything Nothing really happens between the ears Like, that's important Relax run, but no one's home Yeah, no thoughts happen really I just go over the flow But I couldn't stop thinking about it

And I was actually really up to it And I decided And I didn't want to be that one to not go It was because it was 6 a.m as well That you're going to go And also, I've not been doing really any cat I've been getting my steps in But I've not done any running

Not even any spin, nothing like that for at least about a month now and you do it's like weights them running and weights them running isn't it so I was really overthinking the running part and I couldn't stop thinking about it and then we decided to go see a show which we'll talk about in a minute and we weren't going to get back until about midnight

and I thought why am I only giving myself five hours sleep for one hour of torture? It's not going to change my, this one hour isn't going to change my life so I decided I was the bigger person in my head and I cancelled class. You did. You felt much better way. And you know what? I had zero guilt. Because you know what? It was fucking stressing me out. It's all I could talk about.

Your colleague, Jack, said he had to go to the toilet. I've been to a few barriers and I have to say they are really fucking hard. Well, everyone was also saying that. It's like, but you'll feel amazing after it. But I just thought, I actually don't need to feel that amazing today. I would rather just not do it. It's like a blaze class at David Lloyd times 10. Because the trainers are machines.

And I have done plenty of things like that. but just not recently and I would rather just do it in a couple of months maybe when I've done a bit more like cardio and a bit more high intensity workouts and not feel like I could potentially drop dead

so yeah I didn't go at the class is the moral of story but you went to your class I went to one called Rumble it was a bit of shit if I'm honest I'm not gonna lie it was all right it was like a set it was like CrossFit stuff but circuits and it was you know one of those where you walk in

a bit like F-45 and it's on the screen it counts down to five class starts in five seconds There was no warm-up or nothing. I was straight into the row machine. I was like, this is just weird for me. So I was just like, okay, and the trainer was talking to me like I hadn't ever been in the gym before my life.

And I was like, right. And then as I started going around the stations, it was like, okay, I think she has been to the gym before. I know how to use a ski machine, mate. I know how to do a box jump. But because it was so rushed, I hated that side of things. But class past, I used to absolutely love it. And I have to say, I was in the best shape of my life back when I lived there

because I was walking everywhere. and I was varying my workouts from like yoga to sometimes like CrossFit style stuff. Boxing. I used to love boxing. I love boxing as well. I just feel... I would love to do boxing here. Wonder where is a good place to go here? The only place I know that does the boxing is the PT that Jilly goes to and you can get in with her. Because mine there was cycle box and that was great.

Cycle box, that was so good. What happened with that? I don't really know. But you did like half an hour spin, half an hour boxing that was the perfect combination. That was really fun, wasn't it? Expensive, though. Although we did go one time when I was sick. Do you remember that? Yes, yes.

Had to run off the bike to be sick. I think we were a bit hungover, perhaps. Perhaps. But anyway, I just didn't go to that class because you know what? I was really stressed about and I thought, it's just not worth of stress and I don't get stressed.

So it was really playing on my mind. I was telling everyone about it. You were? And I must have to say, you're just going to go and cancel his class or what? I'm sick of hearing about it. I must have spoke to Jason about it 20 times.

He kept being like, why are you talking? Doors on your child, it's fucking weird. So I got it. I've done absolutely fucking nothing all week. So let's tell everybody what we did. We went for dinner and we ended up going to the nomad. Yeah, and we made a schoolboy era. Yeah, something bad happened.

So you all probably know this if you listen with detail and so you should. But Jess and I both hate mushrooms. It's the worst thing in the world to me. It's like my biggest fear. I actually don't understand how anyone can eat them. and we both ordered the same pasta, but why was I expecting tomato sauce with beef in it? I don't know why.

I don't think I looked at the word properly, but I thought it said ragu. It said ragu. I thought that was meat. It said, no, did it say rigatoni? Yeah, but it also said ragu, I'm sure. And then it was like a, I can't remember, but it was something at beginning with pee,

some sort of mushroom, and I don't know what happened, but the menu was quite fancy, wasn't it? It was a pre-theatine menu, and it was expensive. It was like £49. pound for a pasta and a starter didn't we? We did get a drink as well

yeah and a drink and it was in a hotel called the Nomad which was the old magistrates courts for the Cray twins and I saw you get very educated on that your stories I thought impressive wow yeah

Molly told me that I know but you must have went and get more details yeah I got Oliver Wilde yeah is that his name I don't know but you're Oscar Wilde Oliver Wild

you relate Oscar Wild and the Kray Twins took the stand there You can be very educational sometimes I find things like that so interesting I know the same to people I'm quite into like I'm quite um what's the word

when you quite like death and murdering that morbid Yeah Which probably doesn't come as a surprise to be honest But You say female Female I like like water stuff in that I don't like it you know what I mean

Yeah so anyway we went there and then It was really beautiful though Yeah, it was gorgeous vibes. And this past arrived and it looked wonderful like to the first glimpse of an eye. And then Jess looked at me and she was like, do you know what that is in there? And I was like, it's fucking mushrooms on it.

It was all dried fucking magic mushrooms on top. Mushroom creamy sauce. They were huge. It was like a leaf of a plant because it was like that big dried thing. Mushroom creamy sauce. But to be fair and I actually don't even want to admit it

because I stand very strongly about my mushroom thing. I managed to eat most of it because... Yeah, we did. To be fair. the mushrooms were so big it was avoidable yeah and the sauce wasn't it wasn't too overpowering was it no but then when we got the bill

it literally said on the bill mushroom pasta but it didn't say that on the menu fuming I'm like how did this happen to the both of us I'm not sure but it was nice and then we went across to the theatre the theatre so I say it to see Tina the musical

and it's a musical that I've wanted to see for so so long I actually booked it pre-COVID and I said to the girls like if we're going to come down I'm there for so long let's have a look for some last minute tickets and it was I think it was London Theatre Direct.com

and that website I just googled it to be fair that there was the first website that came up and I thought it was a scam but I went on Trust Pilot just to check because it was cheap it was 50 quid for for each

for three seats quite near the front we were on like row N we were very centre of like they call them at the stalls like so the ground seats and yeah we were row in but that's not really that far back no not at all

it's quite a small venue so you're not like spread away back yeah it's a very small theatre it was great seats yeah great seats the musical was absolutely brilliant I'll be honest with you I didn't really know an awful lot about Tina's life I knew nothing before I watched it

so I think maybe if you do go have a little Google so you have an idea no see I think it's good that you don't know do you think I think if I knew I wouldn't have been as like engrossed in it that's what I was because I did like her music

a few songs I didn't know and well she sang a lot of the cast sang a lot of like Motown classics as well as Tina's songs as well so there's a mixture but I think I knew all them

and hardly knew of hers but my mum used to love Tina Turner so I knew quite a lot of them but then it was so funny when Simply the Best came on at the end Zoe was basically clapping with her little fingers I don't want to be rude

but I wasn't getting I can't get in. For anyone listening, basically that's the song of Rangers if you're not aware and she's a big Celtic fan so she was like, I can't sing to this

I was like, just get up and sing! But do you know what I will say? Actually, I'll be honest and open with you all. It is actually a good song and it bothers me that it's been ruined. It's such a good song. I'm only a Celtic fan

because my dad's a Celtic fan, let's be honest and it's actually one of his favorite songs. That's a shame. He's not, I mean, he's no putting it on his wedding, you know what I mean? He's no singing it, but... And karaoke.

But he likes it, like, and he's open about that. Yeah, it is a great song at the end of the day. Yeah. And she was great at it. I mean, you and Molly said it was the best thing you've ever seen. It was one of the best things she ever seen. It was one of my favourites I've ever seen. Without doubt.

I'd say it's probably in my favourites jar, but I've seen a lot of musicals. You have. And it's hard to... Like, I would still say, like, Wicked's better than that. I've never seen Wicked. But Wicked's just... A classic, isn't it? of a magical effect it you know I do feel like that's we're saying that I think that's

sort of musicals you like like more fake stuff that aren't real no you used the word pantomime and that's not okay I did like I'll go a pantomime I'm actually going to one Thursday because my wee sister's on an Easter one but I don't like I wouldn't say oh my god like absolutely my favourite shows of pantomime yeah I like really good music and I like like good dancing and stuff which that did have but that's more that's more like a musical version of a documentary yeah that's right yeah it's not like a show okay get it

there wasn't much dancing in that was it yeah but I still I really enjoyed it yeah I like it and at the very end we won't give too much away but at the end it was similar if anyone's seen the bodyguard it's the same sort of thing where she's like she's actually on the stage performing to people so it's like you're actually in the garage

yeah yeah yeah and then it just felt like we were at a concert then for like a good three songs yeah and then that saxophone player came out I started roaring I was like I can't deal with that You cried a few times, I was concerned. I just loved it. I looked at you and you were like, I'm crying. It's a very emotional story. She said, I had a tough life, our girl, Tina.

See, I think what to compare it to is that the bodyguard is quite a similar genre of musical. And the whole time through that, I was like, wow. Yeah. Whereas I was at times, but I wasn't the whole way. But, you know. Don't you also think, as well, it definitely depends on the main cast member as well. Like, they would need to be so good. Because when I went to see the bodyguard, right, I think I've seen.

said this before, but Beverly Knight was meant to be Whitney Houston and she called in sick and I was so fucked off for the first 20 minutes that I couldn't even concentrate. I just hated this bitch on the stage. I was like I hate you but she actually ended up being obviously

unbelievable and I was so glad Beverly called sick. I think when I went to see it was Alexandra Burke. Yeah. Who actually don't like as a person but she was really good in that. Anyway that's what we did and then we partied ways on Thursday and then we went off and lived your life. and I caught a disease.

We're actually going back down again in a couple of weeks. We're going to a bottomless brunch for our friends 30th and a pub that we love. See you when we say things like Friends 30th it just makes me realise how young I am. And it's great. You are young. Very young, though we.

Makes you feel how old I am. But I'm like, I've still got like three years till that's me so I'm like it's quite nice. I'm not trying about anything but it is quite refreshing. I'm not jealous at all. Hon, I love being 30. Oh no, you don't need you be jealous. I love it.

I actually wouldn't want to be back in my 20s. Shite. 30 to the best. 28 was actually a good age for me. But 30, COVID hit when I was 30 to 30, whatever. 7. Yeah, it's still here.

But I'm, I feel fine now. Love it. You feel fine. Feel fine now. Yeah, so other things I did in London. Give us a couple of record. A couple of non-recommendations. Okay.

I stayed in a hotel called The Tree House. I've been there before. Have you? Watch of the bar at the top? Yes. The Nest. So cool. Yeah, it's really nice.

Loved it there. I definitely recommend that. That's just off Oxford Street. I also stayed in the hotel. Beautiful. I went to a restaurant called Gold in Notting Hill, which has been on the top of my one-zone list. If anyone that doesn't know, OneZone is like my favorite app in the world,

which is like a fancier sort of booking.com. I don't know. How would you say it like... But for restaurants, like places to eat. That's not even giving it any justice. It's actually the most incredible app ever. You can just eat, but for sitting in. No, Zoe. It's way better than that. It's just an app.

No, no, it's good. It's sort of like social media to some extent. So you have your own profile on there. You have your hit list, the place you've been, your favourites. You could also do like hashtag Girls Night. in, at Girls Not Out, sorry, vegan, and it can tell you all these places. And it's basically a curated list created by people that are real foodies that no chain restaurants, all independent, and they've been very closely examined to be good enough

to go on the app. Everything's considered, obviously there's going to be placed on there that some people don't like, but everything is considered for what it is that you want or what you like. Yeah, and you can just put on the location that you want, can't you? if it's like breakfast, lunch, dinner or whatever. Exactly. And you can pay now for a premium membership. I think it's something really small, like $3.99.

And you get access to Lisbon, Barcelona, I think it's Paris on there. Was there Amsterdam, did you say? Amsterdam. Copenhagen's coming. Berlin was coming. I saw that. So they're just basically trying to curate incredible restaurants onto one simple app that you can just tick off and you can also follow other people that you love. so you could follow me and see where I like. It's a great, great idea.

It's actually putting you out a job of you a bit. And what? They're putting you out a job a bit. What do you mean? Oh no, I know. You should stop recommending it actually. Yeah, but it's only really for London. And I have to be honest, when it was, when it was, when I went to Lisbon,

I did look at it and all the places that I found were not actually on there. So. Well, it's not going to have everything, is it? That's what I mean. It's all better looking in a few different places. Yeah. So, but for London. because it's everyone that's created it lives there and it's where what they

specialise in it's a fantastic app and I love it so much and London it'll just take me so long to recommend stuff off there I lived there for so long so it's like oh so for me I don't mind shouting about it because I really love it but anyway gold was on my top of my one's own list and I finally tried it and it's amazing so frigging good the only downside if you can call it that is it's one of those small plates, restaurants, but the portions were massive and he was like, oh, I advise you have four plates between two of you and I'm like, that's not simply not enough. I want to try everything on this menu. Yeah. And four plates is, my brain can't deal with the decision

of that. So anyway, the plates came out and they were fucking massive and I was stuffed and he was right. And how many did you get? Four. He told his off. I was like, can I have this, this, and he was like, you need to, which I quite liked about that. It's quite honest. You know, you need to remove that you need to remove that is like these are the four best i was like okay fine and when it came they were fantastic but i wanted to try everything well you're just going to need to go back exactly probably a good reason to go back and then as i left i saw my first real bansy in the street my friend was like oh that's a bansi by the way i was like what the fuck i think i seen you see that it's like a scrabble yeah um but it was surrounded by glass a brick wall and cc tv i was like how is that even

And she went, yeah, because once he makes them, people just either try and steal them or they're removed and put into art galleries. I thought it just seems to kind of defeat the purpose. But if I, to be honest, don't you think? I can't laugh because it makes me. Actually, when I laugh, I can't catch breath. So that is my probably top recommendations. I'm trying to think what else.

Don't you have one that you weren't so fast on? Oh, yes. Bacchanalia. So Bacchanalia is a new restaurant in Mayfair. And honest to God, I do my own tits in when it comes to this sort of stuff, right? I love small restaurants and my hit list for those type of places are endless. But this is new and it was like the place to be, as few of my friends said. And I was like, okay, fine.

I always know it's a bit like baguettel vibes. I think it's the biggest piece of shit ever. and I don't know why I continue to still want to go to these fancy-pancy places where it's full of people that are completely out of my fucking tax bracket and I'm just like, why am I even... Or are trying to be? Maybe so, and I'm just like, I don't, not that that's a bad thing, but the food never compares, it doesn't.

No. And the price... It's not bad, the food is it, really. And the interior for me was, wow. You're walking and you're like, okay, wow. The people there were great. They were dressed in Togas, so it was strange. They were dressed them what?

Like Togas. What's that? Like a Greek sash thing. Oh, right, yep, I'm with you. Is that what they're called? I have no idea. And, like, for example, like, imagine this is a Mayfair restaurant, and I don't mean this in a snobby way,

but if you're paying fucking £18 for the tiniest little bite-sized croquettes, you want to be given the dish and be told what it is. And this guy looked to me and went, dough balls. And I went, no, I haven't ordered dobles. Sorry, do balls. balls like I'm in pizza hot and I was like no sorry I haven't ordered dough balls and he sort of looked like nervous and I was like I felt sorry for him so I was like obviously he's new on the

job but I was like I'm sorry but if I'm paying that sort of money you should be telling me these are your ham croquettes with all your flipping garlic you'd expect them in all the dashies and say don't they remain the name of them and that's the sort of different class that you get from a small business and I just think I don't know why I continue to do it the bill was ridiculous. It came to something like 240 quid for two glasses of Prosecco, two measly

starters. The savische was amazing, to be fair, but it had like raw fish in like zesty lemon, it had caviar on it with deal. It was really nice, but I'm not even into caviar. I don't get it. I don't get the hype around it. Looks like little many eyeballs.

Yeah. There was then Baratta, which was quite basic, but it had these really peeled tomatoes on it, which was nice. I appreciated somebody had peeled these tomatoes. That was worth of £200. Truffle pasta,

like any old truffle pasta, and I haven't into truffle that much. My friend got that. And then I had this, is it a piquanti like ragu? It was literally Spag Bowl. It was Spag Bowl that was

cold. And then they gave us bread. Right. you know when people bring over a bed basket Zoe Was it a Warburton's Toasty slice? It was a bite size finger length

piece of focatcher that was dry and I just thought this place is just a piece of shit Sounds like it's for Schennybert She's all no to be honest It just was not it So I don't recommend it at all

But there was If you do want to go and see the interiors Definitely go for a drink The bar staff were lovely Also another downside I waited 40 minutes from my table and already had booked it at 9pm, that's not simply good enough.

Wait, so you were there for 9pm and didn't get it to 9.40, but your booking was for 9pm? Correct. You're right, that you should have walked out. And they didn't even say, I'm really sorry about that, have that 20 pound fucking cocktail for free. Of course they wouldn't.

Yeah, that's shocking. So I don't actually recommend it. I might actually go on trip advisor, via Karen. I think you should send them a strongly worded. I'm going to write a letter. Yep, send them a strongly worded email. I'm going to.

Um, so yeah, I recommend, don't recommend that. Go for a drink if you really want to. But anyone tells you it's good, the line. But also, I have to try and remember that I maybe had a bad experience and people probably do like these places, so I can't be too harsh. Do you know what I mean? No, I think you're just legend's made and now it's factual information. It's not an opinion anymore.

Yeah. That's just how my balloon works. Also, another little recommendation. Oh, I found that perfume that I was telling that. I loved, in Liberty. Oh, yep, I've seen that, actually. The Essendergher, it's called, I don't know what, extortionate. She got there and she went, I went, oh my God, I finally found this perfume.

I said, I've been looking for it for a while, I saw it online, and she went, yeah, you can get it here, and it was, honestly, it just smells amazing, it's like nothing I've smelled before, and it says it's a fragrance intensifier, so I think you can layer them. It was 220 pounds. I obviously didn't pay that, I said, for a start as I can't take the 100,000. bill home because it won't go through the airport but I took the 50 mil and it was half the price of that but I don't mind spending that as to say I like good fragrance but recommend that if anyone wants to smell it also you probably will need a couple of skisies not will last all day so it'll

last you for a while exactly right well we'll get into what's been a lot on your plate yep won't we won't we I'll just dive right in here so the reason I'm picking this one there's relevance here started a new job and have severe imposter syndrome any tips for work anxiety. The reason there's a connection is because I watched the Luce Capaldi documentary and he talks about imposter syndrome a lot. I feel like I have it all the time as well.

But like, how's this my life? In a positive way or a negative way. You kind of just always feel like you're not good enough and you don't understand why you've been chosen to do this sort of stuff and you feel like you let people down. That's how to explain it. So it's not really that you're standing in a room like, I am so lucky to be here.

it's like, why was I chosen to be here? Yeah, it's not, I don't, I wouldn't say it's like a, that's how I feel anyway. It's not I grateful for this life. Is it like, why was that the one that got this life? No, I wouldn't even say, describe it like that either, to be honest. It's more of a, I'm totally off track here. No, I would say it's more of a, like, for example, it's like you don't believe in yourself enough,

you don't believe in your capabilities as what, as much as you should do. Everyone's telling you you're great at all this stuff. And then when it comes down to it, you're so much self-doubt all the time. and you think, I can't do this, I'm too nervous and people are like, oh, you'll be fine, you'll wing it and it's like, yeah, but... Okay, that makes sense. I'm not sure I can,

and you just get riddled with anxiety about all these things that you think you're going to let people down and you put under so much pressure because people love these X, Y, Z from you, whatever, and you just get yourself so worked up. Okay, I'm with you. Yeah. So my advice for that then would be

you got the new job for a reason. Yeah. And just do your rest every day. Mm-hmm. You're there because they wanted you. So she's saying that she feels guilty because she's got this job or she's just got anxiety. No, she's started a new job and has severe imposter syndrome. Any tips for work anxiety? Yeah, so she's obviously thinking she's got this new role and she's thinking, I don't know if I can live up to what they think I,

what they think they can get from me, basically. Yeah. And I also think when you start a new job or a new role within the same company or whatever it is, you just need to ask as many questions as you want. Yeah, no question is a silly question, I think, in a new role. And no idea is a silly idea. Yeah, I think she needs to just I think as well you're probably a bit out of your comfort zone you're a bit like a rabbit in bloody headlights aren't you at the moment?

Don't know anyone in the office. A deer in headlights to see it? Is it a deer in a headlights? Either one, they'd still be fucking worried. You'd still be shaking your show if you're a deer or a rabbit. Probably more so a rabbit, actually smaller, anyway. Yeah, I think you just need to

meet some friends, talk to other people, and you'll be back in the role. I think it takes about two weeks to get into a role, doesn't it? When you're stood in there twiddling your thumbs, you're like, what the fuck do I do? There's also a lot to learn about a company. Even if you've got 50 years' experience,

you're going to a new company. You don't know, they might not work the same as any other company you've worked in before. So you need to just give yourself, cut yourself some slack. And you also feel like you can't be your true self, can you for a while? Not for a while.

Until you get to like a Christmas party, then you get loose. You have one drunk night out and that's you, everyone knows what you're actually like and just carry on. Yeah. I'm too weird thinking about that when you start a new place

or you meet new people and you're like... And you always make an effort in the first two weeks like with your outfits and that and then that slowly goes out the window. Oh yeah, it's like a flick of a switch. I also think in that time you have conversations and you just go home and you think about every single word or thing that you said and you're like,

but it's just normal conversation you've had, there's nothing to overthink. Yeah. But you just do it anyway, don't you? And you're worried because you want to make a good first impression of all these people as well. Yeah. Ugh.

Feel for you, but you'll be fine. Believe in yourself. Oh, another job-related one. An absolute shite boss and a new job that I hate. I would just say, get out of there. I would say to that, start making your plan

to not be there long term if it's not for you. You can't just wake up and say, I'm not going back, can you, if you rely on it? Yeah, I think it depends on how the boss is shite. Like, is the boss a shit person, a shite people manager, or just not nice to you? I think you could maybe work out how you can manage them instead.

I felt like I had a boss like that. And although the boss was actually great at being quite understanding, as an actual boss and learning from them, I really struggled. I got nothing from them at all. and it actually got to the point where I lost respect for them and I felt like I was there managing them and eventually if they ever tried to tell me something

and be a boss I just was like, shut up you got to that point so I think it just depends on what they're like and how they're shit and you can work out how best to deal with them yeah and sometimes I think you need to take a step back because people are very different in their job role persona to their personal persona

yeah like I find that a lot of people People probably, I was going to say people think about me, but I'm quite, I'm definitely back most of the time, but anyway, I feel like, especially when people get into, like, managerial positions, they kind of lose the personal side of things. Yeah. And just do what they think they need to do as a manager. And then they don't come across as, like, relatable, or is, what's the other word I'm looking for, approachable.

Approachable. So, yeah, we step back, judge the situation. And if you're still not happy, then, look. elsewhere. Life's too short, sweetie. It is. Next is, oh, jings, not great. Getting the ick with your long-term partner. Life. I always think that. I always wonder if Richard also looks at me and thinks, fuck me, she's rough. Actually, Ash Jace another day, if there was anything you knew about me

earlier, would it put them off? What's he saying? He said something like the way I rush around when I'm leaving the house and he was like, that really bothers me a lot. And that was because one day I was running out the door and I had the hate for myself as well. It was unattractive. And he said, well, another thing. And I said, I said, is it my fart?

And he said, no, he likes him. I don't think you'd ever meet a man that would say that. It was something else. Now I can't think, but I said to him, I just asked it so that I could then say my thoughts, you know what I mean? And I did say if I knew his food choice, his food eating habits.

Yeah, that would have been a big no-no. Earlier in the stage, I would have beenowski. I wouldn't know if that was class as an ick, though, is it? That's just, for me, that's just a simple, it wouldn't work. But it's sicky because I'm like, fuck's sake, try on onions, you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But my advice to this is, can you get it and then get rid of it? Yeah, I don't know, because I don't think I've ever actually had the ick.

I mean, I get fucked off a lot, and I do think I would, He, Richard would probably say, you are messy, which I am, and that annoys him. But I don't know if it gives him the ick. I think the ick is where someone actually makes your skin crawl and you're repulsed by everything that they say. I think, yeah, I think the icks when you start to feel like, like, you just could, like, turn your nose up at any say or do.

And also it could be sexually as well. They may be just be like, she's probably speaking about that, to be fair. Probably. I actually don't know what to say about this. Because I've definitely had the ick for like past partners or people you've been seen or whatever. True actually, I have. And you can't really get rid of it, right? Yeah, they've been at the door.

With Jason, I actually haven't. I'm just more like, I don't ever feel awkward, any awkward situations of him where I could have been with someone for 10 years and still felt awkward. Like I was always like that when I was younger, but I think you just, you just realise you've adapted, you know? I wonder how old she is as well. I wonder if she's young. We need more information.

Because if she's young then I understand that and you probably do have the ick and they are just not the one for you. But if you've been in a long-term relationship in your 30s, unsure. Yeah, sorry, we don't have advice for that. To be honest with you, I apologise.

Maybe tell him something that's annoying you. If it's a specific thing, talk about it. Yeah, communication is key. Definitely speak about it and say this is really annoying me. Don't say you've given me the ick. and then I don't know

or if they're just specific to this and you want to message us first we'll respond via DM yeah okay to download no one else needs to know about it and we can advise from there I can he aren't I'll give my wise

wise advice I'll leave that one to you and you can send some emojis in afterwards I was looking through our DMs earlier right and Zeri literally replies to people with like one emoji and I'm like people must think that's me

before you go any further at least I fucking reply she does to be fair but if anyone gets response from me you'll get like a ha ha ha ha loads of emojis I also do that no you don't you just put

melty face oh I do sometimes send the melty face but sorry we get quite a lot of DMs when we've had a funny episode and I can't respond with a paragraph to them all and when you respond to people you send like

probably the length of a 10 word sentence in about 20 different meshes. Yeah, I do. And then he said, like, there's like capitals in the middle of the words and all that. Like, I'm quite professional, I don't say. I don't need to be professional.

I love it. No, we don't need to be professional, but don't even start me in the DMs. Let's just not go down that. She's getting boasty. This would wind me up. Trying to plan my friend's hendoo and no fucker replies to my suggestions made.

Her own hendoo? Or she's planning a hendoo for someone? her friends, Hendon. Oh, yeah. I would just, honestly... I would actually say in the chat. I'm not saying it and fucking else to your reply.

The problem is, right, with Hindus, it always tends to be a group chat, right, with people that don't really know one another. So they're very conscious of what they're going to say, what to reply, and I just think it's... I understand how other people feel in group chats

because they're annoying as fuck. But for the person involved that's trying to plan it, it's frustrating as hell and I think you should just literally list down like I need an answer by this else I can't book this so if you could all just please the new poll thing put the poll thing on the what's in the WhatsApp and be like everybody what do you want to do you want to go for brunch this day or do you want to do a yacht day or whatever beach day and then put the poll in the chat

get everyone to vote so I need you to all answer this by seven o'clock boom be more like firm and just be like okay X Y Z didn't respond maybe not call them out in the chat but you could reply to them separately saying if you're not going to reply just please let me know because I'm stressed. If you're happy to go with whatever, just say that and then I don't need to count your opinion in or I would probably lose patience to be honest and just say I'm just making the decisions. Yeah. Or I would narrow the options down. Like maybe stop being so like like not people pleasing but I've no one's reply and you just make the decisions in. And I do feel like if a lot of people have responded and go for the main

answer because if 80% of people saying some of things, just go with that then. Because the other 20% probably don't give a fuck and they probably just go with the flow, whatever. So yeah, take control of it and just... I feel like that situation is even more frustrating though because say you're trying to plan a night out

it's no end of the world if you end up my shite bar, right? But they're trying to plan for someone else. Their friend who's asked it would be made of honour or whatever, I'm assuming. Yeah. So then you've got the pressure on you to make it good for them yeah and no one's helping you yes achieve that go yeah you know that'd weigh me up I'd lose it I'd be I'd probably end up falling out every day and then getting

demoted I think I've ever been a bridesmaid um since I was young I was a bridesmaid for my mum yeah when I was young and then I was a prize made for my cousin maybe like four or five years ago um but I wasn't really like in about it because they live in England England and so I was kind of just there on the day, you know. I got the easy job. Yeah. But... A lot of my friends aren't married yet though, so... No.

Anyway. Next one. Last one? Yep. We'll do this as the last one because there's a couple of different people asking the same kind of thing. And it is quite a typical question, but I think it's relevant. Trying to enjoy your life, drinking in the sunny weather, eat your Easter eggs, eat whatever you want, but have a fucking great summer boy. give us your balance I don't have a great body I'm impulsive right well that's not

really that helpful what I was hoping you were going to say as it's all about like balance everything in moderation no it is life is all about balance but I don't have a six-pack and I know I'll never have a six-pack because I don't live the lifestyle to get that I don't also don't want one but this is what we're about to say life's not about being skinny no it's not not at all. It's a great bonus, don't get me wrong, but it's not about that. No. So, eat these drugs. Everything that makes me happy involves either socialising food, alcohol and just being around all my mates, holidays, and those sort of, that lifestyle, unfortunately,

doesn't allow me to be as slim as I would probably want to be, but actually I'm over it. I know, I agree with you. And what I'd like to say is, don't ever not do any of the things because you're trying to get the body whereas if you've got the time to go at the gym and it makes you feel good, do it. Yeah, and that's also another thing to say as well that obviously going to the gym

does actually make me feel good but I guess it makes me feel good and then the next day I'm fucking well-sorn I'm like, oh do you know what I mean? I quite like the soreness for like 10 minutes and I'm like, oh I must work hard just day. I can't sit down on the loo.

And then I'm trying to manoeuvre myself throughout the day and I'm like, I just think have a good balance with working out, makes you feel good mentally and also just make you feel good. Eat what food you want in moderation, go out in moderation, have self-care. We've discussed all this in previous episodes. You just can't let it get to you too much.

Also see once you're on holiday. You don't give a shit. You care about it for 2.3 seconds when you're at the pool and you jump at the pool and you don't care anymore. We always say this when we're packing a suitcase and we all buy loads of new holiday clothes and we think we want to look so good. we get there.

What I'm pulling out that suitcase is a pair of denim shorts and a baggy t-shirt, my sliders, I'm down the pool, bombing in it, not giving a single fuck, straight up to the buffet, living the dream.

And you wear the same bikini every day, you don't need to pack seven? Yep. But I will keep packing seven. But I'll still wear the same one every day. I'll still overpack until the day I die. But I do think we all put a lot of pressure ourselves when it comes to summer.

Absolutely. So the answer to that is everything in moderation, have a healthy balance, and you'll be going from the inside. out. Wow, love that Zawai Quinn. My mood really really went for money to shoot with another, should they? It is. It's that wine. It's that

wider. Wider. Anyway, I hope that was helpful for everyone. You enjoyed our lovely catch-up. Now we're going to have to go on the cover from our tickle coughs. Right, anyway, thanks for listening, everybody. Thank you for catching up with us. We hope that Zoe will have full of energy and beans in the next episode. I'm full of energy and beans. You are now, yeah.

And, yeah, have a lovely week, and we hope to hear from you soon. Looking forward to heeding back. Yes. Bye. Bye.