Happy Fourth

With the fourth falling on a Tuesday this year, it's like having a bonus Monday this week. Note to new friends: Mistress's favorite day of the week is Monday. No really, I <3 Mondays. They are the best day of the week.
So in honor of the pretend Monday, we'll have on Wednesday this week, let's revisit the Monday's List post idea.
Mistress has some needs, and a bulleted list seems the best way to share them.

• A craftsman. Mistress would like some new pieces and her regular carpenter is overbooked this summer. Must have samples of work and give impeccable attention to safety and durability. 
• A videographer. Mistress wants to explore offering audio recordings, primarily hypnosis recordings, and video clips, video blog entries and clips from my sessions. What I most need help with is setting up a recording space in my playspace and purchasing the right equipment.
• Someone who understands bitcoins and could help me decide if this is a payment option I should explore. 
• A real estate agent. 
• A web designer. At this point, I need more than a hobbyist. 
• Mistress Sarah needs bodies to practice on. 

And if you need some motivation, here are some pictures of Mistress Sarah....

Mistress Went Shopping!

How much does Mistress love Amazon? No in & out of the heat, no lines, and no muggles. From the comfort of my laptop, with a cold Diet Pepsi and a burning smoke, I can just click what I want and the postman brings it to my doorstep. I love Amazon and I love my mail carrier.
What did Mistress buy? I bought fun new toys for my good little subbies of course....

A doggie mask for puppy play like I mentioned recently. The eye mask is detachable so good puppies may be allowed to watch Mistress from their cage.

A new ball gag with attached nipple clamps. My ball gag went missing recently. Next subbie is going to pay with stretched nipples for whoever it was that pocketed a keepsake from Mistress. 

A waterproof, purple, Hatchi knock off. I have an original, corded Hatchi. Great tool, but it's so loud and limited with its cord. It is also harder to clean. This pretty little toy has one continuous silicon outer layer, and no nooks,and crannies to worry about.

And what I am most excited about: WIGS! It was so hard to narrow it down to just 3. There's 6 more in my shopping cart for the next time I go on a shopping spree. I opted for these two similar ones to compare brands. Each line has several more I plan on purchasing. 

And the last one is just for fun. It's not particularly high quality, and I don't expect it to last. But isn't it adorable? 

Puppy Play

Now that I am mentoring Mistress Sarah, I find myself revisiting my early days as a Dominatrix. What do I know now that I didn't know then? Where did I find my first customers? What did I bring to the scene and what did I learn on the job?
On my trip down memory lane, I recalled that my very first session was primarily focused on puppy play. All of my early ads mentioned puppy play within them. There were a couple of reasons for this. My business that went bankrupt a few years earlier was a pet store, I still had some stock left over that could be used as dungeon furniture and tools. Also, I had a better than average understanding of animal behavior and training techniques.  While areas of play that I was inexperienced with were a little intimidating in the beginning, I felt totally confident offering puppy play sessions. Many of my sessions in those early days included some puppy play, and it was quite enjoyable. Somewhere over the years though, it fell off my advertised interest list and now I can't remember the last time I had a request for it. It wasn't that I completely lost interest in it, I honestly don't recall when I stopped including it. Chances are I placed an ad that had a word limit on it, I edited it out for brevity and it never made it back into the next ad I ran.
Now having revisited it, I realize I miss those sessions. There are components I would add now that I hadn't thought of then and I suspect Mistress Sarah would find it an easy & fun introduction to professional sessions.
So I think I'm going to do some shopping this week. The first order of business is a good kennel. I'm inclined to buy this one:

It even comes in pink! Although it's out of stock right now, I'm sure if I looked beyond Amazon, I could find it. I like the open wire, I'll be able to see my puppy to ensure his safety and that he's not misbehaving while he's contained. 

 But then I was also looking at this one:

This is what I would use & recommend for an actual puppy. The molded plastic would feel cave-like to the pet inside. Actual canines appreciate a place that is all their own, perhaps my subbie puppies would also? 

Then I think we would need this: 

That's something I didn't have in those early days, but I very much want now. I wish it had some cheek spots to complete the look of a Doberman which it clearly looks modeled after. 

Then there's just picking up a couple of feeding dishes, chew toys, and balls to chase.

How many of my mostly mute readers have tried puppy play? Is it something you enjoy? Or if you haven't experienced it, is it something you would like to try?