A Lot On Your Plate - S5 Ep9: Navigating the grief of pet loss

Episode Date: October 29, 2024

Happy Tuesday!! Welcome back to ALOYP🫶🏻 This week Jess is back (yay) and updates us on her absence from last week. We discuss pet grief, our upcoming Christmas market event (which is going to be out of this world), we start our new monthly segment of sharing lots of new openings in Glasgow, Manchester, London & more AND we give you a cheeky wee Halloween surprise. We recommend tuning into YT for the visuals on this one…lol. Enjoy💖 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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No, welcome back to you. Welcome back to me. I hope you missed my big, humongous voice. and how well did Zoe do on her first solo podcast? Let's give a round of applause. First and last, please. No, I was actually listening to it thinking, perfect. Maternity leave starts now.

Leave it over to you, darling. No, I'm going on to maternity as well. I honestly thought that was a brilliant episode and I was listening to it so excited to know what was coming next because I've obviously never listened to one of our episodes where I've never been in the room, duh. So for me, I was loving it. I learned so much.

Fiona's flawless. Everything she says is amazing. She makes it sound so simple. And I loved it. I found it an amazing episode. Well done. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

And thanks to everyone's nice messages about it too. Yeah. I appreciate it. You had a lot of lovely messages. But yet, sadly, I was in not the right frame of mind or emotional state to come and speak on the podcast last week. But I definitely feel more comfortable speaking about it slightly now. Mm-hmm. As if you haven't heard, I'm sure you have, but Owen suddenly passed away on my birthday,

which is just fucking tragic, which was Saturday the 12th of October. I was down in Leicester at the time at a spa break with the, we're blending, which we'll speak about more on the episode as well. But having a lovely day, and then what I couldn't tell you on the bonus episode, but my dad arranged a surprise 50th birthday for my stepmom. So I was actually at that on my birthday. Richard came down loads of people. And then just as she was brought out the candles around half seven,

my friend Haley called me and you know when you answered the phone to someone if you ever had that phone call and you just know something's wrong. And yeah, Owen was just not responsive. He was on the bed. Yeah. So as you can imagine, it was straight in the car. no one didn't even say bye to anyone and we got straight in the car and we drove back up to

Glasgow and it was like for the worst five-hour drive of my whole entire life such a long distance to be away as well I know anyway the emergency rang me and just told me over the phone like yeah he's dead and then the worst part of it was Kaylee doesn't know the cats different enough and didn't know who it was right I don't know that

So not that it would matter, regardless, both tragedies. No, I know, but you need to put a... But driving there, not knowing who the hell it was. And then I think he's my... Well, the microchip, so the vet called me and he said, Owen's passed away. So I was like, oh my God, no, like my baby boy. You start thinking all sorts of things.

And then he just said to me, listen, this is a really strange case. Like, this does happen, but he is perfectly healthy. There'll be usually like immediate signs. of something wrong with their heart. Choking, food poisoning. There was nothing. And it's like it looks like he's died in his sleep. So yeah, so he said to us, I think the best thing for you to do is if it was up to him and it was his cat, I'd have an autopsy. Yeah. So we did that. We dropped him off at the Glasgow uni on the Monday. We also drove back. We got home about half 12 at night, went straight to the emergency vet and yeah, he was just there. It was awful. It's just the worst,

worst, worst feeling ever. So I did get to say bye to him. And they're just so cute and also there's that quote that goes around with the cute pictures on it saying an animal's not a pet's only part of your life but you're their whole life can't of cope with that. I know.

Can't even fucking cope with that. So I was in a really bad place I speak for like maybe four or five days it was just, I never knew that I could make the noises I was making. Like I genuinely was grieving from the heart like it was actual complete shot when the shock wore off it was like

I cannot believe this is I cannot believe this real yeah like he's just not here anymore that's awful the fact that I was pregnant my emotions were through the roof my hormones the fact that the baby won't meet the cats just everything just wasn't pictured how it was meant to be and everyone knows what those cats mean to me so yeah it was just tragic anyway yeah I just I thought I let you know that was what happened. Wilson, I thought, was doing really well past few days, but last night he was making some horrendous noises. Nighttime seems to be the worst, I think, when they would play. And he's just yowling and he's in distress. We're trying to give him more fuss. He's sleeping a lot more. I don't know. The vet actually said to

you should look into getting him another companion, but pros and cons isn't there? I don't know if I've got the room in my heart at the moment. Yeah. Richard's like, I think we should get him a friend. And I'm like, yeah, but we need to want the friend. We want that too. And at the moment, I can't. Yeah.

You're also, I feel, between a bit of a rock and a hard place because you've kind of got a timeline you need to do it in because obviously baby's coming to. So it's kind of like it's too soon to make that decision. But you'll pass a certain... Yeah, you'll pass a certain time. Also, people just, anyone who's had a pet just feels the sadness for the other person

because it's just the worst feeling ever yeah like you said you don't think you'd ever be happy again and I said that's exactly how I felt when I lost her wee dog when I thought I thought I genuinely don't know how I'm ever going to feel happy again I feel happy now

no I know but at the time it is just so deep it is why is that though because they're just such helpless wee cute things they just make you so happy they're a wee person when you're having a shit at eagle and give a cuddle to you know I read it

you know Reddit the forum thing I was reading so many forms I even wrote on Reddit because I was that distressed. I wrote on it to try and cry for help of hello, can anyone help me in the sense of how do I deal with the existing animal? Yeah. And did you know there's a whole

a whole community of pet loss forums on there? Like pet grief is such a big thing and it's just not spoken about enough. I think people just dismiss it that don't have animals or don't care for them. They're like oh it's just a dog or it's just a cat. They live in your home every day.

It's a big thing. It's actually mental health. how deeply it can make people feel. No, I know. Anyway, I don't know if I could ever go through it again. That's the one thing I will say. So if you are going through pet grief at the moment or you lost a pet, I feel you. Yeah, we're thinking of you.

And it gets easier, kind of, I don't know. Just learn to love with that, I guess. Anyway, anyway. Something good. Let's talk about something positive. Christmas party. The Christmas party. The Christmas market.

These markets By the way Are going to be fucking unreal I'm actually so excited We've got nearly 50, 5.050 Business is coming And when I say They're really fucking good businesses as well

They're really good We're covering all basis We've got like gifts for men Your boyfriend, your uncle Your grandpa, whatever you've got in your life We've got women, kids Pets. Pets. Yourself.

Everything you can think of. Interactive things. Some really, really cool interactive things. Yeah. Really different. Maybe some games. What I'm going to say right here and right now and I'm going to blow smoke up our ass.

Fucking go for it, hen. I'm not stopping you. We are really, really fucking good at thinking of things to do at events. We are. I don't know what it is. When we get together, we're like, boom, boom, boom, boom. And some of the stuff we come up with,

it's like, that was insane. We did a very productive day yesterday. planning. And we can't wait to bring this one together. I'm going to say this. I'm personally more excited about the market than the Christmas party at this point, simply because the Christmas market takes a lot more preparation. So we've having to do that first because you're dealing with 50 businesses and making sure that they're available, they've got the stock. Back and forth. Yeah. The party we're going to be doing next week, which we had an amazing discussion of what we're going to do for that and actually I was as a pregnant woman where I'm going to be 28 weeks

even I am going to boss my big milky tits off when I'm there I can't wait I just think it's so much better doing these like interactive fun events I just don't see us sitting no like in a theater theatre, environment and just speaking. No. Do you know what I mean? Like, we just don't, it's just not us. We did that at Harbinix in a sense where we sat and just chatted and that was probably one of our favourite little intimate events actually. But then we sat down and had her brunch with everyone and walked about. Like we don't ever just come on stage, chat and fuck off you don't see us again.

True. We like to meet everyone and like interact. It's funner. And I don't know how I'd feel right now. If me and you were having this podcast, live chat and we've got an audience I don't know if I'd be able to be my true I'd be nervous yes same so I think naturally I would be like do you all feel like that do you all do yeah you'd address the audience which probably does happen but I think I would at one point be like more not tells a story like I feel like I would naturally my nerves would just want someone else to take over for a minute yeah okay and that wouldn't be in the plan for no you're right so I think

we do it well but next week because we've had confirmation from every but we want to make sure that we do them justice and explain to you exactly what they're bringing to the table, exactly what they're selling. We're probably going to speak about it on next week's main episode. And there's going to be everything on socials where we'll do a grid post about every single person that's there, why we've chosen them, what they're going to be selling, times people are on, it's going to be so good. Think about everything that you have to do on Christmas.

foods drinks drinks things that you can pre-order this oh my god it's just every we've thought of everything rapping wreaths I can get so excited everything we think about you could come on that day and buy for every single person including a range of full day so Christmas Day is stress-free for you I would say yeah I agree and we want to tell you all exactly what's coming and who we think that would be good to buy for so that you kind of know you've almost get your basket ready a bit because it's going to be

busy. Yeah. You've not got a huge amount of time in there. It's an hour and a half per session. True. There's some interactive station. I was wondering like, I wonder if we could do it. Don't even say it. There's no movement. I was going to say, why can't we just do another

one? And earlier. No. So there's three. No. Maybe I'll work on that. We don't have capacity for this. Okay, I'm just going to say, I'm going to put it out there. I worry that when we tell you who's coming, you're all going to be like, fuck, I wish I'm going. Honestly, you've got to trust us when we put tickets out that it's going to be sick. I feel like this conversation right now is as if we're like hinting to another one.

It's not in the works. It's not in the works right now. So I don't know why I said that. All the events are sold out already. I know. And people don't even know what's coming. I know. That's what I mean, Zoe.

I know. Anyway, if you are coming. well done for getting a ticket thanks and my Christmas party is going to be amazing as well no I know it will be we've just not done the planning for that yet so we're not like as hyped because it was just yesterday we did not yesterday yeah anyway and keeping eye on socials for all the details on people and the businesses and some plans we've got anyway any who's a lot to tick off there what's been a lot on your plate we're back ooh Give us some food

Yeah Ooh Food I'm trying to think We went to Mason actually For my birthday Which was nice Maison by Glassahoo

Maison by Gasahou We've mentioned them load But we went on my birthday Just a few days before I left To go down to Leicester I had to have the French onion soup As good as it was the last time Better

I said that to you It gets better every time It's better It's richer oh it's so good guys we had little mini sliders for starters but we thought they were going to be burgers but they were like cheese and ham and cheese kind of like a ham and cheese toasted but in a bun yeah they were really good as well I did enjoy them what did I have for a main again some fish you had a monk fish

or something it was like a monk fish had muscles on it as well got some fries the bread the bread and the butter butter what was the bread what was the difference with the bread this time. Bread and butter. It was warm and the butter. It's not like, it's not like chicken fat. I think it's chicken fat butter. And then I had my favorite macktail there. I've had it three times now. And it's called, in three times, sorry, in the space of a month, it's called Dior. And it's like an apple spritzer with gold rim, shaved. They told me it was designed by the Dior Fragrant Sauvage, I think. But yeah, it's like smoky, appley. It's blue. good. What did you have to drink? I just had water because I had a urine infection remember.

Zoe, that was traumatising for you. So something happened to me, right? So I don't know if anyone remembers the girl's story about peeing herself sober and I said, you need to go get your bladder checked hen. We shouldn't be doing it sober. Yeah. That same day, that same day. Karma came right there. Karma came for me, shut all over me and I was at the top of the escalator in Princess Square with my legs crossed for 15 minutes, would you say? 10, 15 minutes, what I felt like five hours to me, until I could physically open my legs and run to a toilet. It's really not okay, Zoe.

No, it isn't okay, like we're talking about it, but it's not. I was sat in the... I could see you... What's the, what would you call it? You know, when I was the... Yeah, and I was watching it. She was just stood at the top of the escalators, so her legs crossed, and the guy that was welcoming me

into the restaurant was like, is your friend okay and I was like oh yeah she's fine I think she's just on the phone but I didn't have my glasses on so I couldn't see if your hand was up but he could probably clearly see that you just stood there like that like that and I kept messaging like Zoe this is not okay and you were like if I open my legs we will fall out everywhere the thing is right see if I just was to start walking and I dribbled a tiny bit like I could deal with that like it happens do you know what I mean women pissed himself at times if like kids and blood and issues whatever but because there's like a when that happens to me I've got like a

severe infection like I can feel the burn yeah and I know that I'm like infected to fuck down there in this moment I physically if I moved like the whole pee would come out like I wouldn't be able to stop it like I've got no tightening tools left to like hold it anymore you need to get some more pelvic floor exercise I know so then I had to run into is it clubhouse yeah and I literally didn't even look at like who was in the I ran to the bar and I was like can I use a toilet and guy my guy was like hmm let me think about that and I was like no time breaks here I was like where is the toilet and I ran and like once I'm done I'm fine like I'm uncomfortable at it because I'm like honestly if anyone

experienced this you know the back of my back was sweaty and like the honestly neck under my hair everything I'm like drenched and sweat but I'm also shivering so it's like a hill basically a cold sweat and I've got like a burning sensation going right up my fucking bits it's just awful so that girl's story I apologise to because you gave me

because I'll cry for help of somebody please help this guy it's been two years since we spoke about it no further forward all the stuff that you send them what is it what's that de manos doesn't work for you doesn't work antibiotics aren't working for you

you've had scans I think you need to go and have like a Carmen at Insights. Me too. I mean, that was the start of our Maison experience. Yeah, but we had a great time. And then the lady kept saying to me,

oh, do you want a dessert? And I was like, we weren't really fancy in anything. We were full. I was so full, though. Yeah. If you, by the way, the French and your soup is on the starter menu,

if you go for it, don't order it. Just have it, I mean. And she was like, not being pushy, but she was really like, how about you just go for her in Africa? Then I was like,

okay, well, I'll have a decaf one because it was also nighttime. I didn't want to be flying through the roof. and she says yeah perfect I'll meet you one of them and then out comes a big plate with happy birthday Jess

it was really nice very cute do you know where else I want to shout about quickly where I had some great food was Kelvin Grove Cafe in Finiston for their new brunch menu

they've always done brunch but they're sort of up to the brunch menu game this week actually which I didn't know I don't know I went across to kudos it was closed

well the weight was sorry it wasn't closed the weight was so freaking long I was actually watching Richard at Proving Grounds which is at the SEC and then I went over to Kelvin Grove Cafe and guys it's brilliant I really recommend you go there so good for brunch something to add to your list if you've not been before

I feel like you kind of forget about it because I like how sort of muted it is like it's not like high your Kelvin Grove Cafe in the street you know what I mean but equally I think if you don't know about it and know how good it is because I know about it but I wouldn't be like oh yeah it's It's really good for drinks at the evening, isn't it?

Yeah. I think it's quite good for like a date night. Yeah. We cocktail, wee cocky. But that's good to know because I get sick at brunch places, I think. They've got a really nice selection. It's like in a gorgeous little sort of booklet, if you like, a glossy little booklet of really good images. And then a little description to the right hand side of the page. It's like that cute.

Images of the dish. Yeah, but really good ones. Controversial. I like that. Yeah, no, I do. but I mean I don't like a picture menu that you get when you go to Enereef but I mean I don't either but I do love when a restaurant has done it and they've managed to do it well it's done very well and it looks exactly like the picture as well yeah and then I went down to

Lester went to Haw Cross Hall I thought even told you any of this because obviously when I last next spoke to you I was just brokenhearted but Dave not actually how was that was amazing it looked unbelievable and it turns out that I've been before and I had no idea. You need to get a me a mini-check. So I mean, it's completely different. Right. So much so that when I was there, I didn't even know I'd been

there before. It was Holly, that's when she came up at the weekend, we said, you know we've been there together? I was like, no, if not. She was like, yeah, we have. So I went back on through my Instagram, back to 2021. There I am, sat outside. Completely different place. The outdoor bit, you know, the outdoor

jacuzzi bit, which is gorgeous. That's only been built since July. Right, so there is a, it's been renovated. Yeah, yeah, massively. Makes sense then. So I went with my stepmom, my step-sister and my mother. I think we spoke about this on the bonus. But yeah, it was...

Blending. We were blending. But it was really nice. My mum and step-mom had the worst hangover of their entire life. That's iconic. Was spewing a guts up. So it was Emma. So the spa day for them was basically non-existent.

The next morning was my birthday, so I thought, fuck it, I'm getting up at 7am. I took myself down to the spa. My mum joined me. Then we had afternoon tea booked at 12, but my mission was to get Emma to my dad's house for two, which was still an hour drive away because there was 75 people waiting to surprise her for her 50th birthday.

Stress. She obviously had no idea, so she was like, la, la, la, la. Yeah, no urgency at all. We did arrive late, shock, at 3 o'clock. There had to be two crashes on the motorway getting home on the 1. Of course. And then when we turned up there it was all perfect She knew something was going on

But she did not know to the extent And I have told you guys before But they're massively into their soul music And they're in the whole community of soul music Family as they call them Who they go around the world and dance and party with That's cute Ibith or whatever

So anyway they were all there They had some really big DJ in that community there as well But I had a big pizza truck They'd done it all in Studio 74 So you know it's Studio 54 But she was born in 1974 So it was all done up It was amazing. It was such a good party.

And, yeah, that was what I did that weekend. And then the tragic news and then I came back up. What was it? That's a lovely time though. If you take what happened out of it. It is a really nice time. I'm going to be honest with it. Well, of course it is.

And I took some lovely photos of it and I actually even struggled to look back at them. Do you know what I mean? Just knowing that what was happening at home. It's kind of got the ick for like the good part of that weekend now. but that'll go eventually but at the same time

you were in Manchester because it was me and Jason share the same birthday which Zoe hates I just think this is a bit much do I mean

right Zoe I've got a scenario for you you're in a car crash it's not your fault your car is in bits and you're majorly stressed out what are you going to do probably phone you

great well maybe don't do that but the correct answer is to call our friends at watermans obviously what so they can sort my car and everything yep you don't even have to phone your insurance company watermans will sort it all for you what if i have to miss work and can't earn my money well they'll get you that money back too sorted okay i feel less embarrassed about being re-ended now yeah i went to manchester for jason's birthday i took on a wee overnight no man st dead they say where did you stay we stayed at at the Allen, which I've seen loads people sit and I wanted to try it because it kind of looked

to my sort of hotel vibe. Yeah. And it is lovely and I would go back however part of the vibe is the open pipes in the hotel and the rooms, yeah, industrial like lime-washed walls.

Gorgeous, right? Noisy. Yeah. Like they're working pipes obviously so they're noisy. During the night you could almost hear a faint rumbling the whole time and Jason said it won't come up quite a few times and I would say he's quite a deep sleeper so you don't recommend so if you're quite precious about like if you're easily triggered by noises I'd maybe think about it twice just because it was quite noisy but good

location it was nice like the bathroom's gorge I did enjoy myself smelled nice too anyway what I've got to say about it is number one we went to firehouse for a roast Thoughts. Loved it. Jason enjoyed it too. My God. Because we do love a home-made roast, probably more, I say, because you just choose more of what you like to have.

Of course. Yeah. It's in your, what's the word I'm looking for? Control. Loved it though. I got the cauliflower and leek cheese. Gorgeous. We got extra roast potatoes.

We got extra Yorkshire puddings. We got the chapolattas. I got the beef, a bit out character for me, but Jason was getting the half chicken and I just felt we want to try a couple different things here. Does he like beef? Yeah, he does like beef too. But yeah, I would recommend. We were sat out in the kind of...

Yeah, there's like an outdoory bit, but it's not outdoor. Outdoor but indoor. Yeah. Area, which was nice. Staff are lovely. I'm so glad. I can recommend it more, to be honest. I don't know if we spoke about this on the book.

bonus but I think we did but anyway I said to Zoe I really I'm really hope she enjoys it because how much I've hyped it up no I know and I stress that when I hype things up it's never as good experience or it was just a bad day for the chef or whatever I know you just don't know what someone's going to get but I've never had a bad roast there so that's firehouse in Manchester I also have seen a couple people go there recently not for the roast yeah like just they do amazing food day to day and it looks unbelievable for just normal food as well and it's a show at night yeah so it's a good to catwalk yeah it's a good afternoon

atmosphere. Yeah. Yeah, I love that. We went to Mackie Mare as well, which is bang opposite for dinner on the first night, which we loved because then I got like tacos and stuff, Jason's got a burger which was really good. And then we went to this place called Chaos Carts to do Go Carton. Oh yeah? And it's kind of like a play on Mario Cart. So you're going around the track and there's like gems and shit on the floor that you need to pick up and then it gives you points and it gives you like things you can fling it. people so you could do like the banana yeah and it would make them slip no Mario cartridge a banana it was an egg okay and it would make you slip but it did actually

make you slip but you try to avoid them they were so fast I was going around like fucking nobody's business and then we were with it was us two were like five blooming 10 year old boys so that felt good um I think I came like setting blast or something that was quite shit but what I was pressing the wrong buttons for a while mm which didn't help but that was really fun if you're into like sort of fun activities it's only on for like half an hour or something so you don't need like a huge amount of time for it and then the next day before a roast we went to do the cube this looks fun the cube experience it's fucking solid by the way also if you're rocky with your partner me and jason are not luckily right but if you are don't go on the same team not go on the same team because we came away from that on a high still and that was fine but it was touching go at times he was shouting at me in the cubes like this is all you're fault, we're losing all that. I'm like, it's... Is it a bit like Crystal Mays sort of vibe

when you're in a team and then you... Yeah, so because a lot of them you need two players and there's only two of us, we were against two girls. Okay. So it was like me and Jason were a team, they were a team. Oh, so you were against them? You went in the team. So you go around with them. So they must have been

watching us thinking, oh my God, like they hate each other. But after we were all like, how one's that? Like, obviously you're just in the moment. Yeah. But if like you wake up and you hate, you're man or your girl find that day I would say cancel because you're fucked but what happened was the first one was the one you just need to like pick up the ball and fling it in the box really fast yes which Jason put a video up me and everyone was

commenting like could she go any slower you look fast in that I'm gonna tell you right now I've done that first try the other girl took three tries I done that first try anyway so I did that on my own but the rest were as a pair so the first few we did as a pair I think we were okay then there was a couple the that we couldn't get, like three tries, we still didn't get it right in the points, we're gone. And that's when Jason was getting really annoyed and fed up and was like, you're shit.

But then the last few, he was so bad at. So then he started getting like, nicely, nicey, nice. And I was like, it's just so fun, isn't it? And I was like, you've made us lose. Now you're all nice because you know you have. But I would really recommend that it was really fun. I'd go back. I don't have some really good experiences like that.

Yeah. Crystal May's Cube escape room, which I suppose is here. We should do an episode actually on, because this is the question that we get asked. all the time aside from where can we rent rooms which is definitely coming i promise um date night fun activities to do with your partner yeah because there's loads of things in glasgow like that like golf fang for example top golf but you've done quite a lot of them so we should maybe just list them out yeah help people i think it's just because or edinburgh as we've said that we're not

massive like go out for a pure boozy night out together and like At the cube, you could, there was like a really actually nice bar. Like, you go in and you're basically in a bar, but that side's the cube, and then that side there's like some 10 pin bowling and stuff. There's a few things in there. And then there's a sort of like butcher's restaurant in it as well. So you could actually do that. Say you went on a, well, a night time.

You could just spend the whole evening in that. You could do the game, and then you could have drinks and food. Like we were coming home that day. Yeah. Well, we probably wouldn't have got a drink anyway. you know what we like yeah but like if you're not massively into let's go out and just sit in of drinks like you need to be doing these things yes what else he would you would just stay at home true do you know what I mean yeah but anyway I would really recommend

that it was fun I would go back because you don't do them all so say for example there's 20 cubes in there I think you get say like 10 rounds so like we've only done half of them so you could always go back and do a different ones that's a good way them to, you know, because when you've done an experience, you can't be asked to go again because you've done it, so it's a good way to, like, you know what? Or you won't go back for a while at least. Yeah, exactly. So no, it was good.

And then we went to see Chris Stapleton. Oh, shit, I keep forgetting that. Yeah, we went last Thursday, didn't we? He was amazing. He was, he was absolutely incredible. His voice is far superior than it is on the record. On the CD. He kept seeing on the CDs. If that's even possible. No, I know. It's like,

there was just no fault and it was so powerful and if you go and watch him because he's I mean if you've been he finishes with Tennessee whiskey yeah and then the lights don't come on

for a good five minutes and everyone is just cheering and I'm thinking what song could he possibly be coming back to sing because he sang them all but he does come back on and he sings is it whiskey and me

I think it maybe definitely no way where he's showing off his unbelievable vocal ability yeah isn't he where it's just insane and it's like

the band's not with him it's just him and a mic and it's to the point where it can make you tear up his voice is that amazing he is so good you leave on a high but then you're leaving on a like a gasp like a

he's amazing blown away yeah and also his supporting singers his wife yes and they just they kind of were looking each other

the whole time aren't they well he was looking at her the whole time. She needs to smile more. I think they're just in the zone together, Zoe. I think they're in their own little country bubble. I know they probably are, but I just think, how could you physically stop yourself from smiling

if he was singing to you like that? The other people wear off, though, you think about it. He's a what? He's 49. I thought it was younger than that. No. Yeah. And he's got five wanes. Maybe I've made that up, but yeah, they've been together a long time. I know fair, but I suppose when you're just

watching it, like, as a fan and just you can't believe how good is you just think if I was hard I'd be like right so we've thought we'd just finish with a really fun section which we want to try and bring to you maybe once every month or two just depending on the situation um but new openings we've spotted quite a few um in Glasgow recently but we are very aware that we have listeners from all over so we're going to keep our eyes and ears open and we've got a few to list out to you today from Glasgow Edinburgh Manchester Birmingham and London I think we've got a few here that I'm just gonna quickly list out yeah okay Wade it can be a restaurant

a store anything if you want to write something in that you've seen that you want people to know about I just think it's really cool because you don't really hear about these things all the time unless you're reading something

like Glasgow Live or Facebook or word of mouth I also feel like we're kind of in it just with like our line of work and stuff so you maybe see a lot of things but a lot of people just are not following anything like that. A lot of people don't follow restaurant pages.

No. They do, they follow their favourites, but they're not just a new one. It's not awful. Yeah. Anyway, so let's list out a few. Go for it. In Glasgow, we've got Habibi. It looks unbelievable.

It looks unbelievable. I was right at the opening, couldn't make it. It's right near to Yusebi Deli. It's, um, what would you say? Middle Eastern food, kebab style food, but incredibly. done well think like sheesh in London that sort of vibe yeah that's the vibe it's giving me from the pictures anyway it just looks great but they also have a takeaway section as well which looks amazing right and we've got sears pizza which is the first of its kind i believe in

glasgow of where you can buy a slice right near le petite cock off just off byers road looks super edgy cool you've got well you told me about this vodka vodka is now the in Merchant City at the old Metropolitan. That's cool. It looks a bit strange to me because it's like they're keeping that outside vibe but it's inside but I've not physically seen

it in real life so. Jason did go and they said it was all right. Oh okay cool. Then in terms of a store we notice that there's going to be an and another stories in Prince's Square which that's cool. We think that's so needed. I just, I'm glad Prince's Square is leveling up. Yes. Because it would be such a shame if that

went to shit. I totally agree. I think Glasgow now needs an anthropology. Yeah. Buchanan Street would be sick. Uniclo is coming. So it is. Is that going to be at the old... To Buchanan Street? The old, um, forever 21. Is it? No, I'm just guessing you. That's a massive unit. No, that's H&M. H&M's old for... Oh, is it? It's the one next to which was paper chase. I hope it is there. It will be. It's got to be. It's got to be a massive unit. Because that needs filled. I, we mean as though we're saying this today I am so fucking buzzing my tits off that retail is coming back

same by the way I'm so glad I'm so so glad that these fast fashion businesses that well this sounds terrible when me saying that they're going to shit but I'm so glad that air is dying yeah I'm so glad that I feel like they've got their audience

but like Gen Z and everything probably do want that quick so on your doorstep the next morning They're going on to Sheen now, aren't they? Yeah, that's fine for them. But see us, like, when everything's just so much harder these days, you want to go into a shop, try things on, see your options, like feel the quality.

Like, we're all so much more mature in the sense of we want it to be good stuff. You need to feel that. I know a lot of people don't like shopping, but I do. I do. I really do like it. But maybe I feel that way, though, because I have the luxury of being able to go on weekday if I wanted to. I know a lot of people can only go on a Saturday and Sunday

and for me I would avoid. I would avoid. Yeah, I suppose so. That is true. But I think it's better for when you're buying for other people as well to be able to go in. And like I feel quite nice when I've nipped out. I've picked something up for someone then I go out and I shop to get a nice bag, a card. Like it's

even shops like Oliver Bonus and anthropology, John Lewis, those places for gifts, scribbler. You don't want to go online at those places. You want to pick up a wee bits. I know. I agree. It's Topshop not coming back. Yes. That is a big rumor.

Well, it's not a rumor. I've had confirmation from saying somebody. But Topshop is being sold by ASOS. And it is going to be its own website. But there are talks that it's going to be having a store in Oxford Street. It isn't going back to the original space because that's going to be IKEA. So I don't know why people on Teet Tucker are saying that. It literally says IKEA outside. It's a shit.

shame though that like it's all shut down just to open back up though do you know what i mean like i will take it but that is like a shame it's just a bit of a waste of time i think it needs to it needs to desize anyway that that's that place was massive anyway so we digress aesthetics club is going to edinburgh which we spoke about the last week's episode we've got a new place in sucky hall street in glasgow called belinkies have you seen that oh i've seen that it is definitely giving me albert slosh vibes yes Same, it's all element. There's a lot of shows.

It's very Albert Slosh, and it's big. I would quite like to go and see what that's like in there. Same. Do you know who got invited to that? Richard. I was like, sorry? Richard Tate. Richard, Tate was like, I've got a DM because he's signed to colour's modeling agency.

Richard Miserable Grumpy old man. Reasonable, Grumpy Richard Tate, got a message from his modeling agency and we're like, we'd love to invite you and Jess. I was his plus one. Never thought we'd see the day. To Billinkies. I was like, Fairfox, honey. And he was like, nah.

No, actually, he said it looked good, but it was very much a dress-up, drinks are flowing, and it's not his vibe. Yeah. Clearly not my vibe. Fair. One that we've never said about, which has been around for a while.

You know, Devils of Brooklyn? Oh, yes. They now, I call Devils Roast in the daytime. They sell my favourite ever, wheatberry, pastries, and incredible coffee. So if you're looking for a nice place to go there, go there. Albert Slosh is now in London so that's an amazing spot if you want to get if you're in in London

you want a really fun place to go for some drinks it's there it's also in Birmingham which has been there for a while Richard went there either week um spa we've been seeing one all over the internet at the moment is it called Carndale Cairndale made that up spa right I thought he said spa I was at all the corner shops the spars thing spa because that's how I say it

I don't say spa. No, I know, but I thought you were saying spa with an R. Yes, spa. Cairndale. Cairndale. Cairndale. Where is that? I want to say 50 minutes away, but I don't know what direction or whereabouts.

Dumbreece? Unsure. Yes, correct. Dumbres. So there's a new spa that everyone's going to. It looks really nice. We're actually going to a spa this week. We're going to Mar Hall.

Mar Hall. Where we go in there? Soon for a wee spa day. so we'll let you know how that is. Do you know what else I noticed? Did you see Look Fantastic opened a store? I heard about this. Where is?

Is it Manchester? Yeah. I don't know where in Manchester. They get everything first. I know, but I do love it. Yeah. But it is also a Manchester company. Correct.

The head office is there. We've not mentioned Margo. Oh, that's on my list. Oh, sorry. I thought we'd moved location. Excuse me. Right, I'll sit back and relax. I'll sit back and relax.

You go, look fantastic, opened in Manchester. Then, we've also got another restaurant in Manchester called Louie, which looks so fucking cool. Didn't need to swear there. It looks so classy and cool. It's like a jazz sort of, it looks really cool, like you'd love it. Jazz sort of stage. Wow. The very looks, tables, white tablecloth, surrounding it, you know, you go in there for a very special evening.

Okay. Right. apparently you can't get in for love not money anyway we Murray has informed us that smoky trotters has also opened up just around here where we are on Paisley Road west there's a new smoke there's a new smoky trotters which is you love it there don't you the good barbers Jason yeah yeah Margo a new small plate restaurants just opened up in Glasgow which is the same owners as Oxen Finch and Capow which are two of the best restaurants in Glasgow Mallor Street Mill Street yeah not near Spallet

Spanish butcher? Correct. Is that where it is? I didn't know where it was. And then below it... As a sort of speakeasy bar, I believe, called Sebs. Which isn't open yet. Seb.

Seb. It's opening this week. By the time this is that, it'll be open, I'm sure. And then one more. I noticed this as well on Instagram. I haven't seen it before. It looks like it's been open for a couple months, but... Basement Jazz Cafe.

Have you seen that? No. Cool. leave this is where single end is in Garnet Hill and I think it's in the same place. The wee hill? Yes. The wee head and our event? I actually think it's

in, it's actually in single end I could be wrong. Right. When I put it into Google it comes up single end and I don't know if at night time it turns into a jazz bar. Right. Okay. But I thought and the crowd looks older. Something to note. Baby and Adriene. Yeah so that's the roundup

of everything that I've... That just reminded me of one we've not mentioned go for it um the something bookstore hidden new what is this what is it called again what's it called again come on murray the something bookstore i'll actually wrote it down somewhere i told someone about it yesterday i've seen it on take tock it's a new bookstore inspired bar in glasgow and it looks really nice it's got books actually all over the ceiling down the walls The Last Bookstore. On Hope Street. On Hope Street.

Hope Street, Glasgow. I've gone to a place called The Last Bookstore in LA just there. Did she what a coincidence? A massive, massive bookstores, like world famous, called The Last Bookstore. Oh, you were telling us about that? Yeah. Well, this is a new bar. It looks actually really cool. I'd like to go. Love it. But all the book lovers are loving that. I'll be in the corner with my wee drink and my wee book.

In fact, I've got a Kindle now, so my Kindle. Yeah. Anyway, I thought you would enjoy that. We're going to go into some Halloween things. Yeah, well, we asked all of your listeners, what's your worst and best costumes

you've ever been dressed up in by your parents or family members or whoever. And we had some funny pictures as well, so what we'll do is if you're watching on YouTube, we'll insert them. Flash them up on there, and then we may carry over some into Patreon. I'll also give you a bit of a bump date

over on Patreon as well because we love that. There's just one thing I want to mention before we leave which Murray's encouraged me to speak about on the main episode but the baby box that you get through the Scottish government is absolutely

mind-blowing. I never knew it existed. Zoe never knew it was not a thing not only in Scotland I went to see my my midwife from my what, 22 week appointment wherever it is and she gave me the leaflet where you apply for it if anyone that doesn't know the Scottish government give you this starter box of like I kid you not it's full to the brim of clothes,

thermometers, dummies, mittens, you name it, everything you need from each stage of the baby's life up until probably a year or six months. It's like better and bits and bobs, unisex. I just can't believe how amazing that is and just goes to show me why I love Scotland so much. But the baby box and she said to me, just gives every single parent an equal start in life. Everybody has the same start in life. I said to her, you know, I don't necessarily need this box, though. And she said, a lot of people say that a lot of people wish to do, wish to, I won't take it, give it to somebody else.

And she said, no, always take the box because it's allocated to you regardless. Everyone's getting one regard to shit. And then you can then donate it. So that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to definitely take the box and I'll donate it to someone in England. Yeah. Or somewhere, somewhere, wherever. So, yeah, speak to your midwife if you're pregnant, if you didn't know about this.

I'm sure you do, but I never knew about it until I was pregnant. You never know. You never know it was a thing. And Zoe never knew it was just in Scotland. Don't know that. So, absolutely incredible. Just think it's amazing. So, well done, Scottish government. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Right, let's get into what people have dressed up as then. Yeah. Can you hear that? Hear what? Can you not hear that noise? Yeah, what is that?

Oh my God, Zoe, what is that? Why has it gone so cold and dark and dusty? I don't know, it's creeping me out. Stop it. Hello, Padans. A wee Halloween surprise me. Who do you think I amlin? I think it's quite obvious. I'm mistrunchable if you've not guessed, if you're looking on YouTube or Patreon.

I'm Jessie's future change. The window was just a terrifying noise. I can't do it. I can't speak with this dummy on, so I might just put back in. But we've also worked out that if you put the glasses on Zoe and take the dummy out, I don't have the glasses on me at the moment. Where are they? I put them over there. Marie!

A dummy makes your teeth feel so weird. We've worked out that Zoe actually looks like... Amanda Thrip. My mommy thinks they're sweet. A very versatile costume. It's perfect. Were you trying to terrify me before I give birth? Yeah. I'm telling Zoe how terrified I am of the birth process.

We've watched birth videos so she's decided to keep... these on. Who reap me out even more? But anyway, this is our Halloween costumes, guys. If you're looking, I'm Miss Trunch Bullsewe's my future child, which is presumably a girl. And yeah, we're going to go into some of your

crazy costumes. My teeth are all black as well. We need to get that rinsed out ASAP. I don't even notice. That's just what they usually look like. Do you know what I'm going to tell you first? I'm going to tell you a couple of jokes first, Halloween jokes. Go for it. So if anyone's getting any kids

going out... This is what you need to tell hears some tips for you right sometimes when me and jason can't get to sleep you say you want some jokes and i need to give a topic for him to make the jokes about and he's really good at just coming up with them i don't know how you could do that anyway halloween was the theme yeah what's a pumpkin's favorite meal i don't know carver day i like it i think that's quite good yeah i've got one more what does a spider like to do in their spare time they know surf the web thank you thank you very much

but they're good fun for a wee ghost going to people's doors do what I mean yeah trickle tree what's this while you're doing at spare time torted

I don't get any trickle tree is you because we need to flats no anyway right we're going to run through a few of what you've dressed up as we'll flash them up on the screen

if you're watching as we're talking my sister loves fajitas so naturally had to make a fajita Halloween costume that is iconic love methadone mick from still game yes that's quite a good one i think worst costume was a unicorn looked like i had and i quote a big pinkly spark a big pink sparkly dick on my head do you know what i've noticed though with halloween people just dress up as anything now

it's not it's actually lost the scary element to it no one dresses up as anything terrifying anymore No, they've not done that in years, haven't they not? It's just... It's just a fancy dress now, isn't it? I was an oxal cube, and my sister was a dice. Cardboard boxes must have been going cheap. I'll tell you something. I don't know if I ever get any pictures of this,

but I dressed up as SpongeBob Square Pants one year, and it was with a cardboard box. It was very creative for Mom. That's what I think. Mums just have to get creative. There's a lot of pressure. And, you know, your kids, when you're young and you're taking them to school, you've got to be the best.

Like, Mommy, what can I have? And you're like, fuck, I'm not for it. about an outfit. Like this Miss Trunchball outfit was everything that I had in my house. There's not one thing that I've bought. I've just noticed the t-shirt situation going on. There's a t-shirt right around my neck. I've got an old belt, well, a newish belt for a Western style. Richard's Doc Martin's on. And just a eyebrow pencil on my eyes and teeth. In wrinkles. In wrinkles, yeah. Mum dressed me as a carrot using crepe paper. It then rained, so I had orange shrieks all down my face.

The rain's an issue. Yeah. Also, I see a lot of kids having to go around with, like, a jacket over their costume because it's cold. Mum dress me up as a fucking traffic light in primary one. I bin bag with coloured bits of paper stuck to it. Some of them are just a shame.

Like, that's a shame for you. My mum made me go as a teddy bear's picnic table. She put boiled eggs and stuck them to the plates. They were rotten. Halloween 2015 will go down in history. My friends and I went out as a three blind mice and trust me when I say nothing has been more fitting. None of us remember anything after 9pm.

It was quite literally the blind leading the blind. I face planted the pavement and broke my nose. But was so drunk I didn't realize so continued my night. And my friend lost her, Celine handbag full of Tom Ford makeup. Wow. Still cry for her about that. I woke up the next morning and the guy I had a crush on for years was lying next to me and I had two black eyes mortified.

But he's now my husband and I'm three weeks behind Jess in pregnancy. so it was all for a good cause. Jesus. I've seen quite a lot of people do the three blind mice like that one. Ended up in the Daily Mail and all the trash online newspapers. Ha ha. What is that? Oh, it went as four Lamborghini cans. I was so drunk and lost my phone that night,

so I didn't realize we went viral. I wanted to go as a pink bottle, but my pal bag seed that, so it ended up as the fucking yellow one, and I was the tallest, looked like a banana. All the comments on the post were like, the one in the yellow looks like she's pissed herself. So that was cute for the hangover waking up one minute of fame. I've dressed up as quite a lot of things

I've been Tweety Pie Yeah Which I had to be a big caution my head on Like the heads on top of your face I've been a pig Shock And my mum made that with I think a bed sheet

And stuffed it all So I had like a big Like belly bit Yeah And then I had a headband of ears And like the big pig nose come over Mm-hmm What else have I been

I was chucky Female Chucky dungarees red hairstripe t-shirt that was like a scary one though I also went as Mia Wallace from Port Viction that was my favourite again made that got a white shirt black wig I'll put a picture of that one because I look really good in that one actually

I have the chucky as well and I think that's all I've ever done I don't recall ever dressing up I've never really been a big Halloween girl I do like the thought of it but then when it comes to it you need to sink of some I'm like oh god some people go all out don't like the Kardashian and that. This is like their moment.

If I had a house, I would have a Halloween party every year. I wonder how many people would go with somebody from, what's the guy that sucks the bath water? Salt burn. And he has the big antlers on his head. That's a good one. And go with another girl, the one with a crazy dress. Years ago at uni, I went as a naked sim pick to follow.

Oh, that one's brilliant. That's a really good one. That is a really good one. There's loads of here. What we'll do is, well, oh, I love it when people dress up as Alan from the Hangover. I should have done that with the baby. God, there's loads, there's absolutely loads and loads and loads. So what we'll do

is we'll flash up loads of images, as I'm speaking right now, of all of your pictures that you've sent in. We've got bloody rug rats, we've got the Flintstones, Hey Arnold, things just have been quite good from bed sheets. I don't know what the

fuck you are. A ghost. One time I dressed up as a jellyfish, it was brilliant, but everyone thought I was a lamp. missed the potato heads oh my god there's loads so we'll flash them up on the screen and you can pick who's his best

we love it so anyway we'll carry this on slightly into Patreon and we've got lots of other things to talk to you about on our list of things that we've just been up to because we haven't actually had a proper catch-up for about two and a half weeks of not so there's so many more things

that we've done that we'll talk to you about over there and yeah one more thing before we live leave because it's October and because you should be doing this all the time, please make sure you check your titties. I know you can't take me serious as I'm sat here looking like this. No, I don't have any boobs because I'm a baby. Please get in the shower. We did an episode, a really good episode on it a year ago where we did lots of awareness on how you can properly check your boobs. So please do that when

you're in the shower. And yeah, we love you all. Lots and lots. Copper feel. Grab those milky tinnies. Right, love you. I feel uncomfortable with her son. See you on Pitchellioni. Bye!

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