Dorothy Perkins - Awesome Discount...

This tip is the sort that pretty much all shops don't want you to know, let alone to use.


This discount isn't exactly 'ethical' in fact I'm not actually sure about its legality either, but nonetheless it worked for me today. This is my story...


Earlier this week i went into Derby for a quick shopping trip to the Westfield, I mainly went to grab a few birthday presents for Vicki, but as always i managed to find a few things for myself.
I have been fawning over a pair of Ugg Kensington boots but to be honest i don't really wanna pay over £200 for them (i like them, i just don't like them that much!)


It was towards the end of my shopping trip i wandered round in Dotty P's and saw a pair of awesome knee high boots, They looked nothing like the Ugg's but they still look awesome.


I check them out, they fit real nice, they look good, they feel good... Ok i gotta have them. I check the price out and they are £45 in the sale.


£45 is a good price, but I'm buying them on a whim, i don't really really want them if you know what i mean.
Now, If they were a bit cheaper, I might buy them. So i found a sticker on one of the other sale boots and stuck it on the ones i wanted.


I went to pay for them and the girl frowned for a second at the counter, I told her they were from the sale section and she was like "Oh ok, no probs". I paid her the £15 and i left with that 'warm inside' feeling that you only get from snaffling a great bargain!


Now, here's another top tip, This one only works online though.

Before you start shopping, Visit this Link, This link takes you to the student discount portion of the website. Basically everything has 15% off, All the time! 


All you have to do is put any old information in their form and then 'Submit'. You then get forwarded to the regular site but when you checkout the prices are lower!




Anyone know any other cool discounts out there? (Especially on Uggs? lol)

IK Multimedia - iRig

Last week i bought the most awesome gadget ever!


Its called 'iRig' and for those who don't recognise this by name, it is a little electronic device that plugs into your iPad or iPhone (or iPod touch) It enables you to plug either a microphone or more importantly a guitar into your Apple product.


iRig can be purchased, brand new, off the interweb for £10 and then you download IK Multimedia's free App 'Amplitube' and then you can play with your headphones on and practice in hard rocking silence while those around you watch re-runs of The Bill on the telly.


So this week I've been playing around with it and i love some of the functions it has, Like the ability to slow down or speed up the track you are playing along to or learning. The ability to 'Loop' sections of the song over and over.
You can add stomp boxes for FX and also different types of amp heads and speaker cabs. It really is a mega piece of software.


Apologies for the non-transness of this blogpost lol


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Flying 'En-Femme' & Choosing a trans Forum...

Taken after a long flight in economy!

I am a little internet forum addict, i'll admit this quite openly, its not something i spend every hour of the day doing but i do like to browse them a couple of times per day when i have some spare time. I love to see whats going on within certain specialist fields.

I'm a member of a Porsche club so i can find cheap deals and pickup helpful tips for my car.
I'm a member of a few music forums so i can stay updated with technical gossip about my industry, Its always nice to know who is doing what gig and new developments within the music business.


Predictably though, majority of the forums i read are trans related. 
I know there are a lot of them on the interweb but i tend to stick to the UK ones. The main three being Roses, Angels and Chix.




Each forum has its own personality, its own target audience and thus its own 'vibe'.
My opinion (and i know some readers may disagree with this) is that Roses is a 30+ target audience. A lot of good posters and nearly zero spam, male admirers or trolling. I like Roses because if i need to ask a question and get an educated reply then i find this to be reliably good.


Chix is quite a young forum, A target audience of, let me guess, 20+ years old. Quite a lot of male admirers on this forum, and to be honest a lot of forum posts degenerate into childish bickering and polarised opinions, Which if Chix were a pub would probably end in an all out bar-brawl.
But there are some good sections within Chix, There is a section called "Ask Dr Emma' a real Doctor who can answer questions relating to embarrassing stuff or trans related stuff. Dr Emma is a Post Op TS so she knows a lot about transitioning.


Angels, Well actually Angels is the one I've been on for the longest. It has members ranging from teenagers through to OAP's. Just like Roses it has no male admirers, hardly any trolling and zero spam. Posts rarely degenerate into brawls and there is a lot of educated responses on there. 
There are other forums i am aware of, but because these three provide my brain with all the transfood it needs i don't feel the need to check them out unless someone recommends them.


The other day, on Roses someone was discussing the possibility of working in the UAE. It was something that i found i could advise with (having flown and worked there a lot). Other people have also posted on the thread too and hopefully the O/P (original poster) has some good opinions about working there as a transgender person. Personally its not something i would ever do, Whenever i go there i am always worried about getting through airport security let alone living there full-time!


But that said, Dubai does have one of my favourite airport lounges in the world, (Along with Singapore, Sydney and HK).
I know that for certain people the thought of flying 'en-femme' is a fantasy or dream (or nightmare!) but for me its just normal life. My job flies me all over the world i actually have enough air miles saved up for a couple of round the world tickets!!


I wrote this post for a couple of reasons, Firstly just because it was on my mind just how useful internet forums are. And also to see if it would be worth posting about some of my flying experiences?


A quick Google search shows me that there are a lot of questions about 'flying en-femme' (as it's known) but there are not many answers.
Thats why i called this post 'Flying En-Femme' because i know it will show up in web searches.
Maybe i see what interest this generates and maybe i revisit this subject in a few weeks if popular enough.