Wednesdays - Your second serving of 'Fridays'!

Episode Date: August 30, 2024

It’s the start of a new weekend, which means that it’s time for a brand-new episode of Sophie and Melissa’s mini series: ‘Fridays’, brought to you by the Starbucks Frappuccino Chilled Coffee Drink. The girls are filling you in on how their treat themselves mindset has manifested itself over the past week, and diving into even more of your dilemmas.They’re sharing how they would create the perfect date night, advising on what to wear when meeting your partner’s family, and giving another Tiny the push to spread their wings on a solo travelling trip. Enjoy your ‘Fridays’ treat and why not grab a Starbucks Frappuccino Chilled Coffee Drink while you listen!___Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/wednesdayspodcast/TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@wednesdayspodcastEmail | [e-mail]--Credits:Producer & Editor: @ben_johnsAssistant Producer: @gurlinaheer_Exec: @jemimarathbone and Holly NewsonVideo editor: @jakeji.pSocial: @laurabcoughlan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey guys, this week's edition of Fridays is brought to you by Starbucks and their Frappuccino chilled coffee drink. Available online and at your local supermarket. The perfect little pick-me-up for when you next want to treat yourself. Welcome back tinies! It's you, us and some Starbucks Frappuccino chilled coffee drinks i'm so ready to have a chit chat and get more into your dilemmas me too isn't it just so fun getting to bring these extra episodes on a friday thank you starbucks and thank you for these delicious coffee coffee coffee, once again, Starbucks have provided a whole load of

Starbucks Frappuccino chilled coffee drinks. Which flavour are we going for this time? Okay, I'm definitely going for Creamy Mocha Delight. So I have, oh my God,

Indulgent Camel. That's 10 out of 10. I need to have a try of yours. Mocha's lovely because it's also just like a lovely little like take on an actual, like the normal mocha

that you'd get from Starbucks do you remember when I was addicted to mochas no really ages ago I like literally

had one every single day really they were like my favourite thing in the entire oh my god so this is literally just perfect

yeah I could go ready perfect little treaty treat mmm that is delicious the vanilla is still going as my number

one though this is also called indulgent caramel. Like indulgent is definitely the word I would use to describe it. Let me have a taste. Wow. That is so caramelly. That is delicious though.

Very caramelly. I love that one. The thing about these is the flavour is very strong, which I'm so glad. It is. There's actually a real difference with every single one. Yes. My favourite still, sorry, is that sweet vanilla. I think a lot of people would love that mocha, but I still stand by the vanilla was just so...

Vanilla's just classic. Yeah, it was delicious. I mean, this is a real treat after a busy week. I agree. So guys, listen, last week we made a promise to be a little bit more indulgent, treating ourselves whenever and wherever we saw the opportunity. Melissa, fill me in on how it went for you i committed and promised that i was going to treat myself and have a gorgeous

facial in there and they're actually quite quick i think it's like a 20 30 minutes 35 minutes yeah loved it really sculpted me not something i would ever normally do and i always walk past it and think oh my god that would be a lovely treat for one day and i never do it so i was just like i'm just gonna do it banging it's so good and they like massage your shoulders you're put on this lovely chair you can put a blanket on you you can close your eyes like i don't know why they tip the chair it's just phenomenal it's like in this gorgeous armchair and it reminds me of like an old space chair sort of i know exactly like rocket chair yes yes and you had that well you had the assignment of getting into desperate housewives again and boy did i whole season one done in one

week no way yeah to be fair so doable it's so doable it's like in the back of a taxi on on tube on any opportunity on a walk okay you're just constant entertainment with that it's constant entertainment it's constant escapism like your mind you're never alone because i feel like i would be best friends with all those girls like she's in there with gabrielle and susan susan kind of annoys me a bit she kind of annoys me i love her so much at the same time but she's not my fave so great who's your fave i think i just love brie vandekin i love brie and gabby are my absolute same oh no you know who i love um the girl that's like coming later she's like was married to an american footballer renee oh yeah renee is vibes obsessed with her renee is so great also so is the blonde one what

she called edie brit she's just really like a bit naughty with the men she's not a girl's girl which is just not a really my vibe but she's providing the entertainment i have to also remember it's not real life i know but that's the thing you're so hooked it's guys honestly you're in for a treat and there's so many series and you see them grow up it's just honestly when you get to the end of it it's actually i genuinely mourn it until the next show you must watch it guys you must watch it you're in for a treat if you haven't you know when you meet someone that's never watched a single episode you're like you are in for the biggest treat so we actually went for brunch which was a treat in itself to discuss and plan our girls trip so we're going in october so we thought we can't do europe you've got to guarantee the weather yeah so our

choices were like dubai uman uman Oman. Oman. Maldives. Maldives. And I think Maldives, we've kind of decided that in October, the weather's not going to be quite right, I think. It's raining season. Yeah. We've whittled down some hotels that we like. Yeah. We're making moves.

We have made moves. And we've selected dates, which is actually very important. So I've blocked it out in my diary now. Me too. Nothing is getting booked over those dates. You did that very well. You set those dates like that basically Ruby's finishing um filming for me and Chelsea she deserves a good treat so we're all going on this holiday and we're just joining for the treat with us too okay we're very excited okay listen so we've got to do another treat we've got

to set ourselves another treat task I'm going to continue with Desperate Housewives which is the biggest treat of all secondly I want to go to the cinema. I want to get picnics. I want to sit down. You love the cinema. I love, I've not been for over a year. Help me.

Help me. Okay, okay, okay. Oh my God, I know. You want to go to the Connacht, to the cocktail bar. I do. You and Toby need to go there. It's the best cocktail bar in London.

It's such a treat. I'm excited for this. Should we do a little coffee taste test? This is just putting a puff in my step if I'm honest with you. No, this is a puff. It picked me up treat. I'm excited for this. Should we do a little coffee taste test? This is just putting a pep in my step, if I'm honest with you. No, this is a perfect pick-me-up. 3pm, we said it once, we'll say it again. This is just hitting the spot. It's like that thing, you're craving something and you don't know what it is and this quenches that craving. There's something about this which just feels so iconic to me. I just feel like it's the glass.

It's quite like nostalgia. I don't know know it's the starbucks sign we've all had a starbucks opportunity but this is like you can have these in your fridge and it's guys we have so many of these in our fridge we need to slow down we have so many of them they're so delicious it definitely is indulgent a delicious coffee moment it's a creamy delight, one that adds flavours to your day. Dilemma one. Hey ladies, it's my boyfriend's 25th birthday later this month and he said he doesn't want any presents. Instead he asked if I can organise a romantic day out. He's always so good at planning things and I'm feeling the pressure.

If you were in my shoes or organising a romantic trip for Jamie or Toby, what would you do? It doesn't have to be going on a big trip but if you have any cute date night suggestions then i'd be so grateful thank you i'm terrible at this i am terrible jamie is so good and that's why i'm terrible theater's a nice one like go see the lion king theater's lovely so easy so lovely it's like lovely to do great vibes and like the lion king's also great because i would get panicked i'd be like what should i book like lay miss is a bit full-on do you want to be like slobbering there's so many great things in the theater i think that's very cute but like you could go on

like a london boat that's a really good idea also you can do this like boat on the boat yes it's actually really i don't think it's too paddington it's paddington boat thing gorgeous and i think you like cook your little like little fire and it's like very sweet. And it's got like a little rooftop where you can sit on there and get some drinks. Go get your like snacks. Go and get all your bits and bobs for the evening. Go get some bottle of Prosecco, walk over. It's quite fun because it will almost like make you explore like a new area of like London

if you already live in London. Totally. Do you know what I mean? Also like quite cute and like sexy and romantic. But also if you want to just be chill like you could go to a really nice restaurant like there are so many fun like taster menus or i don't know what your budget is something more interesting maybe yeah or like find one of those like tiktok trends you know like that thing get the strawberries and the chocolate

yes just try and plan something quite fun also something that i saw once like i think on youtube years ago there was this couple that used to date and like for his or her birthday I can't which way around it was it would be almost like she had done this itinerary and like every place she would give him a new card and then he'd have to guess where they were going next I love her it was like almost like a riddle and then they go to their next destination and it's like can you guess oh and then she give him that that's so cute fun it makes the whole thing into like a little game I've also seen that too I wonder yes I think it's like, can you guess her? And then she'd give him that thing. That's so cute. Quite fun. It makes the whole thing into like a little game.

I've also seen that too. I wonder who asked it that. I think it's probably quite a thing. Yeah, it's very cute. But I think that's real sweet. But keep us updated. We've given you loads of options and I hope you have the best time.

Dilemma two. I've been with my boyfriend for nine months and I've been invited to meet his family at his granny's 90th birthday. Sweet. I'm feeling quite nervous as it's quite a big thing to get invited to and i'm hoping that it's a sign that we're in it for the long haul i want to make the right impression

so what tips do you have for outfits and do i bring a gift yes you bring a gift yes you bring a gift yeah nothing too over the top no but you must bring a gift yeah this is difficult you could get her like a lovely vase or you could get her some flowers and a card and some lovely chocolates. That is the best. That's a lovely gift. Flowers goes down a treat. I agree. Every time.

Everyone loves receiving flowers. Even when people say, don't get me flowers, get them flowers. Because I think getting a physical gift is too difficult. It's quite hard when you don't know her and she's also 90. If she's 90, she's probably got wonderful vases that she's collected throughout her life and she probably doesn't need another vase. I think get her a really lovely bouquet of flowers. Also get the parents a lovely bottle of wine. And also when I met Jamie's mum, I sent her a gift afterwards. So like it arrived when I left because I don't know, my dad always told me to do that. But I think turn up someone's birthday

with flowers. Yeah, agree. And also outfit wise, let's just go through it. We're going with Grace Kelly. We're going high neck. We're going dress ideally over the knee. I just think she's 90. It's a different time. So she's going like, so she's off to Wimbledon? Essentially, yeah. Okay, can't you just wear a lovely, sweet, like lovely linen top and some jeans? Oh my God, yes. It depends on how formal it is. It depends on how formal it is. It does.

I'm picturing like a summer barbecue vibe. some jeans like oh my god yes it depends on how formal it is sorry how formal it is it does i'm picturing like a summer barbecue vibe i'm imagining if it's a 90th it's a pretty big deal so i imagine everyone will make an extra effort but surely we don't have to wear a halter neck top i just think we try and keep it as sophisticated as possible right and you know what this is one thing both sets of grandparents always say to me is standards they get really upset if like my brother turns up to see them in their trackies they're like i don't go in trackies but we don't know but my grandma will always make the biggest ever she always puts a shirt on she always wears her little heels every time i go to see her she's

done her she's made an effort because to her like it's important that she makes an effort to keep standards up or whatever when they see each other i think that's just what they do like people used to go on the plane and put a suit on to travel on the plane okay so what we're 90th is an enormous milestone i just think if i was you i wouldn't be going in like a short cute skirt wait you're going to meet toby's 90th grand i think you're gonna wear an over the knee dress i just know what i would do is i would wear a nice maxi skirt i'd wear a maxi dress or a maxi dress or a midi i'm just thinking i'm not gonna wear super short like for me i don't have any dresses that are like in the middle of my thigh they're either over my knee that are like midi maxi or they're very short i'm not wearing one of my mini dresses to meet a 90

year old even go around his parents house for barbecue i'm probably not going to do that but i get what you're saying about the granny i'm just trying to keep it playing it safe okay let's play it safe wear a maxi Also depends on like Your style I just think Don't go too informal To these

Really try and gauge it From your boyfriend What the vibe's gonna be No but he will give you The wrong vibe Like Jamie Jamie turns up What do they do there

I literally went to Jamie's granny's 90th In Edinburgh Do you not remember And he was like You've just seen walking boots So I turned up In walking boots

They're all literally In suits and dresses And I was like... Oh, no, no, no. Yeah, I felt sick. And she went, do you need to go and change? And I was like,

that's my... See, I'm devastated. This is what we can't have to happen. She literally was like, can we find her a room where she can go and change? And I was like, I don't have anything else.

Yeah, I'll never forgive it. That is appalling. It was appalling. He was like, we're just going hiking in Scotland. No, we weren't we didn't go walking once we just went for a lovely lovely lunch it was a lovely lunch we may as well have been in london and i turned up in hiking boots i'm so upset i know and then jamie's

like uncle gave jamie like a tie and a suit because they were like granny needs you to wear that lunch but obviously they didn't want to be so rude to give me another outfit so they were like how much you want it was yeah right i think we just have to have appreciation for the fact that she's 90 it's a huge milestone really make an effort push for the boyfriend to message his mom and say what's the dress code what do you think helena should wear whatever your name is and just get him to ask on your behalf what the mom's wearing and then she'll give you an idea i agree yeah push make sure you're prepared and overdressed rather than underdressed on this occasion yeah we hope it goes well send us photos love you dilemma three hey sophie and melissa i'm feeling a bit lost i'm about to graduate from university and i'm not sure what i want to do lots of my friends are getting quite serious jobs others are moving away and some are thinking of going traveling it's the first time since school that i've not really

had any direction and because i'm so indecisive i don't know if i should knuckle down and start my career or see how things play out i just need both of you to tell me to spread my wings spread your wings spread your wings i want one thing i will say is i wish i'd have gone traveling so i think you have the opportunity to and you've got friends going, just go with them. Just go. I will never get the opportunity again. You will. No, to be like that age, that carefree.

No real commitments, no one or anything or jobs tying you down. Like it's the only opportunity to go and I think go. I think go. It's the perfect time in your life. And I think you'll regret it if you don't. I do. I couldn't give you better advice if I tried. Like I think you'll regret it if you don't. I do. I couldn't give you better advice if I tried. Like I couldn't agree more with you.

Spread those wings. Spread those wings. Go across the pond. You literally live life once. Absolutely. And like just make every last moment because it goes quickly. I went traveling to Central and South America. Loved it.

It's full on like party. And then if you want to sort of do like the more I don't know like I guess like wholesome vibe was like east coast in Australia like my friends who went there had a very very different experience how I had there's two different vibes like that's like health and wellness and going on jogs central and south america I don't know it felt very like traveling yes yes very backpacker it was like very backpacking yeah it was real that's how i imagine it in my head yeah i wish i could be a flannel watching sea lady toby and his friends rented a van and did the whole coast of australia or something he spent three months just in

australia and then he did like fiji like all these other random places but like there's a lot of fun there's just so much of the world to explore even like i just really highly recommend going and i think all those hostels and stuff you meet so many fun people so you would not believe the stories that happen like you will just cry laughing just think of the in-betweeners yeah it's kind of that right is it yeah i'm really jealous i go and even at the time like you look back at it now like 10 years later I'm like oh my god those experiences what a time to be alive what a time like just do it just do it and then whilst you're away you can sort of brainstorm what you want to do it gives

you a little bit more stalling time I would then come back and you don't have to think like oh my god the job I'm starting in has to be my dream job forever like some people are like literally in their 50s and they're still like, I don't know what I want to do still with my life. It's so fine. We're finding ourselves. No one really ever knows. Like don't put pressure on yourself. Exactly. Go traveling, come back, get a job.

And then, you know, even if it takes you 10 years to figure out what your dream is or whatever, fine. So be it. Enjoy those 10 years. Enjoy out what your dream is or whatever fine so be it enjoy those 10 years enjoy the ride totally this was just so much fun i love these friday sessions thanks guys and remember this episode was made possible by starbucks and their frappuccino chill coffee drink the delicious pick-me-up full of flavor that can be enjoyed at home or on the go so go on treat yourself find your fave online or at your local supermarket have a fab friday guys we love you go have a wild weekend gorgeous weekend we'll see you next week bye

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