Plumped For Manchester

Well Spring 2017 is go. Today not busy at work and started Googling Premeir Inn's again. Saw last few remaining rooms so went for it. Down wednesday and back saturday, cost of rooms and breakfast£230. Went for the Premier Inn nearest Canal street, will give it another go. Say 1 day at Manchester and 1 day at Liverpool. Would have liked another day but too expensive. £65 for railtickets, first class as feel another £20 on the price is worth it for a better experience. So £300 so far. Expect another £200 so £500  all in. The girl needs it really, the money is there so comfortable with it.  So there will be bath bombs, pasta in my room, taking flap jacks, some very close shaving. Do want a day in Liverpool but Manchester is not a done deal. Couple of years ago had 3 days and went to Preston, worth doing but tired of it too early.
There is the possibility of seeing the couple at Bolton, possibly but not guaranteed. Will think about that. Need to sortout the coat! Fel better just thinking about it. Ideally would hav e waited till the end of term as days warmer and longer but thats a small thing really.

Ring, Ring, Ring

Last week tidied up the cabinet the large BCR opening plier fell down. Noticed in the last few days that the white tissue at the piercing was very thin and today went for it and attempted, again, again, to up the P.A. piercing to 5 mm. The original plan had me getting to 5 mm over 1 and a half years ago. Going to 3.2 mm was not too bad but took nearly a year, going to 4 mm required aspirin to kill the white tissue. May be keloid material posibly bbut it was preventing the hole stretching to allow the larger ring through. Today with the aid of a taper and vaseline it took 20 mins, in the past tried folrlonger with no effect. Will let it recover and then decide about whether to go for 6 mm. 5 mm looks a good size and is quite heavy.
There could hav ebeen dressing but there was not today. Lets blame the thyroid. Have now got the goahead for Spring 2017 so now need to make final decision over where to go! Probably Manchester which does work tough Leeds might work. Have not ruled out Brighton but thats not especially likely.

Honey, I'm Home

Mary Tyler Moore died yesterday, she was 80 and apparently had big proble swith diabetes. I never saw the DickVan Dyke show but did see The Mary Tyler Moore Show where Mary Richards was a single woman in mid 1970'sAmerica and was trying to "have it all" with hilarious consequences but still with groundbreaking ideas such as a single woman having a career and being treated with respect. There is a bit in the opening sequence where she is giving her trademark smile and throws up her, no doubt crocheted beret into the air, at the joyof living. This scene wasgently mocked in Rhoda but it feels right. Think I have mentioned this before but these moments are what I look for being the girl.  They have been there, a look throught he blog will reveal them, in The Signalman with a smokey fire, crossing the road at the Clocktower they have happened. Granted I have moved on and done more so I no longer look for them. Thats it really. You do not look for them they creep up on you.
Found myself worrying about Trump, hopefully wrongly. Prefer to believe that once freedoms have been won they somehow become ingrained so people no longer say "lets be nasty to group x" or lets get tough on abortions. Mary Richards would be too classy for that and be nice to gays or Trans people, as really people shoild be but in 70's America or UK it was not too likely to happen. Audry Hepburn is reported to have been happy to potray a lesbian in one of her films but though her public were not ready for it. Once people see that other groups are just normal nice people then they treat people nicely. lets hope so and that they continue to do so.

Getting Heavy

It is sunday late afternoon and I have ran 10.55 miles which was not too difficult. Weighed myself after rehydrating and its as bad as I thought it would be. 12 st 7 lb. Have not been that weight since say 2006-7. Not sure what to say or do really. It may be the thyroid but last time didnot get so bad and so heavy. It has to show but not as badly as it did when I was the weight last time.
In 2 weeks have an appointment with the consultant so will see what that yields. Hopefully the weight will come off easier this time.
Would be good to dress soon, possibl get a chance tomorrow. Still have not sorted out Spring 2017 but its the early evening , been out all day, all gone well, sitting there in a Starbucks or whatever and having a coffee its about 5 or 6ish and I have food and alcoholic drink for the evening. Partly I suppose its the normality of it all; here is a woman sitting down after a had days shopping, having a coffee and then going to her room.Not even going out with the girls later but thats OK ish.

2016, So-So Really

OK 2016, how was it?  Not ideal, not good, lets blame the thyroid. Put on too much weight, low motivation but the holiday was better than last year. Not enough pics but on the whole better pics. Second New Years Eve not dressed, that burned. February was good, Liverpool and Manchester, no complaints there. Summer 2016, well. Lots of dressing, outdoor pics, some nice indoor pics too, new wig. Almost forgot, 2 hours at The Boudoir, that was better than expected. Glad I did it but could see the limitations to it. Sadly Imageworks closed down. No pics printed this year. Do miss the Support Group meetings. Slightly surprised at that.
Cannot really say there has been any progression this year, treading water at best but lets blame th ethyroid and any year where I do Liverpool and London dressed has to be a success. So really it was not too bad but lets hope the thyroid when sorted allows for more dressing. Then again J is still boyfriend less so that put a crimp on things. Ideally try to find a second place to dress. Put on too much weight but lets try a diet.
Hopefully in 2017 there will be a good February and summer holiday.

Long Legs Of The Law

Did some pics today. An absolute psychological struggle it ahs to be said, spent ages with the Interfit flash on the stairs with a bounce umbrella. Put makeup on quickly and did the policewomen pics. The "charged" squark is very loud and cannot be cancelled and is a pain. I thought the pics looked OK but on seeing them exposure is too high but migth get something useful. The point is I realised I have to do so much to get a pic, setup the flash, setup the camera, find clothes, put on makeup and then wig and then go for it. Its a big battle. Say I had my own place, the flash could be setup pretty well permantly, the clothes in drawers neatly and easy to find, an awful lot of time saved to start. Then putting away would be quicker too. As it is well we have been there before so lets move on. Hopefully can save some pics, though feel curiosly not bothered as if just getting made up is enough sometimes.
New Years Eve looks unlikely sadly, it is not impossible another cahnce to dress may occur this week but not holding my breath. There was a nice small bag at FatFace which hoped would be in January sales but no joy. Mind you just seen another bag which might well do. Soon will do a review of this year, we shall see!

Under The Tree

One of the nicer Xmas traditions/excuse to dress up is the Xmas card. So for several years I have found a skimpy Xmas costume and taken some pics by the Xmas tree. Sadly last year could not which was  not nice at all as I recycled an old pic. Yesterday I managed to do the shoot for this year. sadly the new flash units have  a loud bleep when charged which really put me off though they synced nicely with the camera.  The other mains flash refused to sync so it was back to the battery flash through a white umbrella. Unfortuntely the exposure never really got right and the flash ate 4 batteries after 150 shots. The problem is its reinventing the wheel all the time, so if I could just get more practise I would be better ad quicker but I am not. Did not get the policewoman or Lara Croft look done either.  Did get a bit of camming in which is always fun. Reallywonder about the camera sometimes, the pic quality should be better. On the plus side there is at lwast 1 day when I should be alone so might be able to squeeze in another session.
It may have been the wide angle lens but the face looked fatter and all in all it was not the success I was hoping for. Will have 3 definite pics to upload but thats not ideal.  The dress is actually Ann Summers. Had hoped to look like a young Julie Christie but reasonably happy with the look.