The feelgood episode! Shopping, cocktails & wild swimming
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Lorraine & Trish take a trip! Oxfordshire beckons for your hosts as they head off into the countryside for a weekend getaway together (minus Margo the cat, husbands and teens). The duo reboot their style with a personal shopper, get stuck into a Martini or two and Trish tries out a freezing swim in a lake for the very first time.
Listen in for: fashion & shopping tips, style tricks, witty friendship memories and a guide to wild swimming for the first time with your midlife mates
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| 0:00.0 | So, a couple of weeks ago, Lorraine, we had the exciting news that Margo had been approached |
| 0:05.6 | for some PR gifting. Well, the PR gifting has arrived. Margo, your cat has had a PR gifting. |
| 0:11.5 | Yes. What's that fancy feeling? Well, very exciting. Well, she got, it's from a cat nutrition |
| 0:19.0 | service called the Republic of Cat. It's a sort of little packet of cat food and |
| 0:29.8 | it's a subscription to a concierge cat food service. Oh my god, she is living her best luxury life, |
| 0:37.7 | luxury cat life, exactly. So, she did enjoy the food, but you know what she enjoyed the most, |
| 0:43.6 | knowing that I knew she was getting a gift and I wasn't. Yes, exactly. She enjoyed the box, |
| 0:48.2 | because she just wanted to get in the box. That's what pussy cats do, put a box or a bag down, |
| 0:55.6 | and in they go. I came with a set of stickers, which I'm holding up to now, little lovely pictures |
| 1:02.1 | of pussy cats and things on it. Well, how can Margo know what the stickers are for God's sake? |
| 1:08.0 | Did she read as well? Well, they wouldn't stick on her fur. Do you remember how when we used |
| 1:13.9 | to wear little bags? I could make stickers on her fur. We're going to get cancelled for my |
| 1:20.0 | catitude soon. No, that's what she is. See what I did there, my catitude. No, you've got a very bad |
| 1:24.4 | catitude. Hello, hello. Welcome to Postcards from Midlife. I'm Trish Halpin, and I'm Narene Candy, |
| 1:34.2 | and we're on a mission to help you make the most of your magnificent midlife. We'll be tackling |
| 1:38.9 | everything from mind and body wellness to HRT and your sex drive. Trish and I are here to help you |
| 1:44.7 | have a stylish second act and answer all your midlife questions on fashion, beauty, careers, |
| 1:49.7 | relationships, family, and as always, the challenges and joys of parenting teams. |
| 1:57.2 | This week we are shaking things up a bit on postcards from Midlife because we do want to keep you |
| 2:01.5 | our lovely listeners on your toes. We still have lots of tips and advice and midlife experiences |
| 2:06.8 | to share, but we've decided to go rogue and not have a special guest for once. You're special |
| 2:12.1 | enough for me, little judge. No, a little special guest, but before any of you out there think |
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