A Lot On Your Plate - S6 Ep15: Book Club, Hairdresser Breakups & No Kids at Weddings?

Episode Date: August 5, 2025

This week we’re catching up on Zoe’s holiday, her latest book recs, and the surprise she came home to 👀We’re also diving into some dilemmas - should kids be invited to weddings? And how do you break up with your hairdresser or beautician without feeling like a terrible person? 😭Let us know your thoughts, especially if you’ve ever had to ghost your salon...And remember you can sign up to Patreon for an extra episode every week plus bonus vlog style content, competitions, group chat, early access to tickets and looooads more! See you there piggies 💖 patreon.com/ALotOnYourPlate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I did. I missed you. Me or the girly wellies, the guileys. The gailies. Fantastic. That was great. It was a nice wee break to be off. I've not been off the podcast in ages.

Oh no. Bless you. When you think about it. You've been a workhorse. I kind of forgot about that. But Crete was good. I'm back from my holidays. I was in the island of Crete,

which is massive, by the way. What part of Crete did you stay in? Rithymno. Yep, I think I'm butchered in that. That's quite popular, isn't it? I have no idea. But we were kind of like 10-minute drive out from the old town. So it's quite good.

Did you get a car? No, we got a taxi. I did say it. was about 10 drive rental places around us. But Jason's just not for that. That's fair. He doesn't want me to drive either, which whatever. Save the arguments.

Yeah. But we only went in maybe three or four nights out of, well, we were there at eight nights, but one night was just to sleep when we got there because the flights, they ran back at 11 o'clock at night. Oh. There's no early flights. Right.

So you're wasting the whole day, really. But then... Yeah, but we booked eight so that we still had a week sort of thing. Yeah. We did eight full days, which was nice. I feel like one day more than a week's the perfect amount because a week feels a wee bit too short but as long as you've got one more day

feels like... And it's whatever? Yeah. Anyway, but... Remember when everyone used to do two week holidays back in the day? Like, you know... No one would do week trips. Or even ten days.

Never. Honestly, I'm going to put it out there. Ten days is too much for me. Two weeks is long. You're basically backpack travelling if you go in two weeks. If I go to show you, I'm going for two weeks. Like that's me long haul. I just think it's long.

It is. Do you know what it is? I think it's different if you maybe get an apartment or like a villa and you're doing some cooking and it's kind of like your home comforts a wee bit like you can I make it homely but I think when you're in a hotel and you've only got like their breakfast every morning and stuff

that I just get so sick of it honestly day too I'm like I don't like that breakfast anymore it's just why they're so much ham and cheese out at 9 o'clock in the morning Yeah over it or was it like a continental breakfast style buffet What are you doing with that? What? Please tell me what you're doing with the ham of cheese and by the way

I don't mean a toast like ham and cheese toasty I mean like a shakutri board at 9 o'clock in the morning nobody touches it actual nobody touches that and cakes why are we eating cakes it's the breakfast thing

sorry I just don't understand it I just don't understand it I'm freaking it is and then the fucking eggs are always weird yeah

things like that and you know I'm not that fussy as I need you right but I think breakfast is a funny one because you feel a bit iffy in the morning anyway so you just want like your wheatobics or something You just know that all the people that work at that hotel have the ick for that breakfast that they put at every morning

they must and every single morning I asked for an ice decaf latte and every single morning they said decaf and I was like yeah had it yesterday and then they were like oh right okay did you have a fredo cappuccino? It was the strongest thing I've ever had in my life couldn't drink it

oh it was so strong was it? Like the caffeine must have been Yeah but you can't really handle caffeine can you? Well it was decaf still though Oh But like the taste of it was just Right

Pure coffee Potent coffee Alright Anyway The hotel I stayed there was actually lovely Cold Called Nalu N-A-LU

It's new It's only been open since May Right Apparently it was something before And then it got like Re-Fibbed Yeah And that was kind of

It's quite hard to recommend A hotel Because you don't know what people will like Or like the area because it was on just a street that had a few different restaurants like at a sports bar your typical holiday shop

so at first I was about like there's not really much on this but actually once you bypass the pictures on the menu and go into the restaurant they were actually all really nice like loads of trees and very Greek so actually on reflection at first I thought I don't know if I would shout about this

I can tell people to go but I actually think I quite likes it now right and the whole The hotel was, even if they didn't have that, the hotel was nice enough and the old town's not that far. Yeah. We could still do it anyway. But it was really nice and we, so reasonably priced. He is, though, for hotels.

I think that's why everyone's going there. But when I tried to look, it was all adults only, all the really good ones. I think they're all, see that kind of vibe I was at there that looks at that Stela Island, but it's not. Because loads people are like, we're at Stela Island, wasn't they? Do you know what's that? It's that one that's got all, like, the pods in the pool and all the beds are around. Is that in Crete? Yeah.

Right. It's quite new I think like a couple years and loads of people have me gotten it But I think a lot of the hotels are that kind of The visual that I was at Like the bohemium sort of Yeah A bit like Oku

That's kind of what my hotel felt like It was quite Oku vibes So I think a lot of them are adults only Yeah But yeah I would recommend it And we got It wasn't a private pool But it was like a

All the rooms on the ground floor Across the front Had a pool That like ran across the mall So it was like a shared pool then but nobody was ever in it It was just me and Jason It was our pool

Wow We owned that pool That was all yours And what I'll tell you is You go to the shared pool Or beach Because at the private beach As well

In the morning And then at like twoish You go back to the room You have your lunch And then the sun is on your balcony At your own pool And then you just stayed there For the rest of the afternoon

Did you read any books Yes I read finished Wrong sister Did I finish that before I went Yes Yes No, I think maybe did I finish it on the plane?

Not sure. I think I had finished it. Then I downloaded... Remember me talking about that sexy book? Yes. It was called One Word again, wasn't it? The one that was similar to the... It was the house where they had a thing about...

Praise. The Sex Club. That's it. For kinks and all that? Yeah. But Christian grey vibes. Yeah, I ended up downloading It's actually part of a

A trilogy sort of thing Called this is Salacious Players Club Right So I download the second one eyes on me And it was, so there's two guys that own the club And the first book was about one of them And then this book's about the other guy

But it's a full thing we're step-sister Which is obviously a bit fucking sick right But all we're going to say here is There's actually no blood relation there people love that sort of kink I mean it's not for me but I'll read about it absolutely and that was

I'm going to say that was better than the first one I know then I downloaded the third one but I'm only like a couple of chapters into that and that's called give me more so the first one's praise then it's eyes on me and then it's give me more I thought you would have downloaded that

dictionary by Sophie well I was going because I asked in the group chat on Patreon and everyone had said that and then I think when I was searching for it that came up and I remembered how much I liked the first one, I thought. When I was on holiday, loads of people were reading that book.

It's new, I think. Diction any. Yeah, loads of people. And it's funny because when I went to Tenerife with my mom and Paul, what, like two, three years ago now, at their hotel, loads of people were reading, is it Meet Me in Dubai or something? Oh, yeah, I won before that.

I've not read any of her books. They're such good, like, holiday reads, I think. Do you know what's difficult about my holiday? As I pull my book out and Jason's like, what are you doing? What do you think? And I'm like, I'm reading my book. He's like, Oh, so you want to do play in the book?

Yeah. Or like, just wants me there to converse with. But I'm like, can you stop talking to me? Because I'm reading my book. Or I'll go to put my earphones in and he's like, what are you doing? What are you doing? Like, this is my holiday as well.

We need to discuss something. We've noticed that you've got some new headphones. I got the Apple head. I got them in the airport. Did you? Yeah, I thought fucking why not. He's then? I thought they sell Apple headphones and...

An airport, do they? In Edinburgh airport, they've got that animation shop or whatever it's called. Oh yeah, emotion. Yeah, something like that. Like with iPads and all that, isn't it? That's where I bought my iPad that time. I got an iPad as well.

What? I don't know. Do you get tax back? No, I just get your spend at the airport. I don't know what's all about it. You just bought yourself fucking iPad. I think I'm trying to keep myself distracted and panic attack.

Feeling cosmobic, I buy things. So anyway, I got the headphones mainly because they had the kind of white silver ones and they're quite hard to get just in like your old curries down the road. So I got them... Do we bet you have wanted them for a long time? Over a year.

I've really sat on it and I do like them. I don't know if they're right for by the pool. Didn't they go over your head? Well, they're over your head for one, right? See, when I was listening to the podcast... I was sorry. I was wondering you were sweating your tits off. No, I had fucking 10 layers from my head, right?

So we had to listen to the podcast and I obviously have got a hat on because I've always got a hat on holiday. Did nothing because I've got a moustache. Anyway, I then only had them in my beach. bag you've obviously missed me because you're thinking I'm funny I'm not even doing anything

I just fucking makes me so I've got my cap on in fact you know what I think it was actually a fucking straw cowboy hat right I don't think that suits me did you have that strong hat for H&M I don't know where it's from but I think it might be HM it's got like wires

through the rim there was a picture you had and it looked quite structured but also thought that looks at the one I had and it was pure locked signs It looked like the hat from Harry Potter. I left Mining Creek. So good luck to anyone who got that.

Grivano! Just floppy. I wanted a structured hat, not floppy. Anyway, I had that one. Do you know what is the best cowboy hat to get and it's sold out everywhere is the one from Monday swimwear? They do it in black and beige

and it is the best straw cowboy hat but it's so hard to get. So if anyone wants one, get it. Pusses me off and I don't say I want it. so I had those fucking heads full what are you after that now you're really funny today are you choking I think it's just because you were talking to Richard last time

the bar's low valid point valid point right so I've got those fucking headphones over my cowboy hat so that I don't think that was right I'm just imagining you with them round that pretty hat but I look like a fucking weirdo.

But do you know what they're great for? The plane. Yes. Are they noise cancelling? Yeah, I forgot planes made a noise. I like that noise though. I took them off and I was like, whoa! Am I outside?

A white noise? It was in a fucking window. It was so loud, but I get missing announcements. What do you need to know when an announcement for? How long have we left? Right, got it. Because I lose track of time and I, sometimes the unknown's good. Who'd you fly away?

Sleazy jet. I was sleazy jet in the way there and I was jet too in the way back. Nick. Nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday. Although tight airline. I love Jet 2. No, I've never been tighter my life. What do you mean tight? I had in the space, my knees were touching a person in front of me

and I've got legs to the height of shite. Yeah, but EasyJet is the same. I felt a lot more confined than the Jet 2 one. I'm cross-rip very darned. Also, by the way, the key airport, the rumours are true. Are they? That was hell on earth, but I was fine. I was prepared for it.

Knowing these things is better for me. Did you pay for an upgrade to go in the lounge? Yeah, I did, and then they cancelled it an hour before we were going to the airport. What do you mean? Why would they cancel the lounge? Oh, wait, was that a day before? I was sitting on our fancy balcony, and I got a refund thing from, like, the place was called amusement that I booked it through. And I was like, that's my fucking lounge access.

I need the lounge because I'm going to have a panic attack. So then I went on and they'd cancelled it. And I thought, do you know what? Everything would be fine. Worst airport ever. It took us about an ever to check our cases in. Which all that doesn't bother me because I'd rather be on that side of the airport than the other

with a wait, do you know what I mean? Like I'd rather be near the door. So got that sort of just then only had the kind of hour to wait and the gates, honestly, with the sides of this studio but there was 400 people in it. Like there's no space. Why? Not an inch of space.

I took a picture, I'll put it here. Like, ding, ding. Everyone's confined. People are just sitting on the floor. You can even walk unless you were walking over people's legs. Just no seats, no space. space each gate had like you know how in well any airport I go to there's one in the time of your flight there's only one location on a gate do you know what I mean yeah like gate eight's

only going to London it's no going to London Paris and France I know Paris has France do you what I mean whereas this one had like Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast and somewhere else all in the one gates all these people are in this one room I feel like the whole of the UK was in Greece in the summer. And Crete especially. Everyone was having a Greek summer. They were. So the airport is terrible. So if you are going soon, like it's not unbearable, but just have like a wee fan or something. Because the aircon... Just break yourself. I don't know if there is the acorn, it doesn't feel like there is, but it's probably just because there's loads of people. It's so hot. Yeah. And then everyone's like try to bash through the doors to get to the gate because then they change the gates a lot. Like last minute.

I was thankfully didn't. But it just wasn't like, you can't sit back and relax in the airport. You're not sitting like playing a game of cards. and if you're waiting on your plane you're sitting, tap me your leg so just be wary of that but the only really standout thing I've got to tell you is I went to a lake with those turtles

cute and it was well cute it's called Lake Coornis and it was like a half an hour drive from us and then you get on a pedalo and you pedal to like the opposite side of the lake where all the bushes and everything basically the edge yeah and that's where they all are and they all live there

oh cute and there's hunters of them by the way because TikTok was telling me that they don't always come out or that you don't always see them but there was loads of them right I saw I keep calling them sea urchins

but that's another word I think that that's from Little Mermaid Eels Is that the snake Like snaky looking things Sea urchin is a real thing Is it? Yeah

I kept just saying that because I don't know what's called them but it was an eel I think and it was horrible That's like a snake in the pool Yes Well it's not a pool But you know

Snake in the pool So if you're going there and you're close enough because I text Hayley saying you should come here but it was ages away from her Oh was it Because where was she in Crete? I don't know right

Because her hotel looks nice Haley was there at the same time Rosie was there at the same time and Rosie was there and 50 minutes for me one way and Hayley was 50 the other way and no matter where we tried to find a halfway point it was still like well over an hour for both of us

And it was just so annoying because like you feel so close but you're actually not so close yet so far do you know what else we did which we did which was really, I'd say out of character for the both of us. We got seizures. Shut up. But the thing is, though, the beaches in Greece are so pebbly.

Had to. To be fair, I went in with my flip-flops because you're like, ah, ah, ah, ha! And the heat of the stones. The sand and everything, I know. The first day, because we just went to the beach at our hotel, and the first day we did just go in with her flip-flops. But Jason had quite, like, chunky sliders, so he was fine, but mine were, like, flopped about the place.

So they weren't protecting my toes. Yeah. so then and it was a really nice water and it was dead quiet and we wanted to go again and it was even him that was like everyone had these on by the way this was one just off our hotel so like people were obviously buying them just put them on there yeah we're in at the pool everyone had them on so everyone obviously thought the same thing and see when i went in with them what a time i had yeah much better see you not care and if you bash your toe off or rock or like the heat or like the stones like they really make the bottoms my feet sore

the stones like it's not just for the moment it's like the next day they'll shrill sore I think I've got sense of feet. On that bunion of yours. That bunny's struggling. Not that's actually my life foot. My life's worse. I think it's the swelling on the plane with trainers on. Yes.

Anyway, if you want a good dip in the sea but don't want to be thinking about gash on your show, then get the sea shes. Couldn't agree more. The only person you're dicking out is yourself and you get over it. And you have it a whale of a time. No part of the tending.

We saw fish in the sea and then we were fish spot and I love doing that. I always feel like you have to find. a nice reef to find the tropical fish because I don't just swim in the middle of the sea you need to go to the edge it gives you the ick a bit but then once you're there you're like wow

I know I do like this I think I've kept in the conclusion I like the sea not the sand well I don't know if it was the same for you in Cree did you go to the beach much only the one at the hotel right so in Kefalonia especially the beach

I don't know what it's actually cool but it's the dip so it's really level at one point and then I kid you not it is like a severe drop once you're in the sea yeah there was a bit of that yeah and then it comes back up again I don't know I obviously don't go that far right okay it's not it's quite dangerous for kids so there was one near us where we were staying and it was more family friendly and I kept saying why is that more family friendly beach so than the other because they're all pebbly and there were this Greek guy was telling me it's because of the dip in the ocean wow they can't go so far and then it's like a sudden

buff no I don't like that deep blue sea and that's quite skis And then, you know, when you're swimming and all of a sudden it goes freezing. And you're like... Or roasting. Yeah. He-ho. I was doing all that in my hand, trying that was shark. We had like a dip, but it was a dip, then it came back.

Right. Because I was kind of like under it. And then before I knew it, I was standing up again. Do you think it has some of the most beautiful beaches, though, Greece? Very gorgeous. Yeah, even that one was so nice. It was just like, well, I didn't travel to like a specifically nice one. Yeah.

There was actually one not far that we saw on the way to the lake that day that I did want to go to but see honestly it just got too hot to do anything. Yeah. Like we're going to get the boat over to Santorini one day because you can do that, then we're like, it's going to be too hot. Can't sit on a boat when it's that hot because there's ney hiding. Ney hiding. Speaking of airports, did you see Donald Trump landed at our favourite Preswick airport?

That's what we mean, though, do you know what I mean? Shite man for a shite airport. And did you see the amount of people that actually was with him? Did you see the video of the cars? No, all I saw was the size of the plane. No, I didn't see that. Massive plane. I didn't see that.

But it was the cars following his big massive bulletproof limo. There was hundreds, Zoe. Now, what I want to know is, a lot of them were like American Chrysler-style cars. How did they get here? Marie, do you know the answer to that? On the planes, generally. Fuck off.

What, the cars? Yeah. They'd bring them over. His big limo comes on, I think, Air Force One, and the rest of the cars would come on separate planes. So it's not just his plane that flies in Air Force One with the presidential plane. He'll have an entourage with him that all have arrived two or three days beforehand. I guess they're not all allowed to be on the same plane

because that's like the royal family. They can't fly all together. Did you know that? Yeah. Imagine going on your family holiday and you can't ever fly together. See you there. Knowing that the reason is because one of you might die. I can't think that about a whole family being in the same car, though, as well.

Yeah. do you know what I mean What was Donald Trump here for again Trump Turnberry Yeah he's just on a private trip A golfing trip basically Holiday There's fucking worse things going on the world love

Can you go and sort it I think it's playing swinging your flipping golf club Right anyway That's all I've got to tell you about my holiday I think But it sounds gorgeous It was lovely I would recommend And you looked quite pretty Quite pretty

I didn't feel it That okay last thing I want to say I can't wait To know these tits next year Why? Did they really bother you that much on holiday? Honestly, it ruins my day every day. There's just no... And this is what I was going to say

because you mentioned Monday swimwear. I've ordered a couple of bikinis from there for my next couple of holidays. And I just need them to be better fitting. Like, I just... I like to take my straps off when I'm lying in the sun so I don't get marks. Well, you know, Natasha Oakley,

and I think it's Devon? Yes. She has the biggest natural breamies ever. Tasha Oakley doesn't and I do believe they designed swimwear for more like cavacious women and to really support big boobies so I do think you might be all right

I hope you are anyway because I think it's just hard because it's expensive that I know and I look at them and I'm like looks like a bra to me yeah because I don't want a like a padded wired bra yeah but I also don't want like a multi-coloured patterned bikini because it's just not really my thing so then it's like what I'm really wanting is like just a nice brown one but then the plainer it is, the more bra-looking it could be.

I know. But we'll see how it goes. But I just thought, I was having loads of thoughts about it. One being the top half, which I'm used to, so yeah, it was annoying me. But two, the bottom half is just as bad. Why are bikini pants so, like, loose? The worst. But, like, they're so loose at the bum, but, like, you need them to be tight to keep them up.

I never told you this, right? This is a fact about me. So, when I used to work in fashion, I used to look after the men's swim wedding, didn't I? And when I first joined the company, one of my biggest gripes was bottoms for women in swimwear. Yeah. And I used to love like the primark lacy thong. And I used to think, why can't we design a bikini bottom that fits like the lace thong does where it doesn't dig in. That's my exact thought. Yeah, right? My dad works in textile industry. So he used to sell knitting machines. He still does. He sells knitting machines, right? I wanted to propose my dad to go in business with me to create this

swimwear brand and he made me go away and do like a big massive business plan board because there was no way he was going to invest in me unless I was going to be a business woman but bear in mind I'd only just started working for this swimwear company well the swimwear account and yeah I really really wanted to make that happen I also had this vision of making menswear swim trunks as well I wanted to make a really cool brand um but yeah that was that was on my pitch to my dad was to create swimwear bottoms for women that were fitting for hips That's exactly what I think. Never went through with it.

Imagine if I did, what it would be like now, I'd be like Tash Rokely. I'd be bloody buzzing with that. Oh no. That's exactly, honestly, what I say because I still wear those pants a lot of time and I feel fine in them. Wait, they sit nice on me.

They sit lovely. They don't dig in at my sides, like nothing. But also that's a thong. I've never wore a thong bikini. I think you should wear a thong bikini, though, Zoe, because you do have a really good bum. It's not even that I think it will look that good. I think it will just be more flattering for me

because I do have a chunky arsh hole it sticks out from my body quite a lot so like what I get is like a bum full of material above my bum at the bottom of my back with a pant yeah do you know what I mean so I think I'd be better going down the thong route

will I feel exposed I don't know you probably will feel exposed but could you just put like a little not so wrong but you know what I mean like a little cover up round or is yeah well I would do that anyway really I'm not floating about with my ars out And then if you're sunbathing on your front and you've got your thong bikini, that looks nice.

Oh, so they've got me an arsh enemy. Exactly. You're always constantly pulling them out. Honestly, topless is the way forward. I know maybe not in a public space. I'd have the confidence. But when you have your own place, it was so much better. I even said to Jason one day because we had that wee bit,

but annoyingly the way that everyone went to the pool, like they walked by your balcony. Yeah. Like down to the main bit. so I mean it wasn't that busy so no one really walked by but you'd get the odd person if they didn't I would have just went topless there because constantly having to pull myself

and was doing my nothing yeah doing my tits in doing your big titty's in that's what I'll be doing getting I need good fit in swimwear I think you hopefully have looked with Monday so let us all know how you get on with it when's it arriving

it's from Australia isn't it it should be coming I think it's like mid to end the next week your Ibitha when next week? No, week after. I'm not going Ibiza with Zoe now, guys. It's not happening. Things are moving a bit more forward with...

This is... The excuse actually isn't even the house stuff. As you could tell from last week's episode, Richard really doesn't really want to go. So he might come to me or could to meet me, but even that, it's not priority at the moment. So not doing it. I'm sad about that too, Zaz, but next year, this bitch is back.

Next year is my 30th, you know? I know. I fricking no. I can't believe that. So what we do, him? Is Vegas a bit much? Never. I think we should go to Vegas.

Vegas is never a bad idea. I think we should go to Vegas. Why not? Why the hell not? I'm sorry, Vegas is not going to be any more expensive than a fucking flight diabetes. It's probably not, you know. And also, I will spend my 30th in COVID, so. It's a joint celebration of a lot of things.

Oh, not even that. mean is make the most of it love you're 30 I well I think that's what you should do Miami we could even do that Miami trip that we were meant to go on in COVID that got cancelled although I don't know if I'd really be up for that now I don't think I'm overly bothered about Miami it's not really overly that bothered about America since Nashville to be fair but we'll do it I know I want like the tackiness of Vegas though it's so tacky like I want the so good Vegas is shit Yeah, it's so good

I think that's what we should do But I do think we would need to start planning that Quite soon Yeah People need notice for that Yeah Anyway that's the plan But we can do more holidays anyway next year

Well we'll need to go Ibitha If I'm not going this year God love that place Just a weekend I think I would just go there every year in my life I got invited to Charlotte's Did I say that on the pod Wedding in L.A. in November

The invite came through the post this week That's November. Yeah. I don't think it can happen. I just can't be without Jensen for that length of time. For make it worthwhile, I'd need to go for a good week. Yeah. I can't, I don't feel comfortable leaving him for that length of time.

And I don't feel comfortable about taking him on a 10-hour flight on my own. Richard wouldn't come with me. He was invited, but he won't do that this short notice. It's quite long for that age. Yeah. And also, if I'm hoping to move house before Christmas, then financially it won't be possible. also even if Jensen would be fine on the flight then you're awake for the whole

like you can't go to sleep and also I don't want to have him at a wedding no I know I am all for children not be invited to weddings I'm just going to say it I don't feel guilty that you're not inviting my son to my wedding I'm not offended and it said it was a big thing about weddings about like not being traditional with everything

and one of the points was have children at weddings they bring the chaos the dance phone and I thought that's the reason I'm not having them there do you know what it is it's not even that I don't think the kids annoy me because even before Jensen it wouldn't have even phased me that they were annoyed me because they're not annoying me they're cute right yeah it's more the fact that the people that I want there they won't be able to enjoy themselves properly and I want them to have a really good time yeah and the children mostly will not remember it if they're young yeah if they're older then fair enough or they're like the page page page boy flower girl

Prize made them Fairfax but... I think why not even just have them at that sort of ceremony a bit and then just don't even bring them to the dinner? Because surely they're going to need like a bedtime at around like seven, eight and then you're worried about them putting them to bed, where they go in. I know. I don't know. Want to think about.

But I'm not offended guys if you invite me to wedding and gents is not. That's cool by me. It kind of is the same for me with the partner thing. people will just assume partners should be invited to a wedding why? Yeah, not a friend of if Rich is not invited He probably don't want to go

No I know Because what I will say is going to a wedding If people you don't really know is actually quite awkward Very You're literally witnessing the biggest day of their life And their eyes You don't even know of them Or like you've not even met the partner

That's so true actually yeah You meet a lot of the time You meet your friend's partner On a wedding day yeah Like that's weird to me But I know what happens I've been the person for the first time

and it is nice because you're obviously doing it in a nice way but it's still a bit like why am I hearing I don't know you? Yeah, very strange bizarre me and Zoe are

sorry he brought me back some Baclova from Greece but I have got this crazy obsession with Trip guys so I'm drinking trip today Zoe reminded me that I loved this one we've drank it on last week's episode

was that on side dish or the main I think we maybe started on the main but the side dish was when the magic happened and the magnesium line's main camemail and lamb and bam kicked in and you were going a bit doolay just do a slap do you know what this would be amazing him so right guys i've got this new um ice cream maker called a freeze wand and i'm trying out of ice cream and i made an apparel yesterday right so i got the apparel prececo but this flavor of Tripp they do an orange and orange blossom one and you put a

slice of orange in an apparel don't you and I'm making an apparel slushy but I actually poured the trip into that instead of the soda so I can't wait to try that see what that's like a better flavor yeah it might not taste any different but I do think trip you know you're getting the CBD or the magnesium so you can even just have this it'll feel like a cocktail without the alcohol but you could add alcohol Have you done out of your cans yet? No. I probably have one a day.

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and I was fucking waffled on for an hour so I'll give you an update next week. The only thing I have to tell you is I'm absolutely loving Jason's protein sourdough bread. Oh, I saw you say that actually. I have it every single morning at the moment because I've been on my health kick. I've been having one slice or two

of toasted Jason sourdough with two scrambled eggs a couple of slices of smoke salmon if I have it in half an avocado a tablespoon of cottage cheese and some sauerkra or some kimchi and it is

I kid you not about 55 grams of protein in that breakfast and it fills me up for so long so delicious what am I speaking about my heck package shit so we need to talk about this

right now I've got a bone to pick with you heck after this have you follow me Instagram which you might you'll have stalking back to a massive heck box at my door like literally a few hours after I arrived home

perfect timing and it's got about five packets of the chicken sausages that I like the ones who like the Italian herbs in it there's then another one that's got like spring onion and stuff in it there's also chicken burgers is there? Yeah like no breaded just like

I've not tried them yet though kind of looks at the sausages and a burger two packs of them sausage rashers I wouldn't know what to do with them kind of long rectangle things bacon no it must be like

bacon rash about the sausages kind of long thin rectangles never seen them and chicken mince gorgeous I've had that one before what I'm going to tell you right now is obviously I have the sausages with my breakfast

kind of like you have a bit of bread scramble eggs sausages avocado I actually meal prepped good for you obviously I'm going to I beef in two weeks

and I thought, well, how'd you lose 10 so in two weeks? So, a meal prepped a pasta with a chicken mince. Yum. Honestly, unbelievable, by the way. What did you have in it? I mean, it's nothing on your shuna pasta, right? But it's just the chicken mince, peppers, tomatoes, some herbs and spices, the pasta.

But you put the pasta in the dish. I've never done that. I always boil my pasta separately. Yeah. This wee Lassie online told me to put it in. What, with the mints? Yeah, so I've cooked the mints and the... I didn't put onions in it because I don't think onions...

Put a bit of pasta water in it and make it. Yeah, so then add... It's obviously all quite thick, but then you added like 600 mill water, say. And then you put the pack... Because I added the water and thought, why have I just done that? It's so watery now. But then it said you add the pasta to the actual... So it's a one pan.

Got it, got it, got it. But I've never done that. I've always done my pasta separate. Yeah, I see what you mean, right? I instantly thought, I know they told me to do it, but I kind of regretted it. I thought I'm not sure. Well, the thing is, pasta water is so starchy that it actually makes it a lot more silkyer and creamier. So, it's probably quite, you're getting all the pasta water in that.

So pasta went in and then maybe like fifth, put a lid on, 50 minutes. It was like, obviously not as watery. So nice. Yeah. Forgot the last step. Then. Philadelphia. Parmesan.

Gorgeous. Shaved parmesan in in the actual pot. Mixed it all. through you could see it like stretching and melting all over it and that gave me it was meant to be four portions but actually made it three because protein and all that but that's like 55 gram protein in that 500 calories per serving bloody amazing does and it's so good by the way that chicken mince I'm a fan of that you'll be making that on repeat fixation because like I was saying when we're talking about the other week I buy everything in and I've got great intentions

I know exactly what I'm making can't be arsed yeah and even in the morning I I do kind of dread making my eggs and my sauce. Like, I'm always just about like, ugh. Yeah. But I know that it's good. So I had that for my lunch yesterday. And I'll probably have it for, like, my dinner tomorrow because Jason's in office.

For the next 10 days before I meet her. That's just me. And then I'm starting to overthink, like, but I'm passing it. I'm like, shut the fuck up. You know, but you know when you're in that panic mode. Carb, you need carbs. There's nothing wrong. Do you know what it is?

Everyone has to focus on fibres. and protein. Absolutely. And fibre is the thing that makes you shit and you need it and there's fibre in pasta you could swap it for that

protein pasta from M&S if you really want to make it a bit more. By the protein spaghetti is not nice so have you had that? No, it's not that good but the protein It breaks up into tiny wee bits. Yeah, it's quite soft

so what you need to do is cook it just a little bit less and make it al dente. Yeah. But honestly I really enjoyed that pasta and I'm glad to find something that was so easy to make. Yeah.

Because I think meal prep has pulled the answer for me to actually make. Mail prep is probably, the food that you'd make for meal prep is probably the easiest way to eat. Because you know what I found? So like one pan foods. Exactly. And you know how I'm always saying the protein struggle's real? Like getting enough protein in? I had my one bit of sourdough with my two eggs, four chink sausages in the morning. Didn't have avocado in that morning so I didn't have any. Then I had that for my lunch and then I had literally some tuna and rice

with corn and the cob and a protein yogurt and I hit my goal that's the doubt me having to have like a protein shake wee chick sati stick you know what I mean but it was literally my three meals done

perfect what you should do so is swap your protein yogurt right for Greek yogurt yeah because it's just as high in protein by the way less shit in it and add some berries

and some chia seed and maybe a little bit of nut butter try that better for you as well I actually had it with some crush meringue gorgeous I put it in a bowl like I was trying to make it a thing but I have a bone to put with heck

alright so I know you're listening because obviously that's why you sent Zoe a pack of sausages I'm looking at you for the camera my sausage pasta that my whole just just food pages based on was heck sausages I tried to work with you for about

seven years every single person in the Scottish belt bought those hex ostriches for that pasta every single week for the past six, seven years and not once have you messaged me back and you send this girl a whole box of your chicken fucking mints and honestly I don't like cooking

and I'm a food blogger I think there's just a lot to say about that I'm only joking heck I do love you and I'll always continue to love you but I do find that quite hilariously but I was so like Zoe that's a huge from you babes and I'm so proud of you. Also, what's funny is I put up my thing of

just the sausages, I thought I'll tag them again and they replied saying, let us know when you've ran out, we'll send you more. So I think I've got free heck sausages for life. Well, heck, if you'd like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch chat. Heck, we love you. We had some dilemmas last week, but I

felt like we should have saved them when you were back. Okay? because they're all girly-wellie. Yeah, just... We don't need Richard Tate answering some of these questions. Hey, girlies, I'm fairly new listener and really enjoying the authenticity in the podcast. You're smashing it.

Lovely, thank you. I'm not sure how things work around here, but I had a question I'd love for you to discuss some time. How do you keep up with fashion trends, and where are you shopping? I'm in my late 20s, and I always feel like I'm a little late to the party when it comes to style.

I totally believe in wearing what makes you feel good but I also like staying current. Any tips or guidance on how to stay in the loop would be amazing. Scroll on ASOS like it's Instagram. Every single morning new in, ding, ding. I do that. Honestly, I'm never half that app. But do you know what ASOS do now? It's like an algorithm. It actually picks things that it thinks you like in the first page unless you filter it to newest first. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like I'm not a massive, like I wouldn't see someone wear like a full outfit and buy the full outfit. Yeah. Like I don't really take a full thing from

what I see if you know what I mean. But I just think if you want to stay inspired, like you need to find people that you maybe like their style. Style or similar trends. Do you know what? I have noticed though, the people that I like their style the most don't really tap into trends. I was just going to say I don't feel like it changes.

Like for example, I've wore a t-shirt with a skirt for about 10 years and I think I'll do that for the rest of my life. Like I like that look. I don't really think that's I feel like it was a trend at one point but it always looks nice agree that's just an example obviously but that looks nice for our body type yeah

yeah I don't think tapping into trends is a massive thing me and Zoe were saying this and it's almost like when you walk into somewhere like Zah which I think is terrible at the moment but you are trends are being forced upon you so for example peplum

peplum tops are everywhere at the moment and I might eat my words in the next few months because there might be a style that I do think is nice and they've sort of like moved it on to a current trend that I like. But I never thought I'd be wearing a peplum top since I was like 21. But now I see it everywhere. It's the only thing I can buy in the sort of colourways that I like. It's like it's been forced on me in the shops that I shop in. I think it. But I don't want to wear it. It kind of tricks you because and I just a top like me saw in that at that time, no for me. But then I did see it.

someone wear a waistcoat the other day that had the sort of peplum edge and then it had matching trousers and together it looked amazing That's what I mean. But it's in a style of a tailored top that you like that suits your body That's what I mean by they may move it on

And I probably will eat my words A little bit like the ballet shoes Which we slag, the netted belly shoes We slag last season They've moved them on so much now To a wearable style that I actually think Or have I just seen it so much that I'm like, they actually look really cute.

They don't suit me. I've tried them. They still don't suit me. No, they don't suit me. But I can now bear them. I think they can look cute on people. Yeah, me too. I love it, it's a red pair.

Like, I love it and it's like a, that's your, that's your outfit. Yeah. So, I don't know, I would also love to say as well, like, we definitely mentioned this, but when we worked at quiz, animal print, print was huge. My whole wardrobe was print, print, print, print, print. And I ended up giving most of it to charity because animal print then didn't come back around again for another like couple years

unless that's your thing. You can wear it however long you want. But I didn't like it anymore. I got sick to the death, like back teeth of it. I'm like, get that out of my wardrobe. Mine did it and black one? Yes. Yellow and black.

It's not wearable. No. And it also doesn't wash too well. I think when you tap into trend, you're buying things that are a bit more cheaper because you know you're not going to get much wear out of it as well. It doesn't last very long. Honestly, find your style and just stick with it.

I've not purposely not bought a lot of clothes at the moment because my figure isn't where it's at so there's no point in me buying anything that I think I'm going to waste my money on. Don't go wrong, I still buy shit, but not to the extent that I was. Yeah. But I'm also not going out as much as I was. No, I know, same.

I'm more a panic buyer for holidays and events. General buying is not as much for me anymore either. weddings holidays yeah but I do find I always go for the same I think what you said like find a style

that you feel comfortable in like for me I don't like my legs out but if I train like leopard print for example I won't then be buying the leopard print miniskirt but I'll maybe buy

some leopard print trousers yeah because that's what I like if you're comfortable in but it's still got the trend if you want it like you're not going to catch me in a pair of capri pants because the capri pants

as much as they look so good on some people's bodies like I would then have to wear that with something oversized to cover the top half of my legs because I wouldn't be able to have this part out on show. I know me neither and it would look like I'd leggings on. Yeah. It looks cool leggings. I know and I do think I definitely like Capri Pants in an example. I love that on people but I don't the legs for that so I've just accepted that's never for me. I would even dare try.

You can almost appreciate other people. You're like, you look gorgeous but you also in the back of your mind know that in the next few months no one's going to be wearing that. It's going to be winter they'll be forgotten about until next summer i've come to the conclusion by the way in terms of outfits clothes style whatever but also i think me as a person i'm a an autumn winter girl i am a transitional girlie i love the transition from summer to autumn that gap and i love the transition from spring to summer love it high summer for me no

high winter no yeah same I do agree with actually it's more it's like city break vibes I love city break weather if you're going to Paris in April or September

that is the style I love because in saying that I don't love when you need to be wrapped up to the nines but you're internally sweating I also hate that but I just like when you can have a nice knit on quite like a wee boot

but in summer on that holiday I was like am I do I enjoy the heat or am I torture myself trying to get a tan what one is it I think the latter I think it's the latter but I think we love it for a while because we won't get it very often

but as soon as you're in on holiday I'm sick of it but that heat though that we both just experience is way too intense I know but then when you go as you said in May June and when I went to New Yorker in May or end of April May I loved it because you You weren't sit and sweating.

It was just nice on your skin. Yeah. So I think maybe I'm the same, kind of in-between seasons. But nothing makes me happy than putting a net on. Same. Fucking love it. I buddy love it. I hate our summer wardrobe, hate...

But to answer your question, I would say follow influencers or people online that you love their style. Pinterest seems to be a good way to go. I don't really use that, but a lot of people do love that. I don't really get what I need from it if it's an outfit, but it's maybe because you need to create it. Can you eat it a little? I don't know.

Do you know another one that's quite good is, you know, sheer looks. If you follow them, they are always talking about things that are trending or, you know, products of that week that are dupes of something that's come off the catwalk that they think is, or predict is going to be big. You could just maybe invest in a couple of nice pieces of things that are wearable. But I wouldn't worry too much. Just this is the thing with social media. We're always constantly wanting to be. buy. It's like a consumerism like heightened beyond belief

because we've got this idea that we should be buying this, should buy that. Half these people are getting this shit for free. So they're getting all these outfits sent to them every single week and they look amazing in them and then we're just behind our screens like, oh, I must get that way. I must buy that.

Do you what I will say by the way and this came from when I was still at my old job and we got quite a lot of products through work like just swapping with different companies and at Christmas we've got a bike stocking full of different products I don't find that enjoyable

what? Like I've now got 25 products sitting in front of me I don't need any of you because I've already got my skin and camera makeup that I like that'd be my worst nightmare getting constant things sent to me but like PR you mean? Yeah like where am I putting it all what have I do but oh I wouldn't enjoy that and it's a shame isn't it because there's people that would

that would love to have that yeah but it's almost like Like the heck thing, it's perfect for me. Because I want that and I consume it and then it's gone. Whereas like the beauty advent calendar I loved because it was all really, it was all brands I do love and use. Yeah. But anything that I didn't use in that, like I'm then like to my pals anyone wanting them.

I end up by a big bag like from work and everything that I'm not going to use any of it. And it is a bit of a waste. By the way, I was just thinking about PR packages and I used to love getting grow gorgeous. It's quite gorgeous going under. The amount of people that have messaged me telling me that it's so cheap online at the moment, like a fiver. And I went on their Instagram the other day and they've not posted for months.

It's like they're moving over to, I don't know. I have no idea. I'd be devastated if that goes under. No, I know. Gonna end up with bobs. By the way, guys, you know, I said I wasn't boulding. You see that? I think it's so hard to know if that's just like your hairline or not, though.

No, it's not my hairline. Is that a bald patch? Yes. Luckily, I don't have clumps coming out, though, at all. I've never noticed that. Yeah, like, it's not pulling out. But I was like, what the hell went into Richard D? was like, why, you look like me? Thank you for your patience.

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Ooh. One of us muddled the time by an hour. I had an hour later in my phone calendar than she did. Long story short, she squeezed me in, did a super reduced service, quick dry cut and a couple of foils. I washed these out at home. So it was maybe in the salon 45 minutes tops. She charged me full price for the service.

Ooh. As if it had been a full application wash cut style. I paid and left, but on reflection, I feel she took no responsibility for the error, which could have easily been her own and put the blame solely on me. I'm now torn. I have zero loyalty to her,

but I live in a small town where I'd see her all the time, help. And I also think this is really good conversation to have, which we should say, about people that genuinely do want to just break up from their hairdresser and they don't have the balls too because they've been with them for so long. Yeah. So let's do a bit of both. So let's start with hair dilemma. I feel like if it's eating away at you, you should maybe address it somehow.

Is that a bit awkward, though? Do you know what I mean, though? Anytime something's eating away at me and my mum will always say, if something's annoying you that much, you need to speak about it. Yeah. Or like you need to speak to them about it or do something about it because I think that would annoy me too

why am I paying you full price but I didn't get a full service I wonder if she's happy with the hair because if it was me I would maybe say I'm not too happy with the hair I know I paid like full price for it but can we come back in

and just maybe put a few more foils in or just swallow it and go to someone else move on yeah also I do think do we overthink these things a wee bit? Yeah.

Any hairdresser I know is booked. Always. Booked and busy. So losing one person, I'm assuming that slot's getting filled instantly for most people. So I feel like if it's not working for you anymore

and maybe it's too far to drive or too expensive or you've not been happy the last couple of times I think it's fine to move on. I don't even think you really need to explain it. Also, let's remember, it's your hair. It belongs on your body. You're also pain for a service. Let's just not get too deep about it.

I know. Unless you've got this real, she's your really close friend and blah, blah, blah, then whatever. But she's not. But she does she live in a small village where she'd see her all the time. I know, but do you think she'd be really that bothered? What's you going to do? Look at her and be like, that's not my hair, do? You've had your hair blonde.

Who did you do that by? I've been like none of your beeswax. I know that is the thing it's kind of like I guess it depends what the people are like in all of these situations because there probably

is someone out there that would say moved on have you? Do you know what I mean? And then you've probably got to deal with that for a bit and then she'll get over it surely as a hairdresser

you've got to appreciate that people move on it's not as a business owner in any sense like not everyone will want to like take me for example not everyone's going to want to work with you forever people like fresh

eyes they want like yeah to try someone new they want to try someone who someone's recommended you look that's just life you know what she could do she could maybe anger it and say I went to someone else because last time you charged me full price for this and and just this new person that I went to I got a full head of highlights for cheaper yeah and it looks better so fuck you sit on it and spin fucker I don't think you need to worry too much about it. But what would be your opinion then

on people that are stuck with a beautician that they have been with for years but they're wanting to move on? This is where I think lying sometimes helps. A little cheeky wide lie. Do you know what I mean though?

Like I feel like could you maybe say like my friend's friend wanted to do my hair. Yeah. Or wanted to do my nails or like my cousin started a new nail course or whatever. or had a voucher for this place to use.

And I know that's, I know you should never not be telling the truth, right? But I do feel like people feel so stuck and their people are too much of a people's person and pleaser. That you're harming yourself because you're too scared to say I'm no coming back. Yeah. So if it helps you get out of it for your own sake, I feel like a wee fib might be okay. Yeah. Check that's bad. Not at all.

But then from the other. angle, right, and you were the hairdresser and your friend went somewhere else, what would you prefer them to do? Just be honest with you. If it was a friend, I would rather you were honest and say, look, like it's not working for me travelling here every three weeks or whatever say it was nails or there's somewhere close and it's just more convenient because I would understand that, I'd be like, yeah, fair enough, I wouldn't do it either. Yeah. Like if it was a travel or a money thing. But I do think if, say one of our friends did or, well, my friend does do my friend does do my nails but what you did my nails right why would I want to move yeah so I feel like

unless you're really good pals you just if you're really good pals you're just sucking up because it's your pal and you're not going to go something else but if it's that sort of like pals through the service I think you move on all you want you only know them because they are your hairdresser I had to stop going to my nail girl because it's just too far for me to go every single week for my fills yeah whilst I've got a baby and it's not personal No, she understands. Yeah. I think if you're kind of, if you're in a friendship, then maybe be honest.

But if you just feel a bit loyal and you're just a bit of a shite bag, then a wee excuse. A wee fib. Could get you out of it? Yeah. Or another thing, could you cancel an appointment and then just not go back? Like, I have to cancel this appointment and then you don't ever need to go and be like, I'm not booking back in. Yeah. Good point.

You have to do the re-booking. Because I usually book my appointments when I'm there. Yes. So there's kind of like an expectation to like, if I'd said, and I'll just leave it. Yeah, she'd be like, what? Why don't want your nails then?

Whereas if you maybe just don't go to an appointment, you don't then need to go through all that. It's such a fucking stupid thing when you think about it. It is, but it does. It does affect a lot of people actually. I've never been overly into like the one person for, apart from my nails for anything. so I feel like it's quite good to keep it that way

my nan's been to the same hairdresser since she was 40 every week for a blow dry she only washes her hair at the hairdressers I love that I hope that's me one day you know like the little roundbrush and she has that like cute style since she was 40 and she's now 84 what age is the hairdresser

she's quite old she does old lady's hair yeah well I see her name's Jill, but I would see her as like a young woman when I remember when I was a baby, but I would imagine now she's quite old. Yeah. I think it is hard. Like you don't want to feel do you know what I think you should look at it as

if I was the hairdresser and you didn't want to come to me anymore but you felt pressure too, I don't want you either. Yes. Like I don't want you sitting in my seat for two hours with my hands attached to your heed and all you're thinking is I wish I didn't need to come here. So I think you just need to break ties. It's better if we're both involved. Correct. Nobody wants that I need my hair

so bad I was actually thinking your hair looks lovely but I think it's lightened from the sun I've not had it sun it's in January really

it's July wow so you're gonna get done before your holiday it's going to be August I think you're gonna have your hair done for Ibitha no it'll need to be after

I can't get an appointment but in that case would you not go to someone else if you can't get an appointment who you can't say I had it cut the one that time sorry I remember I got a wee layer in because I need their trim

that was in that blondey like a few months back but I'm actually trying someone new that one of my friends goes to we're going to see that then she has Lindsay's hair God she has got nice here so I'm just got lovely hair yeah right then let's fuck off

I hope that helped you dilemma sometimes I feel like we come to no conclusion yeah my conclusion is always just do what the fuck you want but be nice about it so if you're a hairdresser that listens to this pod tell us what is the best way your clients broke up with you or what would you prefer in this situation How do you appreciate someone went about it?

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