Highly Enthused

We're back with some glorious stuffs, including a recipe we're calling "fiddly elegant", the best in Japanese socks, fruit-shaped candles and our thoughts on the next cocktail to suffer death-by-meme - the! spicy! marg!

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Surprise! Turns out this is the season finale of Season 4 after all. We're off to have ourselves a break over the summer - part holiday (for SoRo), part maternity leave (for SoMo). We didn't want to leave you in the lurch though so this ep is chock-a-block with the good stuff. Think sexy netflix shows, a Sydney swimming bible,  comfort reads, a banging dance tune and some "last ep of the season" silliness we didn't edit out. What sport does SoRo have a vendetta against? What weird way does SoMo describe being pregnant? Just how many times does SoRo's skin get complimented? You'll have to tune in to find out guys! Vamanos!

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So much in this week's episode, from a podcast direct from lockdown in Melbourne, swimwear that will - no joke - change your life, vinegary fruit drinks, perfect (and cheap!) linen shirt dresses and something we wish we had more of all the time - a damn good book recommendation. 

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We've kept it snappy this week, but man do we cover a lot of ground. We've got supermarket flowers, a mouth-sweating spice blend, steamy sex scenes and  a dark horse in the baked good aisle. We're self-medicating through TikTok, we're turning into our mothers and not one single chickpea was cooked in the making of this episode!

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In this ep you'll learn how to stock your freezer with good-qual pizza and beer, impress people with a fruitful "house wine" strategy, lose hours to a TV show, de-pill those freaking balls off your jumpers, and generally get your feelings BACK ON TRACK thanks to an old fav Agony Aunt column. You need it? We got it. Sometimes. 

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This week we are thrusting our face into the flowering bushes of Sydney in spring and letting sprigs of jasmine perfume our houses. It’s our favourite time of year, but there are deadlines to meet and sometimes the seasonal shift can make SoRo a little blue. To steady our equilibrium we have some decadent chickpeas, an app to track our cycles, a memoir to make us brave and yet ANOTHER perfect doughnut. SoRo also tries to make “gardening chic” a thing though neither of us are 100% convinced. 

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This isn't and will never be a baby-focused podcast, but lots of you asked for recs, so we have a couple to share. But we're also staying hydrated drinking interesting Spanish stuff and well-concealed thanks to a refillable beauty product. Sundays are made for meatballs, so you should try these ones, and oh - we point you in the direction of probably the best doughnut of your entire life. No hyperbole. 

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We are back in business guys! Season 4 is here and we've got a couple of changes ahead (both big and small), and we are fully recharged and ready to bring you recommendations. This week an awful lot of them are food related! We've got chai and we've got tacos, we've got crispy chicken and chickpeas and middle eastern spices, we've been knitting and movie watching and wearing a lot of stretchy, cozy clothing. We're so glad to be back!

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