August 18th - material girl?
Well had a fun day yesterday, doing photo shoots for a large part of the day with my friend Princess. Many for her site www.sexysoles.com so lots of foot fetish pictures which can be a lot of fun to do. We did some pictures for our site as well at the same time. I met her at the sky train terminal and we went for lunch, and took pictures in the outdoor patio where we were eating. Which definitely drew more than it's share of looks... especially because I was wearing my bright red wig, which I at one point took off and then put back on again. We walked around town a bit and took some more outdoor city pictures, before coming back to my place... where we did more pictures!. I was posing for some pics on the bed in my blonde wig and one of my cats, Mishima, pulled the wig off of me... we laughed a lot over that... I think he has a hair fetish himself that kitty! that and he likes to be in front of the camera.
Princess blows me away... she has of all things a 'shopping slave' as one of her site members - who has to spend a certain amount of cash per month on her... as part of their D/s relationship, as well as many other members who buy her numerous gifts. Have you ever noticed that some women have that ability? They never pay for drinks or dinner, they never go dutch on a date, men buy them presents and bring them flowers... How does that happen? ... Princess was quite happy to inform me that not a single mailing day this month had passed without her receiving something. Boggles the mind. Though I have to say, since doing this site, I've had the pleasure of a few members spoiling me with little presents, and one member in particular who is the benefactor of the majority of my new wig collection. :)
It bothers me to find myself getting a little bit envious of Princess though. I've always seen myself as a strong and independent woman, and a lot of that has been about 'paying my own way'.. though at the same time, I get muddled, because a part of me longs for that pampering too. I think it comes from growing up with very little money.. and that childhood thing, where you get one gift, and you love it, and you think it's the most beautiful thing in the world... and then you visit the kid down the street.. and they've got the same present that you have... but the deluxe model, and another 20 presents of equal merit and it alters your perspective. I was never bitter about it, and never felt that I wasn't getting something that I was entitled too. I think the only things you're entitled to are the things that you work and strive for in life... but at the same time, as most everyone I think can relate to, when there are 'things' you want... well, you want them!... and that longing for stuff is a pain in the butt... I can understand on one level why some spiritual practices want to let go of the longing for all things material.
At any rate, I'm not at that point yet.. and I'm about to head out the door to work a back to back double overtime shift... so that I can pay the bills for some of my material desires... :)
XO
Katt