A Lot On Your Plate - S4 Ep9: good guys finish first!

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

This week, we have a good ol catch up with each other and get stuck into what’s been ALOYP! From ghosting dilemmas, pressures of house renovations and we read out a lovely message from our listener on the truths about becoming a parent. Join us over on YouTube for the full video and sign up to our Patreon for extra episodes every single week! Enjoy Piggies 💕🐷 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Tuesday, podpiggies. Happy Tuesday! How are we all? Great, thanks. We are back. Back and ready to rock and roll. We hope you enjoyed last week's episode talking old things,

rad and dirty. Gotta catch me riding dirty. That's a good song, isn't it? Gotta catch me rad and dirty. Gonna catch me rad and dirty. I just feel like people really have a lot of excitement going on their lives and we just don't. We did have quite a lot of other ones sent in since then as well

so we're just going to have to just keep doing it. I just think it's always going to be a key part of each season. Yeah. Or every second season give people some time to have their life. Do you what I mean? Riding their lives. Anyway, let's do this bit of swallow because I'm fucking starving. Mm-hmm.

so we spoke last week about was that last week about the Kit Kat serial but what I realized was when we mentioned the serial that Murray got us I kept saying oh we spoke about last week we spoke about it in the Patreon episode so people that aren't on Patreon would have been like what are you talking about I know so the thing is like I don't think it's a surprise to anyone that we do both recording the same day because we always look the same so we'll just doubt ourselves here that we do side dish on the same day as the main ep so all of that to us is kind of in the one yeah but if you aren't on patreon you missed probably one of the funniest episodes ever I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to see us painting a disco dick and dirty girdy dirty dirty that was good Irish accent for me dirty gritty it's unintentional but it happened we're also waiting on a fresh flower delivery by the way from muds So we may get interrupted slightly. We may get interrupted.

So we're alive and direct. Do you want to have the nice, um, yeah, because then I saw you today. Then I can be on the thumbnail for once. We now cereal are, cereal ads. Gorgeous. I just think, um, you just can't even beat it. Right. We haven't got any milk today.

Do you know what? Those cereals best tasted without. So good I've already dived right into it last night It tastes like something I love that sort of chocolate dust in over the top It's way better than that best cereal ever It's more chocolate

Yeah But probably ten times worse for you You can tell that as a Kit Kat Can you? Do it again It's the you know when you're biting a Kit Kat It's got the way for you bit in it Mmm.

You can tell. Yeah, you can... Would you say a cat cat's underrated? Because I would. Yeah, I'd like have a cat cat. I love having one on the plane with a cup of tea. Mm-hmm. Four finger one.

Yeah. But you need to do that thing where you like take the top off. Take the sides off. Oh yeah, is that what you're doing? Yeah. I always like biting the end off my twicks and then sucking it up a straw and hot tea. I can't.

yes for me well good I'm just looking at a 30 gram serving one two six cow not that bad just mustn't some money thanks money and also we had a little surprise delivery today

for another spit or swallow definitely not going to be a spit but dip delights messages weeks ago about sending us some they do like dip strawberries dip cupcakes she's a big pod pig

and honestly these are the cutest things let me see if you can see this on the camera I'm hoping you can because they're really cute can you see that look at that little pig and they put a 19 crimes little thing on there with my

just just logo they've made a dancing queen Abba won for Zoe and then I'll see you next Tuesday split us one of it that's so clever how she's got that by the way how she's got that I've said it before but people are just so clever and creative it really blows my mind

she's obviously very what's the word is it attentive or observant observant to get that colors and everything yeah clever girl

now what's in yours I've got some pink dipped strawberries there's ones with what I would call a ribbed effect yeah there's ones that I would call

a criss cross effect pink Sparkle. Full on glitter on that. And then just a couple of ye pigs. Gorgeous. One for each of us. Very well done.

So you can message out on Instagram so that's our little small business shout out of the week. We haven't done one on them for a while, have we? I know it's finding the balance between a spitter's wall that could actually be a spit, but also wanting to do small businesses. And we can't commit to both every week. It's just too much.

Can I have a strawberry? Absolutely. And the cakes are salted caramel and... Jam. Jam. Jam. Do you ever just wonder what moment the pig thing blew up into being a staple in our podcast? You calling them podpigs?

I don't even remember that happening. To be honest with you, Jessica. Right, I'm going to go for, oh, oh no, oh no. Why? Obviously you would choose a glitter one now you'd be covered in glitter. Not all of my lips? No, but that looks that good. strawberry.

Juicy? No thanks. I'll try it after. I'll get right in about that cupcake with a pig on it. That is a really good strawberry. And strawberries can be a hit or a miss, I would say. We were just talking about strawberries there, about how the seeds are annoying.

Fucking else all doing, you know. Now, Graham, our producer, that isn't like eating anything with seeds because you think it grows and expands in your tummy. Mm. What, and you'll have strawberries growing inside you? Yeah. Imagine that was real and then you pooped them out.

I actually imagine. Well, cheese seeds do expand in your tummy. Then what happens? Nothing just makes you feel fuller for longer. Right, okay. You do have glitter all over your lips. It's quite nice. It's like you're ready for the party.

Mm-mm. Anyway, what's been a lot on your plate? plate this week. I've been sucking disco day. Mmm. Right. You can laugh, you know. You can crack a smile if you want.

Yeah, you can if you want. What have we been up to? What have you eaten? What have you? What haven't I not eating? Jesus, fuck. I know that's how I feel as well. It's all I've been doing. So let me have a little look at my notes because I have eaten an awful lot.

She says after she said last week she was calorie counting. lasted one day. I actually thought about cutting that out because I thought we will never discuss that again. But we will well because we've got... No, I definitely need to continue doing it

but it was Easter, isn't it? No one gives a fuck about calories over Easter region. So, let me think. Since I last recorded, I went to Godshot Studio and had a strawberry matcher which I really want you to try because it was so cool in there.

If anyone hasn't been it, it's in Southside. it's like a Japanese slash French patissary very random tiny like real hipster shop it looks like a very nice place yeah but they have he stocks all different sort of like cool coffee table books um a few bits of apparel like I think it might be Japanese stuff apparel apparel um and then candles like Malin and Goet stuff and then he sells all this unbelievable fragrances the stuff that you see like Liberty and Selfridges

they know the really posh fragrance hall the ones that are like not unbranded but they're like proper perfumers from Italy France whatever

so nice so I was trying all them and I was like oh my God but the price tag they were expensive then at the back in the corner they have this

little cafe and he was like I'm here for you one of your matches he went oh yeah that's quite quite blown up we are taking off

for that he went because I realize that matcher powders are full of shit everywhere so I got it properly um the proper ones imported from Japan it went they're not even called matcher over there but um so yeah they did the whole you know the brush where they properly fluff up the matcher yeah I've seen people do that and little tech talk yeah and then there was actually um two Japanese people that were making it as well and then they make this proper

strawberry lique oat milk matchup so good um so really recommend you go there then I had made myself for Sunday roast for me and my friends on the Sunday so good and you know what I did I had this truffle cheese

from Marks and Spencer from Christmas right and I was still I hadn't eaten it was still wrapped it was still in date and I thought I'm going to make

my cauliflower and leek cheese and then I put three cheeses in it so I put mature cheddar and Parmesan which I would normally put in it anyway then I added like a couple handfuls of this

grated truffle cheddar it was fucking mind blowing like I can't get over how amazing it was. And I'm not a massive truffle lover. Neither are you, are you? No, but I can imagine that just being a nice wee...

S subtle touch to the Sunday rose. Yeah. Richard hates truffle and he was like, that was so good. I think that's the problem, though. People just overdo it. Yeah. You just need a wee hint of flavour. Because when we got that past the other day

and that had truffle in it, like, I thought that was nice. Oh yeah, we did, didn't we? That we had proper shave truffle on top. I look at the picture. But I think if I avoid that and it's just like a hint of the flavour and I can handle it. So I had that. Then I made a cake, guys.

Like, I'm not a baker at all. I followed a full recipe for that. That was British Bake-off standard, in my opinion. It's good, wasn't it? I got the inspo from Pinterest. So I just found, like, a real nice lemon sponge cake, and then I made, like, a cream cheese frosting, which is just cream cheese and iced sugar and a bit of lemon.

Spread it all on with a spatula, let that set, and then I just put a few blueberries, mint leaves all over, slice lemon, piece of piss. in it really, it just looked good. It's all about the decor, that's what really brings it all together. Yeah, and it tasted good as well, which is the main thing. So I had that, and then we had an amazing time on Saturday. We were here, there and everywhere.

Can they stop us? We technically was and wasn't. The plan was to go here and everywhere, but we decided to stay in the one area. Region. Yeah. Yeah, because we did our wee south side tour on Saturday, but we're not going to give too much. week is we're actually going to give you guys a vlogging experience.

Yeah, so if you remember, we say we're going to do a piggy cocktail crawl. Did we mention that in the main or the Patreon? Unsure. But anyway, we did it. Remember we discussed, we wanted to find bars where we're going to tick off ambiance, crowd, cocktails, men, everything for you guys that wanted to go and find somewhere. You don't feel like a fucking raiser when you go to these places. So we thought we'd do it.

We listed about five, six places, and we were going to go south side first, city centre, at the west end. Who the fuck do we think we were doing that? I think if we were happy to just, we did get only one drink in most places, but we didn't, you don't want to rush in and out either, do you know what I mean? Yeah. So we still wanted to sit and enjoy it for a bit, and we're not going to down our drinks either, so we just thought, let's just do south sides, and another day we'll do the city setting and the west end together. Yeah, because that's easier to do as well.

So we can do it like part one, part two, part three. I think that's better anyway. And there's only a few of places in the city centre that I think we really need to tick off because we've been to loads of them, spoke about them before. Yeah. So then we can just get head over to the west.

And we went into this one bar called Charlie Browns and I went to the toilet. And as I was in the toilet, I remember coming back to said to there, I was like, I genuinely feel like I'm on holiday. I don't feel like I am in guys going. Yeah. It felt like I was in such an unusual bar.

It was unusual for a start. and I thought this feels like I'm abroad it's so nice to get out and do something different rather than fucking Wonderbar and all that which had its place

don't get me wrong but we are just guilty of not thinking outside the box when it comes to that like see even our pals come back from down south or whatever

we end up taking them there and see now that we'd been at the south side and all that I'm like why would we never think of this I think the difference with that is

the south side of the bars we went to it wasn't like fuzzy and packed especially because it was Saturday day And some of them had only opened at five and we'll turn them up there at five. But with places like live venue, live music venues, which we do go to the city centre,

that is more of a buzzy vibe. When you're in a group, you do tend to go to those places and it has its place. Yeah, you can kind of rely on it more. I think with me and you were sat having conversations and really drinking really good cocktails from people that know their shit. It wasn't just a fucking ginatonic word.

I know. It was... A different vibe, in it? Yeah. So but I think that is the more That's a vibe we want We were in bed by 11 I know it's brilliant

And that wasn't I know that's still kind of late But two hours before that We were in a restaurant eating Which was again We can talk about that That was bizarre I know really looking back

I don't know Like I don't think we were I didn't think we were that drunk And I don't know that we were But I think we were just kind of in The bubble of our day Yeah It was so fun

You know what I mean well we've vlogged it all anyway which is the point of this story and we're going to pop that as because on Patreon we do a monthly special as well as the side dish which is on there every week we also give a monthly special

and we thought it would be a bit different to not just do things in the studio we'll do one go out in a book on set on location on location and we actually did the whole

like vlogging in the fucking street and it turned out all right I actually don't think we were that bad they could say it was a first time no we were good I mean there was at one point that like we could hardly fit in the camera

because we did that low against the table so no one could see us but it's part of the process it's all a learning curve but we've logged every single place we went to and we rated it so join us over there if you wish

and we can talk more about it but let's talk about yay our flowers have arrived thank you thank you well guys look at then I can't see them yet let's see

By the way they're perfect They'll be coming home with me Pass me the card To I'll be doubt what this week's flowers are Amazing Look I just don't think you can beat fresh Flowers

Right Dear Jess and Zoe A big sunny bunch of blooms Because there is no sun in Glasgow Lots of love Chloe And all of us at mud Gorgeous Now that really does brighten your day

It really does See if they got to your doorstep What a treat So we've just took a wee break there and we have the flowers in the vase how cute do they look if you're looking on the tube

the you the tube I just think they're perfect never get it wrong they never ever get it wrong thank you so much Chloe and all the team at mud miss a delivery driver I was racing to get here

so what's been on your plate please well and I spoke before about how much I love haggis Yeah. At the moment. So me and Jason went to Addison Food Market on Sunday, which we met you at.

And loads of our friends, really. It was quite a day out. That's fun, wasn't it? Gorgeous weather as well. I know we managed to get a wee seat in one of the benches. They need more benches. Yeah. That's what I'll say.

Well, what we'll say, they never used to even have one. I know. We've made progress. But we were absolutely starving. It was only about quarter past 11 in the morning. But I got haggis mac and cheese. and it was just honestly perfect

all mixed through like creamy wee bit of spice that mac and cheese queue is always long I know we were actually not too bad but it was just so fresh as well and Jason get a cheeseburger with Haggis a cheeseburger at the same place

yep these are the burgers as well fucking hell I know the thing is I got there at like 12 and everything was sold out And by the way, that's a shame because it's on until two So these places, obviously it's great being busy

You need to stop more There's a gluten-free bakery there as well And she's always sold at I'm like honey, bake more Learn from previous times Yeah, exactly And there's a bagel place as well Did you notice that?

They were all gone See, they were actually okay when I got there And I thought about it But then by the time I got round to the mac and cheese thing I forgot all about that And Mr Pieman I mean he's always fully stocked He knows We all bought pies didn't I?

Yeah For the week I had mine on Monday night I had mine Night before last Was that Monday night Monday? So we both had pies Yeah so good

I think I had the ham and chicken one Can't remember But it was so good Chips and beans What did you have yours with? Chips and beans Did you? Did you put your beans on top of the pie

Or beside it? Just beside it What did you have in your pie? I just did a steak pie I did, Jason loves and always gets the chicken haggis and peppercorn pie but I did try it and I didn't really have a taste for it but I think it's hard to mix pies

yeah do what I mean? Yeah yeah like see if I mean a steak pie it's quite hard to have a wee taste I have another one chicken one I made a pie like that chicken bound moral pie on my page a couple years back I think that was for Burns night no it was for just because you have the traditional pie don't you on a steak pie on New Year's Day or Hogman yes so I thought I'll make a little twist on it and it was so good I just don't

think you can beat a pie but see if I get just pies from the short wee pies I would put my beans on top of it pretty and let the top of it almost go a bit soggy oh and really warm yeah if I see if I had a steak pie I wouldn't have had beans with it I think I would have had like broccoli and mash and gravy or peas I'll take that you know I mean um I'm trying to think what else I ate I did make your I cooked again You cooked the soy thing again

At the weekend from my two friends Yeah I cooked the chicken The honey and soy Cashew chicken And they absolutely loved it Crazy She tried to remake it though

Didn't she Lindsay the next day Didn't work She said it was a lot But that's because mine was just Perfect Absolutely bang on People have mentioned that That one's a little bit watery

But they just need to simmer it longer Or add more cornflower But I did simmer mine for a while Because they were running a bit late for coming and I was making the dinner for them coming because I hate then stand and cooking it when everyone's there so mine was just left to simmer for probably an extra like 10, 15 minutes which really made it

nice and thick. Nice and thick. Gorgeous. Love that. So much. Anyway that's what I've been eating. What a spin on your plate emotionally. We haven't done that. We haven't asked that in a while actually. We just keep talking about food. I know what that's the best part in it. Yeah. I would just say I'm just a bit fed up of being quite bunged up. I feel like you can probably hearing this episode a wee bit I've got that sort of like you know when you're

if you imagine your nose and throat joining yeah inside your body obviously at that at that join it's just something going on there yeah there's like a film over it that I can't get rid of I think a lot of people are quite poorly at the moment it's always the changing seasons I know but like have we really had a change we had one day well one day of summer with a bit of sun on Saturday which was nice Yeah, and then we did a bit on Sunday. Sunday really felt like spring.

It did. It was a lovely weekend. Yeah. And then it's been miserable since. And I'll be honest with you, like the past two weeks, two days and Monday, Tuesday, I have honestly felt so shit. And I even though I had the nicest weekend ever. I didn't drink alcohol, had like one glass of red with my roast.

But the weather. We drank all day on Sunday, Saturday. Yeah, but I didn't have a hangover at all. What I meant like I wasn't hungover on Monday from Sunday. Like, just a reminder, we've done all day, sish. Yeah, but I was not hungover at all. Absolutely fine. Up, out.

I would say I wasn't, but I definitely had that, like, kind of ming and taste. Yeah, so I didn't really have much of a hangover because I was doing the half a pint of water in between each cocktail. And, guys, that really works. We did have quite a lot of water at the end when we were having dinner. And then when we were in Charlie Brown's, I had quite a lot of water because I had the bit of pineapple on my cocktail was covered in spicy. and it's hot as fuck by the way

it was like you know sometimes you actually get an inch of panic that's something so spicy in your throat and you think I'll never feel same again

what else emotionally for me again a little bit bunged up still but I felt fine in terms of myself but the weather it really really gets to me

I just couldn't get out so yesterday I didn't do any form of exercise on the Monday and then or Sunday and then Tuesday I thought yesterday I was like

I need to go and run. I need to go and do something because I couldn't be fucked to go to the gym. So I went and ran and I actually ran 8K. I was wild impressed myself. I know that's not like long compared to what I've been doing but it's the longest I've ran since that half marathon. Oh that is long. And I ran from mine all the way to Strathcly Park and I ran over the motorway bridges as you turn left at Baville Bridge. I don't understand the connections there. Like I would need to do that to it. So it gets to Toby Carvery and then I, then you go down there and it goes into Strathclyde that way

I just feel like there's a bridge at one bit but not another so I'm confused that there's two the join there is two so there's like a roundabout so you go over a big bridge round around about underneath a bridge and up over another and then you get to Toby Carverie and I used to do it in COVID when I lived in Hamilton so I knew the route it wasn't like I was like guessing and it turned on dead on eight and then Richard picked me up from Strathclyde Park and I was like perfect I'm going to run back that is good

So I did that. Felt much better, obviously. Of course you fucking do. You always do. And then Richard's had this awful sickness, diarrhea bug for two days straight. Maybe three actually. It was ill on Sunday as well. And I was saying to Zerby on the way here, like, why do men,

why can't they function when they just have a slight cold? He's been like on his all fours, head like that, going, oh! Oh, oh, oh. And I'm like, this is fucking ick. I know it's embarrassing, really. And I feel really bad because when I'm ill, he does, he don't so over me. And I'm obviously looking at him like, this is embarrassing. And I'm starting laughing at him as well.

He's like, why are you laughing at me? I'm like, because this is just pathetic. But he really is ill. It's not like him to not want to go and exercise. And he's just been bed bound, sofa bound. It's just, there's no in between. Like, I feel like we can function. Like, see if they felt how I feel right now, like it's about bunged up.

they'd be off work and bed I can tell you that for a fact so that's been really pissing me off the past two days I've been doing everything and I just hate everything like that's just my life anyway so I'm not even going to get into that so emotionally that's really that's it really busy busy yeah do you know it was really nice on Sunday Matt Sunday was a very wholesome so obviously we went to others at the food market and then me Jason and my friend Lindsay and her we cook dog went along to angels and sat outside in the sun for and I would have to and just chatted. Lovely. Then we went to his sisters where his mum was cooking his dinner, Easter, Sunday dinner. But we did a wee Easter egg hunt with Millie. With Millie out the back.

She was just buzzing her tits off. Oh, shit. A wee tits. But it was just like see because she can walk and stuff now, she was walking around, collecting the wee chicks. Yeah. But they opened. and when you opened them they had a wee foil chocolates or whatever in it

but every time she opened it she kept unwrapped them or the chocolate and then she'd be like chocolate and eventually Lisa Jason's sister was like right she can't have any more chocolate because she can't really give kids a lot of chocolate and it was milk chocolate as well usually you would give white chocolate I don't know why that is I tried to Google it the other night anyway and it was just so cute and wholesome she's just so cute aren't she she actually looks like a little rug rat I think yeah just a perfect read you know that little like a tiny little bunch of I know, she puts the bunch of cheeks.

I know. Yeah, she's well cute child. Like the cutest child I think I've ever seen. I said that to Jason at the market. She's, what's he called her, a wee woman? A wayne? No, a wee woman. Like when she box around that wee woman.

Because I do think kids go through a stage that it's almost like your borderline old woman. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? As well, she's got the car. Oh, they're like old men, don't they? Or little old ladies and then they grow and then back the other way. She's just such a good, like if anyone was to make you have children, it would be her.

Yeah, as such a good, like there's no really crying or nothing unless she's actually hurt herself. Oh, speaking of kids, actually, we got a nice message, let's read it out from one of our listeners. Yeah, because just to clarify, on one of her side dishes, last week before. That was actually a good episode, actually. We were just chatting about whatever, and we ended up obviously talking about kids again and how we just can't imagine life with kids. I said I couldn't even imagine life with a pet of a responsibility and then quite a few people have listened to it

and almost told us how they felt before and after having kids. Yeah, we just said, like, we want an honest, like, conversation. Do you actually like your children? Do you regret it? And how do they fit into your lifestyle? Because that's the thing we can't imagine it fitting in for our lifestyle. So we had this nice message from this girl. It's really cute. Hi, girls, I have two wee boys aged five and three. They are wild and exhausting and they do control every part of our lives.

me and my husband work full-time being a mum is the best and hardest job of my life the stress and tiredness and the fact that they basically always come first well that's hard reality is I couldn't and wouldn't ever want to imagine a life without them the joy of seeing them learn and their little personalities grow see little bits of you and their dad hear them talk about all the family

I also learned about myself when I had kids I looked at myself in ways I didn't before and they have definitely made me a better person they've made me see things differently and have helped me appreciate things so much more than I ever did before they were here. I don't think anyone ever feels ready. I definitely didn't. It was and is never a good time slash right time. I'm knackered and I have had to not give up and have had to reprioritise and there are things I used to do more of which I now can't do as much. It's not about giving stuff up, it's just a bit different. I think

it's normal to feel like you both do when you have a full and happy life. Having kids is good too though, just different. They fill your heart up in a different way than ever before. How cute is that? That is a really sweet message. Oh, and she also wrote this. And I think from listening to both of you, you'll be amazing

moms if you ever do decide to be. You care, you love and have fun and that's all little folk want. How nice is that? That is nice. Because I was saying I was saying to the producers earlier, like

I looked at my cats yesterday and I this is fucking ridiculous but I genuinely do love animals and pets right they're my boys but I feel like when I look to them all I want for them is for them to have the best little life and I thought all I want to do is be able to buy a house one day that has a garden that you can run around in and I thought that's hilarious I think that about my cats no you said you want them to roam the fields roam the fields and feel free but I get that I mean is like if I can feel that way about my cat and I look at them like I just want you to have the happiest life. Imagine how you would feel about a child. All you'd want to do is work

hard and do everything to make them happy. No, I know. I can see that side of it. I think it's just, I think most people who have not got them yet feel the same as us. It's just once it happens, you feel totally different and that's actually a good thing. Yeah, and I can understand the whole, learn a lot about yourself. Like, we wouldn't care about half the shit that we do right now because there's more important things going on. Yeah, and I do hear a lot of moments. quite refreshing. Yeah, a lot of mums do say that you really, you stop caring about what the people think

a lot more when you have a child. Like you give so less fucks about things. You're probably caring more about what people are doing and saying and thinking about your child than you. Yeah, because they confess. So it takes that away from me, doesn't it? Absolutely. And I think a lot of people have said things to me before,

like, oh, I think you'd be a really good mum. And I'm like, what makes you think that? I'd like to know what makes them think that. Yeah. I don't know. Is it because I can cook? I do think you'd be a good mum as well. Why, though? I don't have reasons.

I've just been nice. So you think I'd be terrible, mum? No, I actually don't. I think Richard would be a great dad. No, I think that's it. I think he would carry it. I think he'd really heavily carry it. You can't put a fucking bedding on a bed, but okay. No, I know.

A bed sheet on a bed? How's you going to fucking change a napi? I'm not, I'm not disagreeing me. I don't know. I do, I think what it is is I've just become too much of my own person in my own way and I think you would just adjust to it, wouldn't you? Absolutely. I think that's exactly what happens. Yeah.

Off topic, but I need to not forget to tell you that I finish my book. Oh yes, let's hear about it then. And I need to tell you that because I would, I put this on the Patreon chat. I would go as far as saying that's the best book I've read. Jesus Christ. And just to remind everyone, Then seven husbands? Well, yeah, I thought I don't, there's just something about it.

Just grip you. I just really gripped me. So I read seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. You need to say what book you read. Yeah, I'm just reminding what I read before. Verity. The girls who disappeared or something like that. I forget that one.

And then I just finished, it ends with us. Which is Colleen Hoover, who's the same as Verity, isn't it? Yep. There was just, I don't, I think I mentioned this before, there's a slight similarity to sort of 50 shades in a very subtle way. And I know we discussed how I like the sort of dominance of that. So I think that's maybe why it gripped me so much. But it's like, it's a love story, but not just, not like all soppy and romantic. Do you know what I mean? So there's a good balance. I just really enjoyed myself reading that. And is it a satisfying ending or is there a, a, you know, is there a, you know, satisfying ending and it's not going into book two but there is another one where it goes back to them before isn't it

because the next one is it begins with us what is that the same story yeah it's the second one interesting right isn't there three it ends with us it starts with us

and then I think it's another one it middles with us I don't know but I would recommend everyone to read that and I did also ask what to read next what is there laughing at in the middle of us

I've not decided what to read next yet which what did I give you again Girl A and I forget Oh fuck Malibu something Malibu Rising is the same author As 7 Husbands

Right I might read that then Yeah that's quite good Do you know what I don't like about that though I started reading a couple chapters The text is quite small And I was like I'm done with it I was like, ah, I think when you, to know the problem is I read it straight after seven husbands and when I was so gripped on that, I then went into Malibu Rising, which is a lot thicker,

longer story. And you know when you're just so drawn to the characters from a previous book, I really struggled to then start to like and attach to new characters. I was like, I don't really care about this person. You've got an emotional connection. Yeah, previous book. I had a really a big emotional connection to it. Okay. So I struggle. So I think I, that's why I can't do one book after the other, I have to digest it and really think about, wow, that was amazing. I feel deeply. I do like, well, I prefer

shorter chapters. Yeah. Because I think actually longer term you read more, if you know what I mean. Because instead of just reading one big long one at night, I'll probably read five short, and it might all be the same amount

of pages, but you get through the book faster. What about court thorns? Why don't you start reading that instead? Well, will you give me yours or will I order one? I can give you it if you read it quick. When are you going to read that is what I need to know? I'm still on Chapter 2 of Silent Patient three years on. I know exactly, so I'm feeling like I'll have read that in the whole series before you even think about reading it again.

My friend came over for Sunday lunch on Sunday and I still talking about it. And it was Haley and she went, you're not still fucking reading that because she's been on like three holidays with me last year and that was the book I bought with me. every single time. She's like, nah, Jess, what the fuck? Just don't even bring it. I'm like, I know. I know. But I'm at the point now that when I go on like a beachy sort of holiday, I think I'll be that person that needs to take like five books for me. And I'm just so proud of myself for that.

Yeah, considering you slagged it silly. I just couldn't understand where people found the time. But it's right. It's spending less time on this. Less time on that device. I'm winding down, reading a book. I was telling someone other day my screen time. Yeah, I bet yours is long because of the time. the socials and stuff.

I know, to be fair, I do a lot of work on my phone but I would like to know if it would be any different if I didn't. Yeah. Well, I've not had Instagram now for nearly it will be a month next week and I'll tell you what, my Instagram time is down dramatically. I don't know if you'll ever bring that back. I genuinely don't want it

back. No, I know I was thinking about the other day. Honestly, my friend was texting me yesterday about it and she was saying how she was really productive when she gets rid of socials and I was like, I still don't feel ready to get it back though and it's not because I'm not like I'm missing out on other people's stuff it's not that. I'm obviously missing seeing my friend's things

but I'm not aimlessly scrolling because I'm just Jess and the lot on your plate Instagrams which I can't sign out of there's no one on it that I follow that I really care about. Do you know what I mean? Not that I don't care but do you know what I mean? I mean that's good for you but everyone else is down alike. That means a lot to some people I could like it on the other two pages but then all my friends that I private, I don't see any of their shit.

I know. And what about the cat page? You've still got that? Oh, I logged out of that ages ago. But yeah, it's there in the abyss of social media. Right, okay. This is the thing. See, when you've then got your personal, you've got just Jess, I've got Quinn Management that

is deed. A lot on your plate. A lot on your plate. Like, it's a lot on your plate, do you what I mean? Yeah. But I also find that because I've become off Jess Ted's, I've been putting a lot more stuff on just Jess which is what I'm probably one of the main points in getting rid of Jess Ted's was because I can't neglect that

I did say that to you before mind I was like I think a lot of the stuff that you put on Jess heads people would actually appreciate seeing it's not personal stuff it's just more about what you're actually up to day to day and people love that shit I know but I just get funny with it I mean my account was private for years and I know I'm privated it I just get funny with posting too much of my personal life online.

No, I do get that back. I don't think it's that personal. No, I don't know if it's not that personal. It's just making sure you've got the right balance, isn't it? I just think when you do have a podcast with your friend and then you, everyone knows everything about us on this, then you've got three social medias. Sometimes you just be like, fuck in hell. What else do you need to know?

Yeah. I just, you need to have that element of, but I do think, we said that before. I do think there's a lot of stuff we don't share, an awful lot of stuff. Yeah. Which is important. Well, obviously we want everyone to feel like the nose. Yeah. But you only need your nose like surface level.

You only need to know the good shit that goes on. Surface level. I think they know a bit more than that. I'm not sure. A lot goes on behind closed doors, do you know what I mean? Anyway, we thought for this, we would just ask people what's been a lot on their plate. Yeah, we've done that for a while.

We've done it a few times in Patreon, but not on the main, have we? It's just good to hear what people have been up to. And also, I want more what people are eating. Yes. someone wrote in to say I'd like more of what people eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner because I struggle with inspiration at home and do you know what I agree with the said person

I don't know what to eat at home I'm uninspired, I eat the same thing constantly yeah anyway so someone has said first boy I've dated since the end of my four year relationship is giving mixed signals what would you do about that so she's come out of a four-year relationship

and then she's going into a new one well she's just dating someone right right and it's the first one since the relationship you see okay so just it's hard isn't it because when they start ghosting you or acting not less keen you then become more keen

and slightly upset so you start then questioning things about yourself and your confidence and all that have I said something and all that I personally, if I could tell myself this, it would be sack him off because you can't you are worth so much more and you deserve somebody that is you and all you. And if they don't, if they're showing these red flags at the beginning of the relationship, then he's just not worth your time.

But equally on the other side, I understand how hard that is because we always like that. Rejection for a start is what kind of makes you want some. Want someone, yeah, as annoying as that is. It's the most fucked up thing, but there's no point denying. We can all sit here and say, oh, fuck him off, honey, but I get it. I know how you're feeling and it's hard. But as your sisters from another mister, I would tell you just to fuck him off. And, you know, the interesting part is the moment you do that and your energy switches,

that is when, annoyingly, they come back. I know. Because they're like, oh, it's like they sense his energy. They're like, oh, she's not interested in me now, now I want her. you deserve someone that wants you from the start. I agree. And I just think as well, like from someone, if you're around our sort of age bracket,

then and you've just come out of four-year relationship. Like, do you really have time for playing games and all that, like petting on since you don't? Yeah, and also, shouldn't you enjoy yourself a little bit after four years? Just go and play the thing a little bit. And also, when the fun stops, stop. I know we're not gambling here, right, that's what the same about gambling.

But it applies to other things in this life. Dating should be fun. And unfortunately, this is what takes the fun out of it. I was saying this to, like, my brother the other day. But it's like, see if you're questioning it, your gut feeling is always right. Yeah, and you know what else is when you start noticing that you're stopping being yourself

or you're overthinking your replies, that is when you know it's a slippery slope. Or you're thinking, maybe if I said that, that would give me an idea of what they're actually thinking. No. There shouldn't be any wonder and it should all be there in black and white. Be sure about it, say how you feel. The conversation should flow.

You shouldn't be sitting there thinking, oh, if I write that or type it like that, that is when you're stopping being your true authentic self and that is when they can read these signals so easily. I know. And I do think as well, it is so easy. God forbid. Do not fucking post quotes on your fucking Instagram. No, please don't do that.

Nothing annoys me more than that. I'll block you from listening to the podcast. Like quotes and... It's like, hello, hi. you may as well just go hi tag the person I want attention that's the equivalent of posting a phone I can't bear that I you know when I look at people on Instagram and I see them I'm like they're going through a hard time

or they're going to break up they'll also well regret it in three months time when you're over it like see when you're going through something like that I know it's easier said than done but just see before you do anything just take a deep breath and give yourself five minutes think about it yeah and I can guarantee you it will change your mind 100% especially when you had a drink as well

I mean we've all been there I've all been there but I do find it now looking back I would think that was so directed at one person and one person only yeah and they're just like oh stop I know I think the thing that's hard is if you are considering

just stop and talking to them because you're getting mixed signals it's so hard to not think but what if they do like they're just having an off day or an off week or maybe they're just thinking I don't it's hard to not want to if you're letting a good thing go

but equally I think when you speak to the right person and they are interested you know yeah you just know that feeling don't you yeah and you know I'm not that like deep like that but I did know that like I didn't question Jason's intentions with me ever

same like it didn't ever I was never like oh does he not like me like he made it very clear from the start and he was not afraid to say and I'm like that's that's what he wants Richard was zero game play and it was straight to the point which we've said before as a 24 year old

I found that difficult at the start because I felt like I'd been treated before by other men where they were all this toxic game playing but having someone straight to the point it's like no this is actually refreshing this is what you want good guys

finish first not last not last right next buying and renovating a house three weeks in and feel like screaming listen I say this all the time. I love

we actually both love the older buildings and the end result yeah. Could I do them between? I'm not sure I could. Yeah. I think it would need to be that I would need to be in the position that I could buy that. Someone does it

and then you move it when it's ready I move in yeah. Because I just think I love watching people's process and they're the ones painting and ripping wood apart and taking things off the walls and I just think I wish I had that in me But I just don't. I don't even like painting. Must be so satisfying though, thinking, sitting there and you're like, I did this?

I know, but do I look around my living room that I paint and think that? No, I don't. I look at the wee wiggly lines that should be straight and think it should have just fucking paid somebody. But that is me as a person. A lot of people are different. I just think, look, sis, I just think you need to wait and know that it's going to be worth it. Oh, it will be. Yeah, it will be.

And your house will probably be worth flipping double probably when it's still. as well that's the thing it's all worth it yeah look we only put new windows and decrees through a flat and they went up a massive amount yeah they do say that moving house let alone renovating one is the most stress one of the most stressful things to do in life can you imagine packing everything up so in your flat right now no can't be asked no I think unless I had to move because I did have like children stuff I'd just stay there forever yeah I need to move for the garden for the cats that's the only reason I'd move Do you know what you could get them, you could just, you know that we like pop up like almost like a

rabbit fence? I have thought about that, but where would I store it? They don't want to go out anyway. That's the thing. Do they really? I know. Next one. Someone put, never fainted in my life before, but

did it when getting 0.5 mill in my lips? Oh God. Would that not cause a bit of... issues like see if you faint actually during something like that right surely it would cause a bit of yeah i was thinking that when i read that think about when you got your black eye from that facial thing that's because you flinch you surely as you faint i know you don't flinch as suddenly but you'd probably go like you yeah what happens then i know but dodgy lit god knows and imagine you were giving someone a shoot me like that and that

happened these things you've got to be ready for I've never fainted you have in your pink chair mind oh tragic I still need to wait what what what date we on I can't go through this again I'm due on any moment fuck I keep forgetting to order the Reese message me saying I can't believe you're going to book someone to come and take your blood I could do it I thought I didn't even think about my friend being a bloody nurse I know actually I didn't think of that either anyway um Um, we had a message actually on, um, on the, on the, on the Patreon DM. Did you read that?

Not sure I does. So I went on a girl's holiday to Ibiza. I was newly single and loving my life. One of the many nights, nights of the week, there was a very drunken one. Upon walking home, I bumped into a boy I saw in a bar. We decided we couldn't wait to get back to the hotel. So we stopped off at the famous roundabout in Ibiza where the egg monument is. if you know, you know.

And well, things got a bit wild. Middle of Roundabout, against the egg, might have slipped it up the wrong hole at 1.2, got back to the hotel without the guy, walked to breakfast with my friend the next again day, and burst out laughing, walking past a roundabout telling her the story as she's in pure disgust, happy Easter with the Egg emoji.

This was years ago, I'm now on a current five-year relationship. Fucking hell, I'll never be able to drive by that again without thinking that. That egg's iconic, by the way. I can't think what it is. You would know what it is, but you won't have been around that area that much. It's more down towards... San Antonio?

I like the strip sort of bit. They must have had some right connection to be able to not wait to go back to the hotel and do it on a roundabout. Haughty fucker. It's an absolutely mob drowned about there. I just remember the first time going Ibiza and you think where's a good area I get a hotel and loads of people would say try and get it quite near the egg. Oh really? Oh, I miss Ibiza.

Same. Should we go back? I never thought I would go back any time soon I don't think I'd go back this year but the wee bug's always there isn't it? Do you know what it is? I think I would rather go back long weekend and do the nice part

Oh, well that, I'd be the nice part's way better than the other stuff But we could do that instead But then when you're there Well this is the thing This is the thing The clubs are calling Or the beach clubs

I mean I don't mind a beach club Do you know what was sad for us last last one. The yacht day was ruined because of the weather. And I feel like if we did that and we went to Besso Beach, that would have been just an iconic week. But the weather really fucked us up on that last trip. It did actually. It really did. So I think that's why it maybe left a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth. But I think... I think that's why we maybe need to go back because it's like it's uncompleted. Yeah. Our time together. I went into the new Charlotte Tilbury store, by the way.

was that experience. Do you know what? It is unbelievable in there. I was well shocked. It looks as if there's a lot of like specific areas for things. So the top floor is just your usual really cool sharp vibe. What's more than one floor? Yeah.

And then downstairs is a whole unbelievable makeup room parlor. So think like red velvet chairs against loads of mirrors. So like a salon vibe. Wow. So you'd have your makeup done. Which again, you don't pay. for it's more of a redeemable against product yeah then there's a hot an iPad with a treatment menu then there's a clear curtain and in there was people

having facials and again I was like oh how much that she went no it's complimentary went how can you have a facial complementary she's like well you just buy like a the magic cream or something or no I actually think it was free I think it was free so you have the magic cream facial and then I'm guessing they would maybe try and upsell you a facial or the creams they use and stuff yeah and then there was a whole treatment room with a lay down bed what the hell's going on in there?

It was the first one they've ever done like this year this was the first one they've ever got in the whole of the UK or I think the world and then and then there was another room there's more yep which is hired out for hem parties

or a small group which is like again a small makeup parlour room where you would have champagne prececo people do master classes in there so it was like six different counters and you could copy along with the masterclass.

Honestly, really cool. And I wanted to get my friend something, but you could pay £70 for the Charlotte facial, which is using all the fancy-pancy stuff. But the £70 is redeemable on the products. I thought, what the fuck? That is an unbelievable service. Just makes so much more sense, doesn't it?

You just don't ever think to do that. I get your makeup done the likes of Mac or whatever. When you're buying something, you might as well get your makeup done at the same time. I know. It's a forgotten trend. I would say. Yeah, so even though we didn't get invited to the opening,

there's a bit of free promo for you, darling. But it was a really nice store. And then I went to Space and Kay and I bought that COSAS BB cream and it's beautiful. I'll need to get a try off that. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I got the summer Friday's lip balm and the mint. Gorgeous.

And I would say it's really nice because obviously it's quite nice being minty on your lips. Yeah. But nothing beats. Let me see if it's still in my pocket. it is in terms of texture for me nothing is really beating this lineage but the glowy bam yeah not the overnight mask I do like that as well but this one the summer Fridays there's just something about the texture for me yeah I will still use it because

I like the mint element however that's the winner let me go I really like this um so I I treated myself to that the other day. Where'd you get it from? Space NK. I also got a top-up of my Veeve concealer. Space NK. Oh. I also treated myself to these trainers.

Gorgeous. The V8, what are they called? Room now. Unsure, but I keep buying trainers in a four and a half. I don't know why I'm doing that. Oh, and they're about bigger than normal. But those gym train, I bought new gym trainers yesterday as well, and I had them on and I said to Jess, my feet look big in these

because I got a four and a half and why did they look honestly 10 times bigger? Did they do you use your just going back to space and K do you use your endulge points? Yes I got a five and off already

racks it up doesn't it? It racks up well easy because the COSAS cost me four pounds because I had that much do you know what else I had I got my Tesco Naomi Nuddingston

I always do my club card I sat there day before yesterday and I said to the one went by the way I've never had any vouchers for these she don't know you should check your app

I've never even thought that I just thought you tapped it to get the money off the club card offers And it would tell you, right Flipping 40 quid on it So I went and did the shop yesterday I got all like my washing up stuff Took about 10 minutes to do all

They flipping three pound three pound three pound But free Fucking couldn't believe it That's brilliant Saving money This is what our adult and does to enter Yeah Anyway

Do you fuck off Absolutely hope you enjoyed that little episode thanks for you should have been an end once again and we will see you over on the Patreon only if you wish to join us or we'll see you next Tuesday

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