I applied for and received my first student union card last week and I’ve been going a little bit crazy. I never did have one the last time I was at college back in 19*sneeze* so I thought I’d get one this time around. With a student card comes many benefits, such as discounts on a wide range of goods and services.

This morning I’ve been booking my tickets for Edinburgh and Manchester in August. Normally I fly return to Edinburgh, but because I’m going on to Manchester, it was cheaper booking single train tickets for the whole trip. I’ve had to book a single to Edinburgh from King’s Cross, then a single from Edinburgh’s Waverley Stn. down to Manchester Piccadilly, then from Manchester back down to London, disembarking at London Euston. I’ve been using this site, because I’ve been able to get 10% off every ticket I’ve booked, saving myself a grand total of £6.10. Hey, don’t scoff. That’ll be my lunch I’ll have purchased at Marks and Spencer’s at King’s Cross. To quote a well-known supermarket’s motto, “every little helps.”

On my mini spending spree I’ve also bought a couple of summer tops from the New Look website, that saved me a whopping £1.20. It’s a shame that I’ve had such a bad experience with Virgin Media as there were some good deals on the NUS (National Union of Students) website. They also do discounts at Amazon and Play.com, with free delivery at Amazon, which is pretty cool as a reference book recommended by my tutor is only sold on the Amazon site.

Not with my student card (shame, would’ve come in very handy), I’ve also been replenishing my illicit drawer. I need new stockings for work. I used to love buying them from Marks and Spencer but the UK Tights website do tights for not only the fuller-figured woman, but for tall women too. It’s where I bought the black and red holdups that you see in the pics on my site. I also bought some Liquid Silk and condoms from the Lovehoney website. Take a look, but I do warn you it’s not for the faint of heart. One could get quite kinky with this site.

You can’t say I didn’t warn you.

Although it’s not properly advertised, I’ve been taking a few bookings for Manchester and even though it’s a couple of months away yet, I would suggest to those interested in coming to see me, make plans now. Regular blog reader El Tel has booked the rest of my Thursday after I check in, so that date’s out. I also have a few more bookings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And remember I only see 2-3 gents each day whilst on tour, which means a couple more spaces left for Friday and Saturday.

If you’re further north of the border, I don’t have any bookings yet for Edinburgh. So plenty of time for that gents, although remember I’m only there for two days. Remember there’s also Glasgow in July.

I’ve booked another 4 nights at my favourite hotel in Glasgow. I was idly surfing on Monday night just before bed and a banner popped up for it, offering £20 off. I thought it was £20 overall and I thought lovely, I’ll book 3 nights and save some dosh.
When I went to the website to book, a whopping £20 per night was taken off the final bill. So I’ve booked another 4 nights in October. How could I resist? It’s a sign and you know me and signs,lol.

So that’s all my tours booked for the year now. When I get back from New York, I need to buckle down and get on with my next course. Then in August it’s a two-city tour to Edinburgh and Manchester. I’ve booked two days in Edinburgh for the 2nd August. The prices were a little steep, but I figured it’s August, it’s bound to be. A fellow escort asked me if I was going for the Fringe Festivals. Doh! I had completely forgotten about that. No wonder hotel prices were high. But as I’ve mentioned before I’ve always wanted to go back, although I’ll miss the festivals by a day. I need to get me some more of that proper strong smelly Scottish Cheddar cheese at Jenner’s department store and bring home some Scottish Heather honey from a little shop I found on my last visit. You can’t get that stuff here in London. So I’m really looking forward to it. And with Manchester as usual on the 4th, it’s going to be a lovely week. You know how much I love Manchester and Edinburgh and Glasgow are getting up there for favourite places to visit. I can’t wait.

Unfortunately for those who may be interested it won’t be until August. I thought I’d attach it to my usual jaunt to Manchester, have a nice week away from home this summer I think.

I’ve been looking for an excuse to go back to be frank. Although business was good the volume of clientele could’ve been a bit more, well, voluminous. Long-time readers of my blog will remember I went way back in November 2009 on an overnight booking for a client. I saw a couple more besides and did some sightseeing. But I loved Edinburgh and I’m going back for a couple of days. If for nothing else than to go back to the Food Hall in the House of Fraser department store on Princes St and get some of that wickedly strong cheddar cheese. I also need to find that little shop again near Grassmarket where I found that gorgeous Scottish honey. I may even try and squeeze a visit to Edinburgh Castle this time.

The hotel I’ve booked (of course it’s already booked, it’s me remember) is a lovely 4* which has steam and sauna facilities. If I can at least cover my expenses I’ll be a happy bunny. I’ve booked the 2nd-4th August, then I’ll make my way down to my favourite city by train. I’m excited already.

I’m also excited to tell you that for the first time ever, I’ll be coming to Glasgow later on in the year.

For personal reasons I’d been unable to tour Glagow since I became an escort, but now those reasons no longer exist. I am excited because, although I’ve been to Glasgow a few times, (twice for an overnight), I’ve never actually toured there.

I figure that before I truly settle down with doing the degree, (remember I’ll be starting the openings course in September, the first of the big courses start in January), I can squeeze in one more tour and where better than Glasgow. It also means I may get to see one of my most favourtist (yes, I’m aware it’s not a word) clients, a gent who took the trouble to trek over to Edinburgh to see me last year and whom I didn’t think I was going to see again. So an extra bonus for me. And again I’ll be able to stock up on whisky liqueur and Scottish honey (I’ve yet to taste better), not to mention some decent Scottish mature cheddar and oatcakes.

It’ll definitely be in October (before it gets too cold) and around 7-10th seems to be what suits me most.

Stay tuned for further details. Glasgow here I come!

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

I’ve been having a bit of a tinker over the past few days re: the links you’ll find at the side of the blog, partially inspired by a fellow escort blogger, an inspiring woman. I thought, what a great idea, to list sites I’ve used in the past that I’ve had good service from. Like her I will only use sites that I’ve actually used and have found satisfactory and could honestly recommend. Same ethos I used for the links on SAAFE.

I actually had Pandora’s Choice in “My Favourite Shops”, but I removed it after the recent debacle and have instead inserted Stockings Direct, following on from their swift service and their quick delivery.

For books and CDs, may I recommend Play.com. Again their service is swift and postage is free, unlike Amazon where you’re charged up to a certain amount. I also get my Family Guy calender from them every year and it costs a fiver. I’ve seen the same in the shops for around £8.

I’ve recently ordered a couple of books from a site new to me, The Book Depository. Their deliveries are also free but the slight difference is is that they also use Paypal for another form of payment. I ordered the books on Saturday and they arrived the next Friday. A bit slower than Play.com, but hey, I can’t complain, it’s free delivery.

For going to Manchester I’ve used Rail Easy, way cheaper than Trainline.com.  A ticket to Manchester used to cost me around £70 on there. That was for their sooper dooper advanced non-refundable ticket – basically the cheapest. Rail Easy sells the same ticket for around £22. I’ve been using them for a couple of years now.

If you have a sweet tooth like me (and some of you know that I do), then there’s the Bakewell Tart Shop where I ordered myself a tart for my birthday and put a birthday message to myself. Yes, I know. Sad.

The Hummingbird Bakery I swiped off of above-mentioned blogger’s site, damn her. Before I went to meet SJ for lunch back on my birthday I made a stop in one of their branches in South Kensington. Gawjuss, just gawww-jus. I know I’m in trouble as the shop is only two stops away from Victoria on the District and Circle lines on the Underground. I’m just more suprised I haven’t been back there since. If any gents should find themselves getting off at the wrong stop on their way to see me and they mistakenly find themselves at South Kensington, it’s…um….on the Old Brompton Road, opposite side of the tube station to the museums….cough!

For hotels, I’ve been using Trip Advisor for years, personally and professionally. If you want to book a room and you want to know a bit about the hotel before-hand, this is the place gents. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t book a room until I’ve read the reviews on there first. Us ladies need to find out if the hotel we’re working from is discreet for our clients, doesn’t use those infernal keycards that you can’t get in without, or if there’s a burly security guard with a clip board barking at you if you’re a late night client trying to get in to see his favourite lady. Not good for work.

Laterooms is also handy for us working girls too. You don’t always have to pay in advance, they’re invariably cheaper than the hotel’s own website and you can cancel the day before your arrival date (subject to the hotel’s policy). And the staff are nice too. I got caught out when I tried to cancel the hotel room that I booked for my birthday. I thought that I could cancel on the day, it turned out I had to cancel the night before. Gulp! Which meant I was still liable for the first night’s stay. So I called Laterooms and begged and pleaded, they in turn called the hotel I had booked and between them they let me off. I’m wondering if it helped that I was a previous guest in one of their hotels in Edinburgh and was on their mailing list. Anyways, with that I’m now liking Laterooms a lot more.

Whew! This was a long one wasn’t it? I actually started to write this entry last week but I ran out of steam. So I’ve put the final touches on it today. I do hope whoever reads this finds the info useful.

Tell you what. If anybody finds any sites that they may think I might find useful, do tell. It’s good to arm yourself with knowledge.

A lovely customer who this afternoon treated himself to me, as a Christmas present, bringing with him a box of cherry bakewells from Sainsbury’s; a whole night spent under the duvet, watching  classic CSI on Channel 5 with “Gil Grissom’s” favourite episodes and I’ve just broken open the Drambuie I bought from duty free on my way back down from Edinburgh last month. Work phone and personal phone switched off. Only my mother or the Second Coming can disturb me (that’s what she used to say).

Bliss…

You can’t get that down south. Guess what I’ll be having again for dinner tomorrow? And yesterday I paid £20 including tip for room service. No dessert, just a meal and a couple of pineapple juices. That’s what happens when you don’t go exploring on your first day.

I’m not long back from doing a bit of sightseeing around Edinburgh. I thought I’d have a wander around after work. Apart from the roadworks in the middle of Princes St., it was a lovely walk and I caught glimpses of Edinburgh Castle. Although my thighs are killing me from walking up and down steep roads and steps. The lady at the pie n’ mash shop told me that Edinburgh was built on a hill, which would explain the steep streets. I reckon I’ll lose a couple of pounds at this rate.

I’ll be seeing some of my favourite all time customers in the next couple of months.

My Glasgow favourite is zipping over to Edinburgh to see me this week. My Manchester favourite, “Twiggy” has written to me this weekend to inform me that he has finalised travel plans and will indeed be coming down to London to spend a nice long session with me. Michael from Newcastle will be paying a special visit to see both myself and SJ next month. Thanks for fitting us in between footie fixtures Michael,lol. I am missing my Newcastle favourite though. He’s not been well recently. Thank goodness he did drop me a line to say hello which was good, as I had wondered how he was doing.

I must admit, although I have met a couple of right characters (do you remember I wrote about the gent who ran away), I’ve also met some wonderful gentlemen. I’ve heard of unfortunate stories where escorts have had their fair share of troubles one way or another with clients. But apart from the odd timewaster and runaway, I’ve never encountered any real problems. I’ve been really lucky I think.

*Mentally smacks face and shakes herself out of reverie.*

And I’m in the mood for a spot more face-sitting…or a bit of the other. So if you’re around about that time tomorrow and you don’t mind popping into Victoria, give me a call.

In other news, bookings for Edinburgh are going well. Thursday (5th) morning/early afternoon is booked until after 2pm as is Saturday (7th) afternoon between 1 and 3pm. Friday afternoon between 3 and 7pm is also booked for my original customer, the reason why I’m coming up there in the first place. So do drop me a line or give me a call gents, if you’d like to see me whilst I’m up there.