Life with Nat - EP14: The Burning question

Episode Date: June 5, 2024

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Get groceries delivered across the GTA from Real Canadian Superstore with PC Express. Shop online for super prices and super savings. Try it today and get up to $75 in PC Optimum Points. Visit Superstore.ca to get started. hello everyone how are you hope you're having a lovely week whatever day you're listening this episode comes from the fact that i went out the other day into london to the National Gallery with my little Joanie and I looked at the sandwiches and wraps and it was £7.50 for a hummus and falafel wrap and I did a little video on my Instagram and I had loads of responses saying it's ridiculous when you go out the price of things so I thought well let's do a little up on it. I'm joined by Emma. How are are you em i'm all right thanks how are you yeah very very

good i've got ro ro with us today hello hello darling and we've got a new guest i am introducing annalisa today who is my nephew dominic's wife hello how are you good thanks you yeah very good my sister-in-law your sister-in-law Correct So yeah I just thought I'd get you To come and join in the conversation About how much things cost Because Annalisa You're very good aren't you

With money Yeah she is I'm very good with money You are very good Probably a bit obsessive I think it's a good thing Frugal No she's not frugal

I'm not a tight person No she's a careful person No frugal is what Frugal's like you're careful with your money is it yeah not tight

no no she's careful she's sensible yeah at times savvy savvy financially savvy

that's a good one yeah she is I like that one she is she freezes milk I knew this was going to come up my mum used to

yeah thank you but you can also do it in ice cubes if you only want little amounts that's what I was going to say I get that that you. We put the whole ones in. But you can also do it in ice cubes if you only want little amounts. That's what I was going to say. I get that.

That's quite clever, isn't it? You can whack that in your coffee. Lovely. But you just whack a whole two pints. Listen, it came about. I went shopping. I bought too much milk. And I thought, I'm not wasting it.

So I'll put it in the freezer. No, I think I'm all for it. And I got it out and defrosted and it wasted. Because you've got to drink it that same day that's what I was going to ask so I had a bit of a shock oh really is that the case

oh I didn't know that so it's completely pointless it holds the best before that you've frozen it at basically oh right but you haven't got long

unless you can drink four pints of milk in a day so if you froze one that had like two weeks on it then it'd come out with like

do you think yeah it basically sort of it goes in at the quality that it'd come out with like do you think yeah it basically sort of it goes in at the quality that it's come out as oh the ice cubes are a good thing though yeah that's a good idea my mum would also make yogurt out of it you can easily make loads of yogurt and that lasts loads longer as well you can freeze i mean it's milk costs about 69p, doesn't it? Actually, it does not. No, it doesn't. It's about £1.50 now. What, for a pint? No, for the two pints, it's about £1.50.

And I have to buy organic milk. Do you? Yeah, because it makes me feel ill. Not Cravendale? No, because I think about the antibiotics they give the cows and all that. It stresses me out. What do you mean? That's grim. Yeah, no, I just don't like it.

So I have to buy organic. It's true, actually. Cravendale, two for three quid, isn't it, on Club Card? Is it? Yes, a little bit. What about butter, as we were talking about earlier? The pack. Eight quid or something.

No, it's not. I mean, I don't even eat butter. For the big one? No. But who buys that? No, just a normal 500 grams? two fifth what is it i don't know three pound 95 it's a lot still a lot of money yeah especially when you go through a tub a week well annalisa doesn't um have that issue because you don't eat butter do you darling

not a dairy person no very it's another thing to be good at yeah you don't like dairy do you no why was you freezing for my daughter oh yeah dominic and no one drank it so it was a really good experience so i would never live down so you went to the zoo this week whipsnade you had a lovely day it was really lovely but you said you took a packed lunch yeah which is obviously the thing to do now when you go out because i cannot get over You had a lovely day. It was really lovely. But you said you took a packed lunch. Yeah. Which is obviously the thing to do now when you go out, because I cannot get over the prices of things. I bought two coffees, seven, eight quid. There was a polenta cake in the National Gallery, I promise you.

That's how big it was. For the listener, what sort of size is that? Let me see. Like the coins you get the gold the big gold coins the chocolate gold coin but a big one big very slim it was six pounds this cake joke wow i couldn't believe it i mean i didn't buy it but i genuinely was shocked by the prices yeah but this is why working from home as well yeah helps because you go into london you pay your train ticket.

Then if you go somewhere like prep for lunch, I mean, you could do like a tenner. Easily. Easily. Coffees, if you drink coffee. Yeah, exactly. And a coffee for a round of go. Yeah. So before you know it, you've come home from work and you've done 50 quid.

Yeah, it's crazy. It's ridiculous. Crazy. And some people go all out, don't they, with their lunches as well. I see some people, the way they spend money. Yeah, they have the big old poke bowls and falafel stuff. And yeah, that's an easy £12 a go. Yeah.

I mean, I treat myself on payday. Yeah. What do you have when you go to work for lunch, Annelie? I generally bring my own lunch. Yeah. But when I can't be bothered, I end up going to these places because I'm trying to be healthy. Yeah. And healthy food costs a lot of money. Yeah, I try. bothered i end up going to these places because i'm trying to be healthy yeah and healthy food costs a lot of money yeah so i end up spending a tenner i can't do the

bringing the lunch i can't do it i try to i do it sometimes but i can't i can't be doing all that queuing for the microwave makes me heave absolutely not i'm really not couscous i just boil it yeah no no i can't all that kitchen stuff like no I'm quite good at work we've got a micro I don't mind it if we're just literally doing it it saves you so much money I know but I just can't I can't do it I do Emma how about you because you work from home often yeah I work from home I often forget lunch and do like a weird big brunch and then a bigger dinner yeah snack yeah I'm not very good at lunch even at home

you know when you think because you're working from home you can be all organised I don't really she doesn't I'm not a lunch person no

don't really bother me I love a brunch I'd rather have a blunch a blunch? I'd rather have a brunch and then wait for dinner I would my favourite meal is dinner

yeah I could eat plates and plates for dinner yeah yeah Jen on Instagram said I've just been to Cornwall Nat No, I would. My favourite meal is dinner. Yeah. I could eat plates and plates for dinner. Yeah. Yeah. Jen on Instagram said, I've just been to Cornwall Nat.

It's seven quid an ice cream. Wow. Six quid a pasty. Everything is double bubble money. Parking, four hours, seven quid. Yeah, parking. Extortionate. A meal, nothing fancy, is minimum 17 quid. Absolutely ridiculous. So London is a lot cheaper to get about it's getting ridiculous for my girl and me to have an ice cream and a pasty

every day it would be 80 quid it'd also be very unhealthy jen but i think this is and i think this is the thing isn't it this is where it's a piss take when you're doing things for the kids, that's where they rip you off because they know that kids will want an ice cream. They'll want this. They'll want that. They have a couple of licks of the ice cream that's cost you like four quid. Don't want it. Then they don't want it.

Then they want an ice lolly. It is mental when we went to Disneyland Paris. Oh, no. Now that is literally like… It was the biggest… It was a joke. It was literally like, come to Disneyland Paris and we are just going to rinse you up like 24-7. You couldn't even get...

The only food you could get during the day was a cheese and ham croque monsieur. Yeah. Croque monsieur, but it had mustard and mayo in it. The kids didn't want it. They're not going to eat it, no. They lived on crisps. Yes. Yes, they did.

Salt and vinegar. Do you remember? Jodie couldn't say vinegar. did. Salt and vinegar. Do you remember? Jodie couldn't say vinegar. She said salt and vinegar. But yeah, they lived on crisps and the salad. There was nothing to eat. It was really odd, wasn't it? It was a captive audience.

That's it. If it's too much hassle to get out of the park to get lunch, then they can charge what they want. You're screwed. But even like we stayed in the Disney hotel and I think it was after, wasn't it? We just went and we wanted to have a little drink before dinner.

The kids were a bit hungry, so we thought, I know, we'll get them some like chips or something. No, you can only get like a, what's it called? All the meat? Oh, it's all in my brain. I don't know.

Yeah, do you remember? No. It was like a charcuterie charcuterie board we're like no we just want a plate of chips for the kids you're in a disney hotel it's going to be full of children i was about why are you not catering for the children yeah why are they not if it's a disney hotel it was a bizarre i have to say for everybody if it's your cup of tea and you like going to disneyland paris i've heard that florida knows you know completely different but disneyland paris for me was hell on earth well

no i would i would suggest if you go we didn't see the mcdonald's until the end you remember we found that little steak burger place and we were like we just want to but you just want a burger we went to like some fine dining it was the worst thing I've ever eaten. And like Eliza, the kids, we ordered them like a tiny bowl of pasta. Like not even a dessert bowl, was it? I wish I had the bill. I wish I could share it. And I'm not joking. That was what?

25, 30 euros? Yeah. I nearly fell off my chair. I was about to say, how much is that? Ridiculous. It was bizarre. So we found this little steak restaurant. So it was like, we can just get a burger.

That's right. But the burger was like 50 euros. Yeah, no. And it was disgusting we can just get a burger but the burger was like 50 euros yeah no and it was disgusting and then we've come out and as we've come out we've seen McDonald's I was like

yeah we were gutted but you'd be better off just eating in McDonald's every day because you know what you're going to get it's cheap cheerful

for a few days you can do it do you know what I mean it's not the end of the world I don't know about every day I don't understand that though if it's like a kiddies place why is there not like loads of places where you can get stuff it's the same anywhere isn't it yeah it's not the end of the world. I don't know about every day. I don't understand that, though. If it's like a kiddie's place, why is there not loads of places where you can get stuff? It's the same anywhere, isn't it?

Yeah, it's true. Thorpe Park, Legoland. I mean, they're selling like Disney princess dresses, yeah? Which you can get in Asda or wherever. I know, but they're the proper ones. Okay. Like 80 euros. I saw this bloke.

It wasn't 80 euros. I bought Eliza the Cinderella one. It was 120 euros. Oh, there you go. And we're going back a long time. But do you remember that guy bless him he had like four daughters

that's right and I was like he's got to buy four of them so he's done nearly 600 pounds on some dresses on dresses highly flammable dresses so bad

so bad but it's great otherwise we bought the we had the Minnie Mouthies and we loved it so bad she came along

invited her along she was pregnant I was about to go on any rides that was annoying but anyway yeah there you go but yeah so that's yeah unfortunately anything to do with children you're screwed it's a bit of a rip-off listen to this listen to this sandra said from instagram simple go to greg's Instagram. Simple. Go to Greg's. That's what she said. Where? Because I was moaning about wraps and this and that. She said go to Greg's. Now I don't really, I don't think I've ever entered a Greg's. What are you saying about it? I was about to say, I don't think I've

ever eaten in Greg's. You? I have. And you good? Um, I used, Not really. I bet you had sausage roll. No, I had a... Like a melt. Like cheese and something. Melt. Oh, dear. I used to work somewhere. It was just like the only option.

I mean, this is going back. Yeah, years ago. But no, I wouldn't go to a Greggs, I'm afraid. In my head, Greggs is like a bakery. Is it not? No. Yeah, it is. So I wouldn't think to go there for lunch. No. I know it sounds silly. You would never go to a Greggs, I'm afraid. In my head, Greggs is like a bakery. Is it not? Yeah, it is. So I wouldn't think to go there for lunch.

No. I know it sounds silly. You would never go to a Greggs. You would never ever go to a Greggs. It's just pastry and stuff. Yeah, but it's not like, what's it called? The one we like? Simmons.

It's not like Simmons. Where you can get a nice sandwich and stuff. Yeah, it's not great. Anyway, it's cheap. It's cheap, yeah. Get it? McDonald's is cheap. Anyway, it's cheap. Cheap, yeah, get it. McDonald's is cheap. Is it?

Yeah. James said, Hi Nat, the most expensive thing I have bought on a day out must have been an expensive Giselle Graham Christmas teddy bear for 250 quid. Oh. What? Not even sent me a picture of the bear. The Nutcracker, how much was that? Yeah, the Nutcracker was quite a lot. But that's different. For me, picture of the bear. The Nutcracker. How much was that?

Yeah, the Nutcracker was quite a lot. But that's different. For me, you're purchasing something. I'm talking about when you go out and you're eating. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. That, I get it. You're buying something.

You want a Christmas teddy? Yeah. Knock yourself out. And it's lifelong. It's a lifelong thing. Yeah. Although all I want to do is try and get rid of the teddy bears in this house. Oh, don't.

I, do you know what? Sorry, just thinking. Waxing. Pardon? Waxing? Getting your waxing done. What about it? That's expensive.

I was having a conversation with the girls at work the other day because obviously we used to get, I used to have our family friend do mine. So obviously she did it really cheap, yeah? Yeah. So you just get used to have our family friend do mine so obviously she did it really cheap yeah so you just get used to that we also at work have a beauty

thing downstairs yeah sort of like subsidised so it's not as expensive as going to external yeah even that is still

to me I'm a bit like oh that's expensive because I'm used to not paying a lot but then I went to look for something locally so I was in a hurry.

£30 for a full leg wax. Just your legs? Just your legs. Interesting. Why don't you do what I do? What? Use a razor in the shower. Absolutely not.

No? A razor. A wax. Wax on, wax off. Wax for years. Don't you think that's a lot of money? Yeah, I just think use a razor in the shower. Don't worry about it.

No, because your hairs are all coarse. Well, they're not. They're not? Because I shave in the shower. But you have to shave how often? But isn't it... Whenever. No.

Isn't it easier to then think of how much you would spend over time waxing to go and get laser? Well, yeah, definitely. Eventually, over time, your laser treatment and get laser well yeah definitely over time your laser treatment would prevent you in your lifetime I know but where I've waxed

for so long under my arms I've hardly got any hairs now yeah so you're probably not eligible to have probably wouldn't be able to have laser there but I just thought

it was very expensive no yeah I think any of those things are beautiful you can get your hands and nails done

hands and feet not hands and nails done. Hands and feet, not hands and nails. Hands and feet? Yeah. What's that? At least 60 quid. Yeah, it is 60 quid. Just for a bit of gel on your finger.

Yeah. A little pedicure. Yeah, it's mental. What do you spend money on, Em? Monthly, would you say? Yeah, I'm not very good at all the beauty stuff. I just do that myself, really, and I'm not very good at doing any of that either so yeah not luckily not huge amounts of maintenance like yeah self-maintenance yeah see i would say you natalie you don't spend don't do anything i mean i do nails waxing i do

nails i have to do nails because i bite my nails to pieces so i have to put acrylics on to not bite them yeah and i do like an odd pedicure but probably once every four months yeah pedicure yeah I only do my I do my nails which I can't stand doing hate that waste of time oh a hair I get my hair done don't I by Becky once it's like it is now completely out of shape and going gray yeah but how often do you do your hair every three months wow and I don't really have a blow drydry unless I'm going out or what have you, but I do enjoy that. But, yeah, I don't spend any money on... I never have a facial.

I never have a massage. You don't have your lashes done. No. You don't do nothing like that. See, I'm terrible because I do spend a lot of money on myself in that respect. Well, it's not a bad thing. No, it's not. It's good.

But, yeah, I do spend a lot of money on myself i think on that maybe i shouldn't no you should you work hard you work hard and you do it so what do you do lashes nails lashes i only have like the tint yeah semi-permanent lvls yeah i do get blow dries quite a lot but that's because i'm lazy i am quite lazy no it's not what do you mean that's it's a bit self-care but you know how many people don't actually do that? No, I don't. Because when I say I'm getting a blowjob, they're like, what, again? Yeah, people crack up at work.

They're like, here she goes. No, there are a lot of people that don't. That's a treat. Yeah. If you're going to a wedding or something like that. Yeah, absolutely. Whereas I wouldn't say that's a treat for me anymore, which is maybe because I'm used to doing it.

Oh, you're used to it. But, yeah. When I say I'm doing this and that, they're like, what, again? I'm like, yeah, well, I was... No, like Maria said, you work hard and it's good to do something for yourself. It is nice to look after yourself. It is good. Mm. on your Aeroplan points and get big savings so you can be somewhere you actually want to be,

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What's this one? I'm Sarah. I'm from London and I'm just sitting in my car and I just wanted to let you know that I once paid nearly £400 so my kids would have to queue at Legoland. Mental, I know, but we had the best date ever. Excuse me? £400? It's so expensive just to skip the queue

yeah I know what you're saying it's like a VIP thing isn't it like fast track so a fast track thing so yeah you get your tickets

and then you can upgrade to not queue all day I would do that I know what you mean I would do that we're saying that whole £400 is just for the upgrade yeah

but again it's a yeah it's a kids thing isn't it this is what I mean, they can charge. It's the same as Lapland UK.

Amazing, like love it, but it's extortionate. It is a lot. You're paying like 500 quid for, and it's not even a whole day,

it's for a few hours. And let's be honest, what two, three, four, five year olds are going to stand in a queue

for an hour and a half at these theme parks? Well, they do. I can't see my child doing it. Screaming. Do you remember? Disney. All there was was kids crying and screaming because they were exhausted because it was hot.

Dragging them around. Dragging them, yeah. And they just want to get on a ride. I think I would pay the 400 quid. Yeah. Do you know what I think? Stay at home and get the Play-Doh out. No.

Enjoy yourself. But there is a lot of pressure, isn't there? the 400 quid yeah do you know what i think stay at home and get the play-doh out no enjoy yourself but there is a lot of pressure isn't there for taking kids out every day on the half term i mean absolutely got to do something every day yeah i'm very good at not doing that you are actually i'm very good my kids enjoy being at home yeah i was at home all the time. Enjoy being at home. You're not at school. Enjoy it. Watch the telly, play in the garden, just do stuff at home. Yes, they go out. Of course they do.

But it's not every single day. And people do. They book things up every single day. It's tiring. It's tiring. And I just don't know how you do it. It's so exhausting. But even for the kids as well it's then they get you it's like the norm whereas like when we went out on when we took them to the zoo on thursday yeah they were good

as gold it was a proper treat they really enjoyed it yeah because they're not doing it every five minutes absolutely and then they don't appreciate it and it's like yeah it's mental and places are expensive to book tickets i know but some people are really savvy so they'll do groupons or they'll collect voucher they're really really good at it that time out especially for summer time out time out's really good sometimes for stuff like getting the early coupons for kids stuff oh really yeah it's really good yeah even for say like adults going out for dinner i think we use the time out once to do the rocker brunch because the rocker brunch is over 100 quid right but if you get the time out it goes down to

48 pounds oh wow but you obviously gotta be aware that's very good one of my friends is very on that so she does it every year that's why we go every year because it's good that's really good yeah i've just found a message from ab, Ariana's mum. I had to. Discovery Cove was £255 a person over the age of three. What's that? What, in America? In America. Disneyland, the only tickets I can find right now is £600 plus per person over the age of three.

And you get a 14-day pass. I just need to go for two days. And they were the only things she could find. Wow. Oh, my God. It's mad, isn't it? Crazy, isn't it? I think that's another thing as well, that age, the age thing. So, again, going back to Lapland, UK, over one, you have to pay for them.

I think that is a liberty. And also, but as the adults. Why should you have to pay that much? I don't think we should pay... Half price. I think so. Yeah, agreed. I still booked it.

No, I know. But I get it for the kids who are doing the experience, who are going to get involved, get the toy, all of that. But yeah, for us as adults, we're just chaperoning them. I mean, I'd happily leave them if someone else wanted to do it. Do you know what I mean? But yeah, that's the thing as well that that was a good thing about whipsnade under threes went free no that's really good that is

good and that's very rare now yeah I get it's usually to under two isn't it well when I was talking to you about going to that bubble place yeah bubble planet whatever massive crazes at the moment it was working out like 75 pound a person well even and you had to be over two it's ridiculous and i'm like but amelia and ruby are two and a half newton free they're gonna love it for five minutes it doesn't worry in that kind of money well that's why the museums and galleries are really good in london because a lot of them are free i really want to do that with Alfie And is the science museum free? Science museum, natural history museum, they're all free

But they are jammed Are they? They're rammo Are they? I suggest that you pretend they have a dentist appointment And pop out midweek Because to me it's educational I've done that but I wish I had.

No, it's a good thing. Very, very busy though. Summer holidays and that. You have to queue around the block. But fantastic. Great, great days out. Just don't go in the caf. Because it's like 150 quid.

That's where they're making their money. And that's it, isn't it? Food, alcohol. I mean, you can go out for dinner. I mean, I'm even going out for dinner now. You can't go out for like a... You know when you can go out for dinner i mean i even going out for dinner now you can't go out for like a you know when you could go out and be like i'll just spend 40 quid and it just would never happen no minimum 50 pounds minimum with drinking no no i went out and didn't have a drink so i was driving and i spent 50 quid. I don't even know. What was that? A starter on a main? Yeah.

And a soft drink in Hertford. Yeah. It's crazy. It's not even London. I went out in Soho on Friday. We did all sharing plates. It was like Italian. We shared.

Yeah, nice. A couple of bottles of wine, a cocktail. It actually wasn't that bad. I think we paid like 60 something pound each. Well, that's not too bad. It wasn't bad at all.

With alcohol. We didn't have loads of food. Five of us. Yeah, yeah. That wasn't bad. That weren't alcohol. We didn't have loads of food. Five of us. Yeah, yeah. That's not bad. That weren't disastrous. That's okay. A couple of nice bottles of wine.

But I think when you go to London, you sort of think it's a bit of a treat anyway. Yeah, yeah. Because you're going up there. It's nice. When you do it locally and spend that kind of money, you think, I should have just gone to London.

Yeah, so true. But you think people that live in London, that's, you know, the premium that they're paying. Yeah, true. And to be fair, like you say, I think round here

is not that different now no way I mean going into where was we we had like a glass of rose

and it was like 15 pound yeah but that's that's standard now it's ridiculous I find it it pains me to drink

out of the house but when you can buy a bottle of wine in the supermarket for that a large gin and tonic yeah you're looking at 15 pounds absolutely and I can you know for 22 quid out of the house. But when you can buy a bottle of wine in the supermarket for that. A large gin and tonic. Yeah. You're looking at £15.

Absolutely. And I can, you know, for 22 quid. Get a bottle. Get a bottle of gin at home. Not that I want to drink that. I'm just saying. Yeah. No, it's the value, yeah.

It's ridiculous. But that's why it's so nice now that people just go around each other's houses and get a takeaway. That's right. And drink there because it's halving everything that you're doing. And also, you've not got that pressure to feel like you've got to spend 60, 70 quid on a dinner. And this is the problem, though, with the younger generation. We used to go out Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Sunday. Because you could afford it. Sometimes I'd go out and spend like 20 pounds. Cabs, drinks. Yeah, good luck. We used to go to the club. The club. The club.

Tammy in the club. Do you remember? It used to be a the club the club the club for me in the club a pound a drink faces was a bit yes a pound a drink yeah yeah it's crazy like your little tokens which is a bit um probably too irresponsible but packet of fags was two quid yeah that's crazy yeah i used to go with 20 pound you got as a young person how can you go out well they do but i don't know how they do it. No. It's unbelievable. I find it baffling. My toenails split.

Oh, it's a shocker. Oh. Slap a pedicure. Here's a nice little message from Beth. Me again. I listened to Ep 9 the whole thing. Woo-hoo. I thought I was then listening to Ep 10, but it jumped to Ep 12. Probably because it thought I'd already listened to the

other two episodes which i also finished so tomorrow i'm going to binge listen the whole lot while doing my household chores loved your romesh chat so emma oh yeah gotta bring it up haven't i so in ep 12 i went through the ds that I'd sent Romesh Ranganathan. And as going back over them, I realised that I'd stalked the poor bastard. There was many times where I'd messaged him and he didn't get back to me. It was quite obvious, just stop messaging the person. But I did continue. And then I got to his concert the other night and

everything was nice how was the concert it was fantastic he was brilliant I got a message yesterday morning at 7 31 in the morning saying heard about you mentioning this on the pod sorry I never got back when I should have done I always had you on the guest list message me whenever you like oh that's brilliant so I was very happy with that Em yeah that's like the perfect

response isn't it perfect ending yeah which means that now the floodgates have opened because now you have no

restriction on on sort of DMing him you're in there that's good I was very pleased with that very chuffed.

Got to get Dominic on soon. Yep. Do you think he'll come on for me? Yeah, I think, yeah. I reckon he will. Some persuasion. He will, won't he? Get him a nice bottle of red in.

Couple of plates of cheese. Yeah. He'll be all right. He'll love it. Bless him. Let's see what this says. You've got on it before him. I know. He's know he's gonna be living i phoned him before i got here and i was like i'm going on nat's podcast today he's like bloody hell before me sorry he's a busy boy he is hi natalie just wanted to say

that i'm really enjoying the pod i look forward to hearing the latest episodes when i'm out walking i also have two two daughters and i'm really close to my two nieces there's only five years between myself and my oldest niece and eight years between me and her sister loved your grief episode we lost my dad on the 21st of december 2020 and then i lost my sister my niece's mum three weeks later so could relate to the lots of the things you spoke about i'm so sorry kirsty for your losses but she does mention the podcast that was on for 15 years and has ended was frank skinner so thank you for that kirsty very very good anyway i hope you make it to sunny south end soon i live in shoobree so love hearing south end mentioned so much thanks for all the laughs loving the show thank you kirsty lovely do you remember when we had a chat about Chico and I said he was dead?

Oh, my. I spoke about it on the last pod. How did you? That was so funny. It was good, wasn't it? I was crying. What made you think he was dead? Absolutely, in my mind, I thought he was dead.

Why was he talking about Chico? Don't know, but we were outside Marks's and he'd just come out. Where were we? In your memory, Natalie. Yeah, no, it's really bad. We was at Harlow Animal. I thought we were at Buckford no

we was at the Parrots yes we were we were at the yeah and um well how was we talking about Chico time I don't know if the kids

were talking to the parrot or something and the Chico he's dead I was like no I don't think he is I knew exactly

who she meant she meant Darius Darius Dinesh God rest his soul I don't know why I really took that anyway Amy came in with a little message about it Hi Nat

just catching up on your latest pod as soon as you mentioned Chico I was thinking he had died too so you're not the only one love in the pod keep them coming please Amy I was about to say poor Chico

Chico send us a voice note yeah I'd love a voice note, Chico. 07788 2019 19. But I'm sorry, I know you're fully alive and, well, kicking. It is bad, isn't it, that you do that with some people. You're like, are they alive? Well, I guess they sort of came from the same thing. What was the X for?

I think someone did mention i think it was beth wasn't it my friend beth i think she said there was something around that time on twitter like fake news oh was it you yeah he he yeah he was one of those uh ones that went all over twitter saying he'd died and then and no there wasn't enough of the actually no it was a lie and he didn't die that sort of filtered out so lots of people believed yeah dave benton phillips still sort of struggles with the fact that loads of people think he died really did they who's that dave benton phillips he was the play children's tv he did um get your own back was the bit i remember him from is yeah children's tv presenter flambant, like bright shirts and stuff.

Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, he was good. I loved Get Your Own Back. Yeah. Was that when they gunged? That was the gunging at the end, yeah. I always wanted to be gunged. Yeah, me too.

And when I used to watch Noel's House Party, I always wanted to be gunged. And do you know the other one I loved? Fun House. Pat Sharp. Oh, so good. How much did you want to go through the house? I don't think I've ever seen thatunged and do you know the other one I loved Funhouse Pat Sharp oh so good how much did you want to go through

the house I don't think I've ever seen that they should do that as an experience yeah you can do the cube now yeah I saw that

in Canary Wharf yeah you can actually play I've been invited to a really good one it's Sherlock Holmes oh Baker Street

for two like Murder Mystery Murder Mystery but it's fine dining. It's quite good. A bit like that Dickens thing we went to, which was really good. I didn't go. Wrong sister. Why do I always think you were there? Don't know.

Always think you were there. No. Tying up a little something else. I love tying things up. This is nice. A few little bits, a few little threads from it i love tying things up this is nice few little bits few little threads from uh eps gone by hi nat love the podcast please keep them going makes me laugh every week just so you know what's happened to your duvet cover my husband did the same to ours it's mark's toenails ripping it cheers sam from market harbour i'm gonna go in and say it's definitely not mark's

toenails that have ripped the duvet was there any more answers on that yeah i've got the answer do you yeah i've got the answer for you so i'll tell you what it was the the morning after that happened i was freezing and i noticed that mark sort of wraps himself into the duvet and I have to pull it really, really hard. And because he's really heavy, it is a very thin threadbare. I must have had that William Morris duvet set about 15 years. So it's really fine. Yeah.

And I've ripped it and that's what's happened. I've pulled it and he's laying on it and it's ripped so there you go i hate it when things happen to stuff yeah and you don't know how it's happened well this looked like the incredible hulk had been in it i went up and it was like a shredded like a comic i was like what has happened to the duvet it was the weirdest thing and it did freak me out emma at one point we had a badger under the bed didn't you yeah it was like some form of animal

yeah well it's like the other day I I don't know if it was for Christmas or something mum got me one of the diptyque washing up liquids oh liquids yeah

obviously I just have it there to look pretty I don't use it yeah I've gone there the other day it's empty sorry oh my god

it's seeping no out the bottom is it that's what happened to mine shut up no i got the same one your mom got us and i left i did it to you i'm not using it no put it out come back to me it's half gone shut up the thing it's leaked all down it's seeping from the glass bottle right well you need to email them immediately i don't know if it's on my windowsill whether the heat we couldn't it's glass window winter no i couldn't use any of it because i thought the kids been no it's seeping mine did exactly the same and lisa that much yeah i know that's why it's good to talk look at this you can email them you're good at stuff like that that's why it's so sad when we save things for best and then they get wasted anyway.

Exactly. Exactly. It's so annoying. And also, again, this is another conversation itself. Go on. What am I doing? Why is it not being used? It's just sitting there.

Because it looks nice and it's a designer fairy liquid. I know, but I can use the liquid and I'll just whack some fairy liquid in there no one's gonna know right tell you the truth that's what i did so now it looks like i've got it's not still gonna seep out it did still seep out so now you're wasting now i'm wasting fairy liquid to keep the bottle no that's mental and that's gone up in price as well so now the bottle just sits there empty that's really bad it's weird bad you said that because it happens i just thought maybe it's me maybe if anyone from dip tea listens to the pod or you know someone who works for dip tea no seriously we need a few bottles of um washing up liquid please i do love

your candles though yeah i love them instead i'm the washing up. I was going to say that about candles as well. See, Natalie, you're good. You burn your candles. I do. But I like that one you bought me, the Dior one, which smells sensational. I can't burn that. I can't light it. Why not?

What am I going to do? I still haven't burnt the Jo Malone you bought me for my 30th birthday. Oh, really? Yeah, four years later. Wow. I've still not been there. I got you a nice diptych for your birthday. Have you lit that yet?

Nope. Oh. Is it? I will. And got you a nice diptych for your birthday. Have you lit that yet? Nope. Oh. Save it for best and then like... Then you don't use it. They lose their natural sort of smell and everything anyway. Also they do, do they? Do they? It's such a shame.

Yeah, you just would end up just wasting it. And like, I do that with so many things. You go, oh, I'll keep that for... And then it's just no good when you get to it. I don't keep anything for best. Do you know what? I'm going to burn them now for that. Thank you for that information.

No, they do. They lose their scent. Not lose it, but it won't be as strong. Yeah, past its best. It won't be as strong and it won't smell as nice. It's like perfumes. They don't last forever. They lose their smell. Yeah, absolutely.

And also, with candles, candle care, they should be in a dark place. Really? They should be away. Not on the windowsill. If you're not burning them, then they should be away, dark, in a very, like a cold place. Oh, mine are on the windowsill. Yeah, I mean. Pure sunlight.

Yeah, I mean, the wax is all fucked. They won't smell. Oh, that annoys me. That's happened to me before. The sun has melted the wax the wax so it's like

half full half all lopsided so when you light it yeah it'll just it's yeah less than that

light your candles I've still got that little limited edition diptyque green Christmas one still never done that that she is that's one of my

favourite ones for Christmas yeah Christmas one, still never done that. That she is. That's one of my favourite ones for Christmas. Yeah. That's funny you said that about the wishing up. Yeah, no. That's crazy. Yeah, it is. Because I thought it was just me.

I thought we should email them. I think you should. Oh, absolutely, 100%. Someone genuinely might work for Diptyque. Yeah, when I say we, I mean you. Yeah. Excellent. Shock.

Yeah. But Annalisa is the... Oh, don't you make me sound like a really I mean you. Yeah. Excellent. It's shock. Yeah. But Annalisa is the... Oh, don't you make me sound like a really big weirdo. No. You're not weird. It's efficiency. You're very good at things. You like to have a moan about stuff, don't you?

I just feel when you're paying for something and I have no problem spending whatever it costs, when you don't get the service back or it's not what you expect, then you should have a little moan. Like breakfast today? Yeah. We sat there for an hour and a half with three irritable children and our breakfast didn't arrive.

It's out of order. And every time we asked, 10 minutes, it's going to be 10 minutes, it's going to be 10 minutes, it didn't arrive. It arrived when we walked out. Really? Bad, isn't it my coffee was it busy in there not overly no no no places are just understaffed aren't they and also well we say it wasn't busy in there obviously more people sitting outside because the weather's nice right but this

is the problem isn't it it's this country sun comes out people out, and no one can cope. Yes. Not enough staff. No. No. But surely you know it's... Well, you've got to be prepared. You're going to be busy. For the tables that you have, you should be able to think, if this is filled, we can do it.

So we order drinks. Oh, they gave you drinks for free? No. Nope, we had to pay for them. No, you're joking. And they came out half an hour late. Well, no, The drinks was... She bought the kids' drinks.

Yep. Fine. Then she bought one cup of tea. Yep. And we were missing two coffees and a cup of tea. Don't you bring everything out together? Well, you'd think so. Yes.

Honestly, it's... It was a bit... Mind-boggling. It sure was. So, yeah. Service is not great, is it? It's not. And this is why you have to have a little moan up

post pandemic though I feel like it's worse right maybe or we're just just very impatient I don't know no but there's nothing

worse than going out spending money and because it's not cheap this day and age shit service that's the problem yeah

it's not great maybe expectation cold food coming out Maria stayed at my house last night em oh my god i know how was the service maria did you she could i could was banging how was the service natalie lovely need me to complain no it was perfect i'll tell you what wasn't perfect well the children's pasta i've got a new cooker, right, and I'm not used to the induction thing. So I'll put it up really high and the water's boiled in the saucepan

in about a minute and a half. I'm just not used to it. So anyway, the pasta's in, put it on high, turn around, and it's all bubbling, all boiling over. And for some reason, I just didn't judge the weight of the pan. No, it wasn't that heavy. But it was just a bit cack-handed. And I picked it up and I poured boiling water all over my arm.

Like proper. Really bad. And you know when someone's really hurt themselves, but she tried to be like, it's all right. I just looked at her and said, please, can you put that under some lukewarm water? Because that looks bad. I put it under for ages. I think we smashed it.

It was amazing. I think you did a really good job. Yeah, you did. No blister, nothing. Nothing. So I did like, I put it under there. I had to move around. I said, could you pass me my wine, please?

So I just stood there for like 20 minutes. And then I had a burn kit, which was amazing. It had like a pad with lots of liquid in it. You know, like a burn aid,

I don't know, gel. And I put that on, I bandaged it and I only just took that off before you came. And it's absolutely brilliant. Yeah, not blistered. No, it's fantastic.

No, you've done well. No, and that still hurts's all still hurts i mean it feels you know when um it feels the skin yeah it feels very uh yeah and natalie it feels sore story of my life that i mean look at her arm it's disfigured scars oh yeah no what you mean pardon i saw broke my arm when i was younger but I know, babe, but look at it. Was that on your PGL trip? Yes, that was the first time. The second one was the paddling pool, wasn't it?

Paddling pool, yeah. But only Natalie could scar like that. But no, it's not only scarred, it's completely not my arms. Although, I feel like, look at my scar there, they're quite similar. Yeah, because we've got ridiculously stupid skin. No, mine was because I got an infection. Oh, right. Did you get an infection in that? Who knows, I don't know, I skin. No, mine was because I got an infection. Oh, right. Did you get an infection in that?

Who knows? I don't know. I was only 10. I can't remember. Yeah, that's, yeah, hideous. Anyway, you got any scars, Emma? I similarly broke my arm, left arm twice, and I've got a little dot from where they put a pin in the second time.

So, yeah, I'm constantly scarred. I've got lines and cuts all over the place all the time. Mystery bruises. And Alisa, any scars? Just from having Amelia. C-section scar. Oh, yeah, I've got one. Yeah, mine are self-inflicted-ish cut scars.

No, I haven't got any scars. I've never broken a bone. Oh, here we go. Touch wood. I did my ankle skin, and you're right. Oh, no, I did actually. I chipped. I did it in my elbow. Yes. I fell off the bike. Oh, yeah, I did actually. I chipped. I did it in my elbow.

Yes. I fell off the bike. Oh, yeah? I wasn't even riding it. I just sat on a bike. In where? Yeah, fell off. Pissed?

Yeah. Yeah. We got there in the end. I know. The story sort of, I chipped my elbow. Why was that? I was riding a bike. Because you were hammered on the back of a bike on a Sunday afternoon.

Oh, it was really bad. Good times. But I've never, yeah, I've never broke, like, had stitches. No. No. Like, broken arms and stuff. Like, the thought of that scares the shit out of me. Because you just...

Yeah, well, it's not pleasant. Oh, does it really hurt? I mean,oni yes broke her collarbone twice by falling out of her bed yeah that's mad that is crazy isn't it does frighten me though with the kids ruby fell out of bed last night did she and that's high that bed very high have you got something there for her no i'm good no all right. Oh, she didn't break her collarbone. No, but sometimes they say if you're

lower to the ground. It was lower. It was a sofa-impact bed. You haven't got the time to... No. And sort of just straight out onto

the collarbone is what happens. Oh, don't. Oh, it's a nightmare. I dread all that. I feel like Alfie's going to be like that. Accident prone.

Do you? Why? Because he didn't see like that. Accident prone. Do you? Why? Did you not see what he did to his teeth? His tooth? Oh, yeah. Smashed his head in? Yeah. The other night he just fell off the sofa.

Do you remember? Why are you just trying to pat yourself constantly? He's so cute, though. He is good. Let me see what this is. Hey, Nat. It's Kate, by the way so 19 years ago we went on our honeymoon to rome had a lovely beautiful time obviously as you can imagine lovely um but the

one day we got an ice cream and um well we both yeah so we both got an ice cream and they charged me for one ice cream, 17 euros. What? Leave off. So I've just had a little Google just to see what that would mean. So 17 euros today is approximately sort of 14, 15 pounds. So bearing in mind this was 19 years ago. That is mental. I think you can understand how cross i was and um they put these flags in it like italian flags little decorations and bloody

baubles and little all sorts all over it ruined it actually because I just wanted a normal ice cream. Made it look ridiculous. Think along the lines of Rowan Atkinson in Love Actually when he's packaging up the illicit necklace. It's kind of that. So I walk away after painting and realise, and all I wanted to do

was rip the flag out and throw it on the floor. But obviously I didn't want to offend anyone or draw attention to ourselves but it was really hard to enjoy that ice cream knowing how much we'd just been ripped off there you go 17 euros that can't be 19 years ago they mugged her right off I mean was it one scoop two scoop we don't. How many scoops was it? No, was it linsa or pizza? I mean. No, it's interesting to know though.

If it's a cone, a cup. Is it a tub? Yeah. But I reckon they've, I reckon that's. Yeah, but when you go and vote. Maybe they made a mistake. Yeah. 19 years ago.

No, that's crazy. Most expensive part of the wedding by the sounds of it. Yeah, mad. 17 euros. That does not make sense. Have a little look. What's an ice cream now in Rome? See if you can find it.

Well, you won't be able to, will you? It depends which tourist. Yeah, exactly. They were crazy. They've probably done it like intentionally thoughtless. Just ripped these people off. Definitely. Average scoop in rome one euro to three euros for an average scoop i just googled rome expensive ice cream and it says how much

could a couple of scoops of italy's famous dessert really cost apparently upwards of 14 euros per cone an american couple called the police recently after being charged 42 euros for three ice cream cones and a bottle of water at a gelateria in rome it's got to be a famous one it's got to be something really famous 42 euros for three ice creams and a bottle of water yeah that's true it's probably nine euros or something. I know. It's the little gelaterias next to the Trevor Fountain and all of that. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Right in the middle. You'll get the same in sort of London where it's just the tiny little pop-up ones right next to Piccadilly Circus. That's right. And then you get like a tenner for a little cookie. But the thing is, when you're on holiday, again, it's a treat. You don't mind as much what you mind you don't mind being done up the arse every couple of hours whilst you're in rome let's do it no it's daylight robbery is what it is

it's daylight robbery loved it didn't they i wonder where you're going with that No what I mind Is going into Tesco's And the coffee I like buying £6 I'm not doing that Club card £3.50 I'll buy two However

I'm going to talk to you about the coffee thing How many cups of coffee Do you think you make From your coffee that you like at home with hot water one a day no but how many in there i don't know 20 maybe about 20 i know where you're going with that because then i go costa and i spend four pound on a coffee there we go what i'm saying is don mug me off. I'm not there on the day before. It's on Clubcard.

I'll go in the next day and it's not. I see what you're saying. Yeah, it should either be on Clubcard or not. But it's just what I don't get. Yeah, I know. Because you're not going to, like I say, I'll stock up then Clubcard. I'm not going to then buy it at full price. No, I understand that.

Why would you do that? Well, I don't buy a lower packet when it's, if it's not on offer in Sainsbury's. Do you not find yourself in the supermarket, I just buy stuff that's not on offer, without being price matched? It's funny that you should say that, because that's what your brother does.

I come home with random things from the shopping, and I'm like, why have we never eaten this in our lives? Oh, but you know, it was on Club Card, or it was on Nectar Points. Right, but you don't eat it drink everything do you not remember though mom and dad's right you'd open the fridge yeah i'm not joking you go on i'll be like dad why is there six love packs why do you need six oh they're on were on offer. Yeah. I get it. And then you lot used to curse your dad,

and then you lot do it now. No, I know. Yeah, and also, they had bloody eight adults living in the house sometimes. Six. With you lot. Yeah, six was enough. Yeah.

Imagine the money they spent, I'm sure, for you lot. And you were all there. Yeah, no, it's true. That's crazy. But like, crisps. I wanted to buy us a nice packet of crisps. They were lovely, though. Did you crisps, I wanted to buy us a nice packet of crisps. They were lovely though, last night. You liked them, didn't you?

Really enjoyed them. But I'm not spending £2.50. No, it's like I said earlier. Oh yeah, what was it? Chili heatwave Doritos. Yeah. My friend came round yesterday. We were talking about it.

A little boy loves them. Yeah. She's like, I'll get him a little treat after school. She's gone in there. She's like £ pound for like the, not even the family size. Like a grub bag. Yeah.

Wow. And I'm just like, she was like, oh, George, you can have these, but only one bag. Three quid.

And literally eat them slowly. Nah. That's a lot of money. Yeah. It's like Pringles, isn't it? Doritos, chili heat waves. They're a lot of money.

Yeah. Two pound fifty. Amelia said, we went to the V&A yesterday and the sandwich was between £7 and £9 and the cakes were £5.50. And Hampton Court, which we love, charges £5 for a cupcake.

£5? £5. That's a lot of money. So what have we learnt from this episode? Do a Pat Lunch. Posse lives in Christ. Just don't go out. Cosy lives.

Yep. Yeah. And packed lunch. It's hard. It's straightforward. It's a lot for people, isn't it? It is a lot. It is a lot.

Especially if you've got a lot of kids. Savvy, isn't it? Like you say, make packed lunches. Be money savvy, make packed lunches. Don't feel the pressures that you have to do everything every day with your children. And don't go to Rome for an ice cream no when you have nice stuff

enjoy it use it don't let it that's very true Emma's fuming I'm going to go and burn all my candles now fucking hell Em

why are you so upset about the fairy liquor no I because I do exactly the same and I'm telling myself this more than anyone else desperately like

we need to enjoy the good things you've got to get it out get it all out I'm going to go and crack open a £40 bottle of wine I was just about to say

I'm going to go downstairs and crack open a bottle of why not yeah thanks everybody for listening

and Lisa it's been lovely having you thank you for having me have you enjoyed it really enjoyed it actually good slightly nervous

but I've enjoyed it nothing to be nervous about it is popping the old cherry um lovely to see you darling you too thanks a lot get the dust out of that candle and get that candle burnt this afternoon baby yeah always in the sun ro ro yeah love you love you thanks so much all right and thanks for helping me with my burn, genuinely. Thanks for a lovely weekend. It's a lovely weekend, as always. See you all really soon. Hope you enjoyed our drivel.

Take care of yourselves and keep happy. See you. Bye. Bye. Hi, this is Chris McCausland. And this is Diane Boswell. And we've got a new podcast, haven't we, Di? We do.

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