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Two Noras and a Mic
Turtlenecks!
Fall has officially arrived, and we're celebrating with our signature blend of random observations and seasonal musings! Fresh off our annual Chardy Party (complete with a giant bottle of Rombauer and an unexpected second wave of late-night revelry), we're diving into autumn with renewed energy and plenty to discuss.
Have you ever wondered what Chardonnay-flavored lip oil tastes like? Spoiler alert: not like Chardonnay at all! We sample this peculiar product and discover it's more cake batter than wine, which leads us down a rabbit hole of fall trends including the famous Pumpkin Spice Latte that was almost called something entirely different. Did you know Princess Kate is going blonder? Should brown pants really be this season's wardrobe staple? We have thoughts.
The conversation takes some unexpected turns as we explore Europe's recent ban on gel nail polish due to concerning chemicals, Iceland's conservation efforts that literally involve throwing baby puffins off cliffs (for their own good!), and the extravagant transformation of college dorm rooms that has us questioning whether students should still experience the character-building joys of "roughing it." But the heart of our episode is a spirited debate about turtlenecks - from their practical origins protecting medieval knights' necks to their evolution as fashion statements worn by everyone from Audrey Hepburn to Steve Jobs. One of us champions their elegance while the other questions their comfort, all while reminiscing about our 1980s childhood fashion experiences that included unfortunate haircuts, coordinated outfits, and accessories with plastic fruit.
Join us for this cozy fall conversation filled with laughs, nostalgia, and maybe even some fashion inspiration. Whether you're Team Turtleneck or not, we promise you'll be entertained by our journey through seasonal trends, bizarre global phenomena, and memories of matching pinafores!
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Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2:Yes, welcome back to all our regulars.
Speaker 1:We are sure glad you're here. Where were they? I don't know? Well, I don't know, but just that they come back all the time. Oh yeah, they were probably off enjoying a fabulous Labor Day, indeed, I hope they had a fabulous Labor. Were probably off enjoying a fabulous Labor Day, indeed, I hope they had a fabulous Labor Day. I had a fabulous Labor Day.
Speaker 1:I had a very busy Labor Day weekend. You sure did. Yeah, closed it out with the annual Shardy Party, which is always a delight. It was a rager this year. Yeah, it was. It was so fun. I got a little ahead of myself.
Speaker 2:See, the nice thing about not liking Chardonnay is at the Chardy party.
Speaker 1:I'm usually on the straight and narrow yes, yes and I.
Speaker 2:We just get to celebrate Chardonnay once a year, so I like to make the most of it and thank you to our friend who hooked us up with a gigantic bottle, the biggest bottle of Chardonnay I've ever seen, the biggest bottle of Rombauer I've ever seen. She was a beaut.
Speaker 1:She was so beautiful she stole the show. Yeah, she did. She was our guest of honor. A huge shout out to our pal who made that happen. Yes, and your wall was a huge hit the Chardonnay wall.
Speaker 2:Right, that was fun.
Speaker 1:A huge shout out to friends who helped make that happen too.
Speaker 2:Takes up the witch. But that was so fun and what made me laugh about that night was that it was winding down and in my brain at the moment I was like, all right, we'll help Nora clean up, we'll get things this and that. And then we had a second wave.
Speaker 1:We had a second wave. That I certainly wasn't expecting, but gosh, it made for good material.
Speaker 2:And then fast forward. I got home at 2.30.
Speaker 1:Yes, but that second wave didn't go home. No, they got home probably at like four.
Speaker 2:They took their party to a hot tub.
Speaker 1:Yowza, definitely not where I anticipated anyone's evening. No, so it made for a slow go for me monday. Oh, okay, because I have that dog. You do have that dog, and as cute as a button. Yeah, that dog doesn't understand going to bed at 2 25 at night. She also stole the show at shardy. I woke up with her and then ryan woke up with her and then can you hear her like an infant.
Speaker 1:Well, yeah, because she's right next to our bed and then when Ryan came down the stairs the second time I was like I'm going back to bed Because I just couldn't function. But she's very good. She is pretty much potty trained and she sleeps through the night and you know she sounds like an infant she does.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, so now fall is here.
Speaker 1:Fall is here, but, speaking of Chardonnay, I have something for us to try.
Speaker 2:Oh, is it a little mini bottle? It's a yellow box and it says Chardonnay.
Speaker 1:So is it a little.
Speaker 2:It's a broad spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen lip oil from Vacation labeled Chardonnay Lip oil makes me think of like baby oil, like I'm going to burn.
Speaker 1:Well, this is from a dear friend. Oh, look at this. Wow, wow, okay. Does it smell like Chardonnay? It's smooths and plumps. Oh no, here we go again. Here we go again. It's lumpy. It's vegan, Okay, it's dermatologist tested, but not approved. Not approved.
Speaker 2:That always makes me nervous. They tested it. We're not telling you how that test went, but they did test it.
Speaker 1:Oh, you should stop it if rash occurs Good to know and in case of ingestion, get medical help or contact the Poison Control Center right away. Also slightly concerning when you put it on your lips. Don't get overzealous and pour the whole face. Oh, it doesn't smell like Chardonnay, it kind of smells good. Oh, smells like vanilla.
Speaker 2:This smells like I was going to say muffins.
Speaker 1:Let's see which is not a, I'm just going to put it on my finger.
Speaker 2:You should just use the wand, or I'll use my finger. Then you can use the wand.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, the company is called Vacation. Oh oh, my finger, then you can use the one. Oh yeah, the company is called Vacation. Oh oh my gosh, this tastes really good. You're not supposed to eat it. Well, you can taste it, huh, hmm.
Speaker 2:It feels good Do they like plump or. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:I had trouble recording the rest of the podcast because I listened to the film To fillers, yeah.
Speaker 2:Hmm, I don't know what makes it Chardonnay, but it's delightful.
Speaker 1:It tastes like cake batter.
Speaker 2:And that's not how Chardonnay tastes.
Speaker 1:No, even the most buttery of chardonnays.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was going to say like a glass of butter.
Speaker 1:Well, that is. I think you're going to use it again.
Speaker 2:Well, it's yours, so probably not Okay, well, I was going to use the wand.
Speaker 1:If you're going to use it again, well, it's yours, so probably not. Well, I wasn't going to use the wand if you were going to use it.
Speaker 2:No, no, no, go for it. I feel like if I'm using lip gloss, I want a little bit of color in it.
Speaker 1:I do too. This is just clear. Does this look like I have Chardonnay on my lips? Do I have wine?
Speaker 2:on my lips. My husband would probably like this, like I got my Sardinia lip gloss on hope you all are telling because your lips are so plump. Yes, you'll be like wow, you smell great and your lips are fuller than ever.
Speaker 1:Okay, well, that's very nice yeah, so thank you out of all the things we've tried on our mouth.
Speaker 2:this is probably the best, I agree. Doesn't taste like moldy cheese or smell like that. So yeah, happy fall, happy fall. And you know that it's now pumpkin spice latte season. It's pumpkin everything season, isn't it?
Speaker 1:Pumpkin everything.
Speaker 2:Did you know that that's not always what they were going to call it? Well, isn't it a pumpkin spice latte? Yes, the original name was fall harvest latte, which, thank God, they changed it Because fall harvest latte, which thank god they changed it because fall harvest to me sounds like a pile of leaves right, it sounds like a cornicle or like yeah, oh, we put corn squash squash, some soybeans in a glass. So well done, starbucks for those.
Speaker 1:Do you think they heard pumpkin spice and then jumped on the pumpkin spice? I've never, never, actually had one Same, so I don't know what a tea is we should try, we should.
Speaker 2:Well, what they said is they thought that pumpkin spice latte at first was like too on the nose, but then they were also like fall harvest latte doesn't sound like anything. People are going to want to know what they're drinking. Leaves, leaves it made me think about when you were like tea is leaves crumbs.
Speaker 1:A bag of crumbs um.
Speaker 2:But I was like oh wow, good miss on that, no kidding yeah it's also fhl doesn't quite roll off the tongue like psl. I feel like they always people always abbreviate abbreviate it.
Speaker 1:I know I can't wait to try it. Well, I'll bring one. Okay, are you going to bring it? Bring it. Yeah, lock in, bring it. Speaking of fall, did you see Princess Kate's new fall? Look, she's got.
Speaker 2:she's going a little blonder, I know.
Speaker 1:I associate her with dark hair. So, when I looked at her. I had a hard time with that.
Speaker 2:I think as a brunette, I get a little defensive when people go blonde. I'm like what are you doing?
Speaker 1:Yeah, stay with us. I don't want to hurt her feelings because she's beautiful. She is beautiful and I applaud her for taking that risk. So I don't want to be a naysayer, but I do like the brunette.
Speaker 2:I like the brunette too. How do you feel about brunette pants? Because brown pants are a big that the wrong way.
Speaker 1:Pooping pants.
Speaker 2:Not a trend. Brown pants A trend. Yes, what color? Brown, a warm. I could show you a picture.
Speaker 1:Like a chocolate brown.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, oh wait, that's, oh wait, we're. Oh, brown pants are the new classic staple you'll be wearing all fall, not like UPS, but brown. I mean you can't. I mean, I mean, I know brown's a neutral but I don't know if it's my neutral. Correct. I yeah, I don't know, I don't, I don't mind these models look great. I'm not against it, I don't think.
Speaker 1:I own one thing that's brown that's an excellent question.
Speaker 2:Do I I mean shoes? I have brown shoes, brown hair, brown belt. I don't think I do either, but I I don't mind it in these pictures. I think the problem is, if I were to buy brown pants, I would need to buy a shirt to go with them as one does typically. But you know, like if I bought a pair of black pants, I'd be like oh, I have 12 shirts, 12 million things that go with black Probably.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but brown's a nice neutral like the navy's and the blue's and the pink's.
Speaker 2:Because I don't even think I've worn khaki pants, though they used to wear khakis at high school, like thing Like flare like bootcut khakis.
Speaker 1:Like, yeah, a lot of times when I look back at my high school pictures, I look like I'm going to a business meeting A shirt tucked in and a belt.
Speaker 2:But now I just so associate it with my kids, my boys' school uniform.
Speaker 1:Yeah that I would never wear a pair of chinos on a Friday night. Oh, there's Nora in the chinos over there. She looks great.
Speaker 2:In a vest. There's no scatty pants In a polo shirt, please.
Speaker 1:Maybe a nice pair of loafers, Maybe yeah all right. Maybe yeah, oh man, oh man, and actually yeah, all right. Yeah, oh man, oh man, and actually something else, that's brown that we both love brown iced tea.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's brown. It's brown. I found a new place to get it by the gallon and maybe you already know this is it in clareton hills Hills.
Speaker 1:No, oh, where Chick-fil-A? Is it fresh brewed iced tea? Yes, is it $27? It's $6.89. Okay, that's reasonable.
Speaker 2:Isn't that I bought, so I like their iced tea. I've never had their iced tea. Okay, I like their iced tea a lot and yesterday I brought it's there for a nutritious takeout dinner and I was like what is this? And I was able to get a gallon of it. I'm trying to look right now to make sure I'm not giving false information.
Speaker 1:Did you see it advertised as a gallon or did you ask do you sell this by the gallon?
Speaker 2:Well, I was looking for it. My daughter was asking about a certain kind of lemonade, and then I saw gallon beverages. So here we go A gallon of unsweetened brew, dice tea $6.50.
Speaker 1:Yeah, take that Egg, Harbor Egg.
Speaker 2:Harbor, get out of here. What $28?.
Speaker 1:Remember when I asked him, he's like um, this doesn't seem right.
Speaker 2:I was so grateful for you, because I was like, well, that's what it costs. And then we sent it back.
Speaker 1:We don't actually want it.
Speaker 2:Thank you and I was grateful to you. But yeah, $6.50. $6.50, that's a steal. I haven't tried it out of the gallon yet, but I drink it there often.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, and it's delightful, I'll have to try it. So did you see all this buzz on gel nails being banned?
Speaker 2:No, why.
Speaker 1:So in Europe they put a ban on gel nail polish. It's horrible for your nails September 1st. Yeah, because there's some chemical called TPO which I don't know what it stands for, so please don't ask. I wasn't Okay. But they say it can cause fertility and reproductive issues. Oh geez. But some say it's precautionary versus preventative and some people say they're banning it out of an abundance of caution.
Speaker 2:So but I feel like if there's a possibility that it's going to make you sick and there are plenty of other alternative nail polishes to use, then, yeah, don't let people make it. And also I feel like that forces the companies to be like okay, let's find a different ingredient, because this isn't going to work.
Speaker 1:We're not allowed to do this.
Speaker 2:So I think that's great. Plenty of other options. I just didn't know it was bad for you. I didn't know. I just know that when I only got it like a couple of times, it just destroyed my fingernails. That's what I didn't like about it, and I rarely paint my nails. And so then I was like bleh. I was like this is why I don't do this. You know what else is happening in Europe, specifically in Iceland? Oh no, puffin throwing season, what's a puffin.
Speaker 1:A puffin is a bird. Oh, oh, yikes. So apparently d-a-d are alive, alive. So puff.
Speaker 2:This was in national geographic, of course it was, so I I trust it completely. So what happens is these little baby puffins, they they're born and their parents are with them for so long, and then one day mom and dad puffin go out to buy some cigarettes and never come back. And so then they have to leave their little burros alone. And so the locals go out looking for baby puffins and they have to throw them off a cliff. Oh, what To be like? Fly, fly away, or else they won't they won't leave.
Speaker 1:Wait, where are all these adult puffins hanging out? They're at like club med. Yeah, they're at an all-inclusive. They're at a rager it's pretty wild.
Speaker 2:Oh, I couldn't I was trying to see the video yeah, look at oh, she really used it a good thing. And then look at they fly and they can swim, like they'll go into water a little bit, but this little girl like it's like what?
Speaker 1:is it?
Speaker 2:it's like a basketball like a granny shot, yeah, like a free throw, but they should call this the puffin launch puffin. Yes, it's pretty crazy. Oh, it just made me laugh that and also just in iceland that they were like, yeah, we got to get these baby puffins out of here.
Speaker 1:If you're around on Saturday, come launch puffins with us.
Speaker 2:And the town name is like 20 letters long. That's your jam.
Speaker 1:Do the parents come back and they're like where are all the children gone?
Speaker 2:I don't think so. I think that's the life cycle of a puffin, Like we got you. But then week six, we're out.
Speaker 1:That's too bad, I know. Too bad for the little puffins.
Speaker 2:I know. So Puffin patrol, puffin patrol, yeah, they've got to. So this reporter, you know, they're trying to rescue all these little. Oh my gosh 3,000 puffins.
Speaker 1:There's a lot Pufflings.
Speaker 2:Pufflings Isn't that cute, mm-hmm. Puffins are cute little birds. I'm not a huge bird fan. Oh yeah, but as far as birds go. But yeah, because then they kind of get stuck in weird places. Oh here's Ingvar Ornbergson and Eduardo are searching for pufflings. Oh, good for them, that's so nice. I just couldn't imagine throwing a bird like that off a cliff.
Speaker 1:I probably wouldn't watch.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't watch. Yeah, and they must be friendly little birds to allow humans to be picked up or to be picked up by a human, you know? Yeah, huh. So anyways, all, right.
Speaker 1:Well, thank you for that little tidbit In America we're having fancy dorm rooms.
Speaker 2:Have you seen this? Oh, I've seen this. What the actual heck is going on. Kind of fun though, isn't it? Yeah, but how would you think? But then what are you setting people up for? I feel like our children have such unrealistic expectations.
Speaker 1:Well, I think if you go to TJ Maxx or somewhere like that you can do like a dupe of it, but like wallpapering your dorm room. It's out of control. It's kind of fun to look at them, although isn't it.
Speaker 2:But then I'm like, what are you doing? Like I just think about I mean, my dorm was fine, it was tiny, and what we ended up doing we saved all our water bottles and we covered them in tissue paper and then we hung them up on our ceiling and we made like a like a installation, like an art installation, because they were all different colors, so it was kind of pretty. But like that's the kind of weird stuff you did because you were like oh, I'm 18. I don't have a lot of money or access to, because you did an online shop in 1998. So we did weird, clever things like that.
Speaker 2:And then I feel, like go and clash with your roommate or figure it out when you get there, Like I just think that expectation of having did you have a dust ruffle on your dorm room bed, I don't think so.
Speaker 1:no, but I no.
Speaker 2:I mean, I remember I had a cute like Laura Ashley like comforter and I picked out towels and I had. We had a rug. Yes, that was it.
Speaker 1:That was it yeah, I know I'm kind of excited to do that though, like on the cheap, yeah though, like on the cheap, yeah, like at tj maxx.
Speaker 2:But then I also think like, okay, then you graduate college and then you get a job, and then you're gonna be like, well, now I want my apartment to be like designer apartment yeah, I just wonder what do you do with that after freshman year?
Speaker 2:yeah, yeah, that's the other thing too, this article that I read. It was like the like do you throw all that away? I guess you bring it to your apartment, but then, if you have're like this clashes, how do you take the wallpaper off of a dorm room? Is it peel and stick? I think it's probably peel and stick. But also, I was kind of like I love my parents dearly, but I was also like I don't want my mom here for three days decorating my dorm room.
Speaker 1:Right, I don't know Like, do it yourself, figure it out. I know, remember, elle wants me to go to college with her. Oh, that's right, so it might give me something to do. Well, you're really great, you keep me busy.
Speaker 2:I don't mind it, but I just think to spend like thousands of dollars I know On already what is thousands?
Speaker 1:of dollars. Yes, yes. A headboard and stuff, yes, yes.
Speaker 2:A headboard for also. I'm kind of like you should rough it a little bit. It shouldn't be as comfortable as home Like.
Speaker 1:You should rough. Yes, you're right, you should.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, miss home a little bit, but monogram your pillows so that, when you do, you know that they're yours.
Speaker 2:Like people bringing in different mattresses. It's like you're 18. You're going to survive.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Just put a mattress topper on.
Speaker 1:Yes, put a mattress topper Like get some sheets Like a cute comforter A nice rug, Because after a rough night you're not really not going to know the difference between a good mattress or not. Right, you are not? No, you're just going to.
Speaker 2:Also, do I need my name in a neon sign?
Speaker 1:But you do need your initials modigrammed on your pillows. That is cute. Okay, what do you say? We check them with our snots. Let's do it, okay, hey Nora, hi Nora, how are you? I'm great. I was just wondering do you write firecrackers?
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Speaker 2:I'm really excited about our topic today you dressed for the occasion, my friend, I did, and I think my sister's going to like our topic today too, because it's turtlenecks. And to our European and British listeners, polo necks. I did see that, yes, turtleneck has a long history. Yeah, born out of necessity and function.
Speaker 1:I dove into that looking for something I could cling on to, because I think you and I agree on most everything.
Speaker 2:Yes, but there are a few things we cling on to Because I think you and I agree on most everything, but there are a few things we differ on. Yes, Turtlenecks is one of them. Yes, I think great. If there's an option, and it's, I think you can look cute in a turtleneck.
Speaker 1:I think difficult to put on and restrictive, oh, okay.
Speaker 2:All right, I think you could wear with your pearls. It would be like a real power, like Audrey Hepburn move.
Speaker 1:Oh, she was known for those?
Speaker 2:Yeah Well, in the 50s it was very much like a sex symbol thing, those really tight, tight sweater turtlenecks. Hide your neck, but they were trying to accentuate their curves.
Speaker 1:Yes, so that I don't think it does me any favors, I'll tell you that. I'll tell you that?
Speaker 2:Well, so the medieval I think we kind of like you and I know what happened, but we should tell our listeners. So, medieval knights when they were wearing all their like chain-length armor, they needed something to wear underneath it so that they wouldn't get bruises and cuts Almost protective, if you will, to protect from the metal that they were wearing on top of their bodies, because one thing I read said it was hard for them to turn their heads without cutting their neck.
Speaker 1:Okay, I didn't see that that's funny. I mean not funny.
Speaker 2:Hiding, and it's in the 1500s. I feel like enough time has passed.
Speaker 1:We can laugh at it.
Speaker 2:Hiding in my turtleneck. And then in the 1800s it was for practicality for sailors, for fishermen, factory workers and polo players wore them and that's where polo came from. But then in America, like early 1900s or in like the 60s too, it was like counterculture. It was like, oh, I'm not going to wear a tie, I'm going to wear a turtleneck, beat neck kind of a bohemian. Oh, I didn't see that. Okay, and-hmm. And then when women kind of used it as a power move too, because I think because it's so crisp, like it can be a very not this, I got a sloppy, floppy turtle neck, is that a?
Speaker 2:cowl neck Cowl kind of a cowl neck, but those like tighter turtlenecks like Steve Jobs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. But they say if you have a short neck, if you have broad shoulders, if you have a full bust, if you have a petite frame. If you have sensitivity to collars, you could wear them. So, as I'm reading this, I'm like, well, who should then? Oh, my sister, your sister, she's built for a turtleneck.
Speaker 2:My sister loves a turtleneck and I really don't mind it either, especially in the winter.
Speaker 1:It is nice. You do like a turtleneck. Why in the 80s and 90s did they have to just kill the turtleneck with all the patterns for respective holidays.
Speaker 2:I remember having from Talbot's kids a long-sleeved striped turtleneck dress. That was a huge win, so, and I had it in a couple colors. There was a green and blue stripe, I think there was a red and navy blue stripe, but, yeah, a lot of turtlenecks and blazers. Yeah, I mean Julia.
Speaker 1:Roberts, turtleneck and blazer. I mean, I know it's come a long way since the 80s, but I still can't embrace it. I will wear a turtleneck, more of like a mock turtleneck, if I'm running.
Speaker 2:and it's man they were I don't want to say hot, turtlenecked out.
Speaker 1:They were pretty feminine and very perky.
Speaker 2:They were very curvy, Curvy, Accentuating that, and then you know 60s, 70s. It was very much like a power move and kind of like a symbol of strength.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Do your kids wear turtlenecks oh wow, I think Rose has one.
Speaker 2:She does have one, she wears it. She has like a little cheerleading outfit. Okay, and she'll wear it under the cheerleading outfit. Princess Diana, huge fan. I know A turtleneck, but look at how hot Whitney Houston looks in that turtleneck.
Speaker 1:It would be. And Janet Jackson, it would be just as cute if it was like a scoop necks or a crew neck?
Speaker 2:See, I don't think so. No, rihanna, there she is. Justin Timberlake, everybody's dabbled. Andy Warhol, David Bowie, okay, okay, what about your husband? Oh God, no, no, no, al, no, no, I think he wore one as like part of a dress-up party. Ryan does like a vest. Oh, I feel like that's the anti-turtle neck, though. Yeah, it is kind of anti-turtle, though I did have in college. I loved this sweater so much. It was a gray sleeveless turtleneck sweater and I wore it with my leather pants.
Speaker 1:I like when you talk about your velour long sleeve green shirt. Loved that shirt.
Speaker 2:I don't have many tops that are turtlenecks anymore, but I have a lot of sweaters.
Speaker 1:Sweaters, and you know they're on trend right now.
Speaker 2:Really. Yeah, they're making a comeback. I think that's great, I think in the winter because you know why else I started embracing them last year is because I have a long puffy coat. That's a vest, oh right, so that was kind of my go-to winter thing. I'm like oh, I got my turtleneck sweater on with my puffy vest coat.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they're saying go for it. They're saying fitted turtleneck sweaters, okay, monochromatic pair with cuffed jeans and tall boots. So don't have like basketballs on or like teddy bears, teddy bears, teddy bears holding American flags, or cats in Christmas trees, I think, oh, is that like chasing a little ball of yarn?
Speaker 2:I think, in the picture I have of you when you call me, you're wearing a turtleneck. Oh, probably.
Speaker 1:I'm probably wearing a terribly itchy wool sweater.
Speaker 2:Well, it wasn't itchy because you had a turtleneck on Turtleneck under it. Yeah, let's see, I'm trying to see, wow.
Speaker 1:You do have a big sweater on. It wasn't gold, you were not Can you tell the print of it.
Speaker 2:It looks like hearts, maybe I mean you were there.
Speaker 1:I know my chin's so big you can't see it. I should say you're how old? In that picture, like five when I was the boy, when I was the boy child, little five-year-old Nora has a pixie cut. That's because I cut my own hair, told my mom. I got glue stuck in it and she took me downtown to some swanky salon and did this before my photo shoot, in which the photographer called me Norm I look like a Norm.
Speaker 2:No, you look like Michael J Fox.
Speaker 1:Don't you, who isn't?
Speaker 2:his fan. You're like give me the, give me the michael b keaton or what was this? I look at this picture like all the time could see what you. Why have I never put this together?
Speaker 1:do you think my mom asked for the Alex Alex she's like that'll be $10 extra and give me the address to the fan club. Even my smile is like.
Speaker 2:I know it's bad, just take the picture Well, the turtleneck and then the Irish sweater that's also kind of got a high neck on. It is tough.
Speaker 1:Well, it's better than the one.
Speaker 2:I think I'm in suspenders in the Robin.
Speaker 1:Williams, when you're done laughing at my haircut, I'd like to, politely and kindly, remind you that you also had a very similar haircut.
Speaker 2:Yes, it's terrible. That's why I feel like I can make jokes about it, because I was right there with you and I think you donned a jersey of sorts, maybe a soccer jersey, mm-hmm, is that the picture I'm seeing?
Speaker 1:Well, because I was on a team.
Speaker 2:So we were both Norahs with boy haircuts, until in second grade, a little girl was like why is there a boy in the girl's bathroom? And I was like, no, not today. We're done for growing this out. And then I had a mullet for my whole third grade. Oh, I can imagine a mullet with a turtleneck.
Speaker 1:I actually think I'm in my school picture with a turtleneck, a sweater and my mullet and a headband.
Speaker 2:Well, they knew you were a girl then Killing it. But I think maybe because we're from the 80s and we were children in the 80s and dressed in 12,000 layers, you're burned by turtlenecks. Give it a chance Next time you're shopping, try one on. I won't be able to get out of it.
Speaker 1:You know what? I think we used to wear multiples when we were kids, where you'd buy, like the leggings, the top and then the band to go around. I wonder if those were those tops, turtlenecks.
Speaker 2:Some of them probably were.
Speaker 1:Or maybe they were so loose.
Speaker 2:I always wanted multiples.
Speaker 1:Was it comfortable, I think so I wanted. Except for the rest of the strings and around your midsection and the turtleneck part. It was so creepy, heimlich and strangled. They were great. Put the stirrups on those.
Speaker 2:I don't know if they had stirrups.
Speaker 1:Oh, gosh, we should just go down in 80s slash 90s fashion walk for one of these podcasts.
Speaker 2:Let's just pull some of our best looks and just do a whole post on it.
Speaker 1:Maybe set our moms down.
Speaker 2:Why. My mom had a picture of the three of us in these like Irish outfits. My brother got off the easiest. It was just a green shirt, a green sweater that said Carrie on it. I think he has a turtleneck underneath it. My sister and I had pinafores, oh yeah, and I think Erin might have been 12. She's way too old for her, and then we were matching, so I was probably so I must have been eight, and we had green turtlenecks on under the pinafore.
Speaker 2:Please bring those. Oh, I have it. It's in a little trio frame in my laundry room. Oh, that's great.
Speaker 1:Yeah, where do we go from here. Could you imagine, though, like we, i's great, yeah, you know when do we go from here. Could?
Speaker 2:you imagine, though, like we, I never argued. I was like okie dokie, is that what I'm wearing? Thanks Mom. My kids would be like ooh, it's itchy.
Speaker 1:We always coordinated, I feel like I yeah, I didn't really complain a lot, we were big.
Speaker 2:Gap Kids, kids. We had a lot of.
Speaker 1:I like complain a lot. We were big Gap Kids kids. We had a lot of coordinating Gap Kids sets. My mom was into Kelly's Kids for a while. I don't know that, I don't know it was like. I don't know, I bet you looked darling, though Always coordinated, Always coordinated.
Speaker 2:Yes, Well, because you couldn't. Once you moved to Scottsdale, you couldn't be wearing turtlenecks and Irish sweaters.
Speaker 1:No, but my first day of fourth grade I wore culottes with a giant fruit pattern and the shirt had plastic fruits hanging off it. And then I had, it gets worse. Oh no, they had Velcro-fringed shoulder pads. Now, if that's not a welcome. You're like hello, Scottsdale, you can hear me coming down the hall.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's so cute. I had like a fluorescent outfit I wore on one of my first dates of school. It was like white culottes with like a short sleeve button down with a vest over it.
Speaker 1:She didn't have plastic fruit hanging, that's true.
Speaker 2:I had no like stuff hanging, but oh man, yeah, you know.
Speaker 1:So that's why a turtleneck Don't knock it All right, give it a shot. I will, I'll give it a shot this fall season.
Speaker 2:Maybe you need a cowl. Neck something loose. Maybe I'll ease into things.
Speaker 1:Yes, oh, you know what Ryan bought on that sweatshirt from their golf trip.
Speaker 2:It is cozy, yeah, and this one has thumb holes in it, which it makes it Extra cozy, snuggly, all right.
Speaker 1:Want to launch into highs and lows, Go ahead. I can't think of a low. I didn't really have a low either. I don't have one. You know what my low is?
Speaker 2:I'm letting little things bother me. Oh shoot and I've got to get it. It's like a bad mindset where I'm like, ah, my car is dirty, or like somebody like put an empty cereal box back in the pantry and I'm like sweating the little things. Normally I don't.
Speaker 1:I don't know if I'm just like irritated, kind of like that lady who was like it's too hot.
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah, so I got to. That's me. I got to reset my mindset and just not be worried about little annoyances. That's on me, yeah, and I don't hang a lot. Okay, well, that's good.
Speaker 1:It's better than good, it's great. It is better than good, it's great. My high is that I found an awesome roofer to fix a roof at a reasonable price and he is reliable. So it is the roof Awesome, and yes, and it. So it is the roof Awesome, and yes, and it was an easy peasy fix. Correct, he hasn't done it yet, but it will be when he does it.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm happy for you. I feel like this is a problem that you've been kept thinking was solved.
Speaker 1:Yes, so it's been weighing on me, so I'm glad to have that behind me.
Speaker 2:Besides the shardy party, my sister's birthday was Labor Day, oh fun. And we got together at a Chinese restaurant in LaGrange and it was delightful. Did you have so much fun? We had a blast.
Speaker 1:Everybody, or just you guys, a whole fam, all 15 of us.
Speaker 2:And this restaurant had private rooms and they connected, so we had a kid's table, an adult's table and they had little like doors that you could close, so you weren't bothering the whole restaurant. It was nice. It was really, really nice, and she liked the gift I got. What did you get her? I got her a sweater from lululemon was it a little it was not, it was like a tennis, like a cardigan.
Speaker 2:It looked it's cute, it kind of looks like a tennis. Oh cute. You know, for all you people who wear sweaters, when you click to this it is a text.
Speaker 1:Oh good, I get a lot of laughs on this. Oh, me too. This was fun. Hopefully you had fun listening. Yeah Well, thanks for joining us and don't forget to tune in next week. Bye, Bye.
