BNO - wooo!

Chloe and I hadn't seen each other for a while so we decided to set a date to catch up and go out, after bouncing ideas around the country of where to go out we decided to head over to the good ol' BNO in Milton Keynes. Leading up to BNO I'd met Aimee, a girl from Exeter who's a few months ahead of me on the NHS conveyor belt so I invited her to join me.

I managed to get off work early so I could get up to Exeter to pick up Aimee and get on our way up to Milton Keynes, the pick up was swift and we were on our way through hideous Friday traffic, well I say through I really mean spluttering along with everyone else wanting to get up to MK. We finally arrived at the Windmill where Aimee was staying, Chloe and I were booked in there too but a room had become available at the Campanile and Chloe couldn't get hold of me (while I was at work) so a brash decision was made, not the end of the world but a bit annoying for Aimee - Sorry.

I got to the Campanile a little frazzled, it was great to see Chloe, I nipped in the shower and proceeded to get ready... about an hour later after being told I had to wear a skirt I was ready and on my way to pick up Aimee from the Windmill hoping my space would still be there when I returned, alas it wasn't and after shaking my fist which I was told wasn't very lady like I managed some precarious parking leaving my car flirting with the tranny-trench.

We joined everyone in the Hotel bar for a drink before heading over to the Pink Punters Night Club, it was great to see so many familiar faces, Stacey, Claire, Nesssie, Stella, Laura and Amy who I'd briefly met at Sparkle. Chloe and I had a good ol' catch up telling her about everything that's been going on with me, she's so lovely and wise - she gives the best advice.

Deciding it was time to head over to PP we made our way across the car park to the tranny-trench which almost got the better of Chloe, luckily she regained her composure and managed to get to the road unscathed. On our way over we bumped in to Danny who said "Have you seen my girlfriend?" which made me chuckle.

The rest of the night went in a flash, chatting to old and new faces, there was quite a good turn out which is nice to see. I spent some time chatting to Amy (GG), we got on really well and talked about everything and anything. I'd noticed a TS I had met up in Birmingham a while back who looked fabulous, not that she didn't before, Chloe said I should go and say hi which to be fair I didn't need too much pushing as I had Dutch courage by my side so I made my way over to her and said "Hi, do you remember me?" to which she said "No". Oh dear, I tried to explain where she knew me from but no bells were ringing in her head so I left saying that I thought she looked great and she was inspiring. It was quite funny but a little embarrassing at the same time.

Aimee decided to call it a night leaving Chloe, Amy and I to have a dance to some techno-dance-something-or-other which I couldn't really dance to, Chloe on the other hand is an awesome dancer - need to get some tips from there. We headed back for a night-cap as we'd still got some wine left in the room. On the way back I checked my precarious parking, Amy who hadn't been drinking for most of the night offered to move it in to a now vacant space, after trying to find reverse she did a beautiful job and parked it perfectly - who says women can't reverse park?

We got to the room and had some wine but most importantly FLAPJACKS! Mmmmm, yummy... they weren't just any flapjacks though, they were M&S Flapjacks.

Got up, had a shower, shave etc and got ready, minimal make-up despite the need for heavy foundation (grrh). It seemed everyone was heading over to the Little Chef for breakfast, collected Aimee and met everyone there. The staff didn't blink an eye and were really friendly, the best Little Chef in the world. We had a good breakfast, said good bye to everyone we were on our way, well almost, my car needed breakfast too.

The drive back was quite frustrating with traffic but totally worth it for the great night out with friends.

Jenny xx

Happy Christmas...

First of all an apology to everyone for not being about lately. As you probably guessed from my previous entry I've been super busy, which seems to be looking that way until early Feb at this rate. Unfortunately I'm going to be incommunicado over the Festive period but I just wanted to let you know I'm alive an well if not a little snowed under (semi appropriate for this time of year?).

I'd just like to say a big thank you to everyone that I've met this year, you've all helped in your own way, even if it was a brief chat or a message. I'm looking forward to next year and seeing you more than I have recently. I certainly wouldn't have come so far if at all, thanks Nicky for my first steps they didn't seem so daunting with you there to show me the way. The rest of you... You know who you are!

I went to the Outskirts Christmas do on Monday with Chloe which was great fun and definitely good to get out and see my friends, the party was at the usual venue with a disco, a great spread of food put on and the obligatory raffle which I was promised to win a prize by Sarah who was selling the tickets, sadly this didn't happen although I thought I had won at one point - Damn my numerical dyslexia ;o)

We went to the Loft afterwards, it was great to meet/catch up with people and had some lovely compliments payed to me, I'm not sure if I deserved them all but I shall accept them graciously, I appreciate it. In addition to that I got some great hair tips which were more than welcome as I'm growing my hair out.

I've not got any photos of the night but I'm sure there should be some floating about, I'll try and get a couple of shots Chloe took after we got back to her place and post them.

Have a great Christmas and fab New Year!!
I look forward to going out next.
Jenn xx

Out in Brumlington

After speaking to Tamzin over the weekend (before this week) we decided it would be good to go out, initially it was going to be Wednesday however it ended working out a bit better for Tamzin and Chloe with it being a Thursday so I met Chloe at hers and we both got ready and much to her surprise I didn't get changed loads of times (cheeky, ahem) before finally deciding. I'd cunningly forgotten my shaving gel so had to borrow Chloe's, this was actually Dove Soap (that's not soap but is, but isn't but is!) which worked really well so I will be getting some for myself methinks. Chloe and I took some pics before we when out.

What could I be thinking?

Seeing as Chloe'd always driven before I drove so she could have a couple of drinks as I would have to drive home later anyway, this was the first time we'd actually gone out already fully dressed which was quite novel. We got to The Loft at our arranged time of 9:00, previously it'd been pretty quiet around there but it was a lot busier not that it was a problem. Chloe and I got some drinks and found a couple of seats which happened to be in the restaurant area but was all we could find, during which I'd been sending a text to Tamzin to let her know we'd arrived which actually went to a completely different friend, still not realising when they responded with a "You're where?" I happily replied saying where we were to which they kindly suggested I'd sent the message to the wrong person! Oops!

A fashionable entrance by Tamzin, Stacey and Lucy which Chloe and I thought was a Tranny training exercise for us to see how we coped - I'm sure that wasn't the case, however conspiracy theories are good fun. After a drink, Lucy decided that seeing as neither Chloe or I had been to the Village (another gay bar) we would go there which was just around the corner so no big deal, we were told that we wouldn't be the only Trannys in the Village, hehe.

After a brief search of our handbags (assume for dildos and lube) we were allowed in, Lucy kindly bought me a drink (thanks Lucy) and we all attempted to chat over possibly some of the worst Karaoke I've ever heard - this is certainly an achievement as I went to quite a few Karaoke nights whilst working aboard. As it turned out, we were the only Trannys in the Village apart from the compare (is that the correct spelling? Please let me know) although she was described as a cock in a frock which some how was an excellent description on many levels.

Tamzin, KyRa, if you could send me any pics that'd be great to put them up here and until then:

And I'm off...

We decided we'd had enough of the wailing and screeching and headed back up the road to the Loft, literally walking up the road, well a cycle path and as you can imagine appropriate jokes flowed from there mostly from KyRa, hehe.

Lucy said that she'd like to do a Poker night at some point with T-Girls only so I need to learn how to play Poker, need to go learn then practice now otherwise I'm going to get hustled and loose my car or worse, my heels!

Hugs Jenn x

Big Nite Out - 14th Sept

Ok, this has taken me way to long to get around to writing but here it is... Finally:

Terri, Lucy and I drove up from London to the Campanille Hotel which is situated across the road from the Pink Punters Club, once checked in I caught up with Chloe as we were sharing a room together. After a quick nap, shower and shave we got some food in the restaurant, I bumped in to Rihanna which was great as I'd not seen her since London when we went to the Way Out Club.

We went back to the room and we started getting ready, Chloe gave me some tips on getting a nice close shave (greatly needed, thanks) while I was hacking at my face. By the time I was finished Chloe pretty much had most things sorted out which left me rushing to catchup/get ready which wasn't a good idea as it just made me mess things up and take even longer. I'd pre-decided what I was going to wear which was black heels, white over the knee socks, tartan mini and a black blouse which when I'd got it all on decided I didn't feel comfortable in it so got changed. I finally decided on black leggings, a denim micro-mini and a black punky fish t-shirt with my faithful red heels.

I made my way down to the bar to hopefully meet everyone as they were thinking of heading over to the club before it started to charge. Luckily they were all still in the bar as was Chloe as I'd told her to head out without me while I resolved my dilemma, a drink was certainly needed.

After a drink in the bar we headed over to Pink Punters which obviously entailed negotiating the Tranny Assault course (see previous BNO entry) on the way. The club wasn't too busy, must have been because it was a Friday, there were quite a few familiar faces I recognised which was great and tried to talk to most people I knew. Everyone was fantastic and friendly and I was having a great time, I'm certainly becoming more comfortable out and about which is great.

Lucy (instigator), Rihanna and Terri decided to have a deep-throat competition with an empty bottle, I'm not sure who the winner was but it was certainly entertaining to watch especially some of the disapproving looks.

Another Lucy now... this time from the OutSkirts group from Birmingham, it was really great to meet her and have a good chat along with KyRa and Chloe, hopefully catch up soon with KyRa and Lucy as they've been out in London since and I want the hear all about it.

Later in the night we decided it'd be a great idea to go dance, the music on the middle floor had turned towards the R'n'B persuasion so we headed to the basement where it was more dance music. The best part about the basement is that they've got poles littered about that you can swing around to your heart's content, it would have been rude not to have a bit of a go, wouldn't it?

Swinging with the best of them

I certainly hadn't gotten any worse at dancing from the previous night but hadn't got much better either although dancing when your feet aren't killing you certainly makes it a darn sight easier and at times I almost had rhythm for about a beat.

Another great night had by all I think.

The night before the shoot

Chloe had kindly offered for us (Lucy and I) to go around to hers the night before as she's in Brumlington (Birmingham), it would be easier to get on the M1 from there for the trip down to London, so I got there after a fleeting visit back home to get my stuff into the car and got myself to Chloe's.

We made our way to Birmingham New Street to meet Lucy's train and after a couple of txts and a phone call we were all together and on our way back to Chloe's. Once there, we got on to getting changed and I did a spot of waxing on Lucy's legs, she wasn't too keen to do it at first but she did it in the end and after the first strip had been whipped off she said it wasn't too bad after all. Lucy said I was enjoyed doing the waxing just a little bit too much, hehe... it's good fun.

Lucy's 3/4 (hair) trousers - Sorry Lucy I had to post it.

Chloe got ready in super quick time and started on getting the food done while we were sorting ourselves out, a few minutes later we were all ready and having a great meal produced by Chloe who incidentally would make an excellent housewife - I've already put in a subscription to House Wife magazine or the like for her. ;o)

Chloe: The perfect Housewife?

The wine was flowing as was the conversation on various subjects, an excellent night and start to our 3 day Tranny stint. More to follow...

Hugs Jenn. x

OutSkirts II

I'm going to have to stop counting at some point I know, it's still novel to me and the first sequel is certainly worth a II in my books. I'm not feeling overly creative, writing wise today so if it's a bit bland, I'm sorry!

So, I met Chloe at her house again after work so we could go to the Outskirts meet. We decided to do our foundation at hers before going out to save time when we got there, only having to do blusher, eye makeup and our lips. Chloe slightly over did the powder on her face which left her looking a little ghostly, this was easily rectified with a quick flick with her blusher brush to take off the excess. We got all our bits together and headed to the pub where the OutSkirts people meet, I was going to call it a group but I thought that sounded like it was something for people with a problem. This is certainly not what OutSkirts is, everyone's really friendly and supportive.

Chloe and I quickly headed to the toilets to get changed (rummer has it that they will be in the private room next time I go which will be a bit nicer, not that it's much of a problem how it is) we both quickly got changed and started on our makeup, a lovely girl (genetic) came in while we were putting our finishing touches together and was most complimentary and friendly. Oh almost forgot, I wore my green Billabong dress, flip-flops and a black hooded cardigan. Chloe's still not sure about my green flip-flops but she's wrong, they're great! ;)

Photos taken back at Chloe's

We spoke various people again, some new to us and some we'd met before, It was nice to meet Sally this time having corresponded with her by email, I was pleased when she informed me that they'd like to use my first experiences of OutSkirts on their website. I was slightly jealous of Sally as she's got a Canon 20D, she was taking a few shots of various people.

Like last time we went to The Loft and had a drink there, it seems there will be quite a few of us at the Big Nite Out on the 14th. Every time I go out I feel slightly less nervous and self-conscious, I'm sure I'll have a knock back at some point but it's going well at the mo (touch wood), maybe I shouldn't tempt fate? Anyway, Chloe and I said our fair-wells and headed back to hers, we took a few pics when we got back and while Chloe was looking through them I got changed and took my makeup off.

Once again, a most enjoyable evening and great to meet everyone.
Hugs Jenn x

OutSkirts

I rushed out of work like a cat on fire (sorry cat lovers, the image made me giggle - I wouldn't like to see the reality of that) much like last time when I went to see Chloe for out Makeover with Sara and Sal. The only difference being, I actually made it to Chloe's house without having to call her up for directions on my final approach.

A much needed sandwich was made for me (thank you Chloe) and we chatted for a bit and then decided to get our bits together which gave me the perfect opportunity to show her my new bits and bobs, mostly I think she approved bar my green flip-flops which I'll discuss later. I then had a shave and sorted myself out, putting in contacts etc. Once we had got all our bits together in a bag which looked almost as though we were going to storm the embassy due to it's size, we were going in our usual drab and getting changed there.

Chloe drove to the OutSkirts meet as she knows the area and I've not really got a Scooby Doo (clue) where I'm going in Brumlington, it's held at the Victoria Theatre Bar in John Bright Street, Birmingham city centre, at the back of the Alexandra Theatre for you information. A link can be found on the right in the links section. Before going I'd emailed Sally to ask her for any information I might need which actually turned out to be not much as it's pretty much covered on the website but it was nice to make contact before turning up, as luck might have it she wasn't going to be about that evening but she said Larna would be. We parked up and entered the pub and Larna greeted us and pointed us in the right direction to get changed, most people were already dressed to impress. I think it's the fastest I've ever got myself ready, Chloe and I finished getting ready pretty much at the same time, we stowed our surplus bits to the sports bag and made our entrance! I was wearing my new white linen skirt, pink wide necked jumper and my pink heels (I couldn't stop myself from wearing them ). This was Chloe's first time out, I think she was less nervous than I was, I got us some drinks from the bar (a glass of wine each) and we had an excellent chat with Larna. She gave us some really useful advice and really made us feel welcome. We chatted with a few people, Julie let us know about the Annual Midlands Tranny Get-Together which she and Lesley are organising, (Sha)Kira and Tamzin were also great to talk to.

After another drink (soft this time as we were both driving later) we were invited to a bar over towards the village, the name escapes me at the moment. Chloe and I made our way back to the car which was across the road in the multi-story car park, we followed Tamzin and Kira to the other pub eventually finding a parking space. Chloe was worried about driving in heels but managed perfectly, we had to walk for about a minute to get to the pub, it was really nice being out in the real world as my previous experiences had all been in Tranny specific venues.


Me at the Loft

We arrived at the bar greeted by Kira who kindly got us both a drink (thank you :D), everyone else from OutSkirts were sitting in the back, Tamzin, Kira and (to my surprise) Chloe decided to sit in the window. I was initially uncomfortable with this but it was fine as the street wasn't too busy and I think it was a gay bar or at least gay friendly. Larna joined us a few minutes later, we had a great time joking and laughing about various things however it came to light that Chloe had some issues with flip-flops which explained her cool reception to my (beautiful) green flip-flops . Everyone seemed to have a live for today story which certainly made me think, on that train of thought I probably should have been here years ago. Tamzin thought we should get some pics so we went outside in to the garden and had a mini-photoshoot (Thank you Tamzin).

Chloe and I at the Loft, check out Chloe's grin

It was around 1:30am by this time, I still had to drive home from Chloe's house so we took ourselves back to the car accompanied by wolf-whistles and beckons which we ignored. We got back, I got changed and took my makeup off while Chloe tried on some of her new purchases while she was still looking good. I thanked Chloe for the great night and got myself on the road, arriving home about 2:45ish I was greeted by a message from Selena which was the icing on an already very sweet cake.

Thank you to everyone that made us feel welcome, hope to see you again soon.

I had very heavy eyes all day at work however it was countered by a huge smile thinking about the experience.

The Sal and Sara Makeover

I never know how to start these off so this is probably as good as any, anyway, I was talking to a tranny friend of mine and she mentioned that she was probably going to get a makeover done. I said to her "Wow, it'd be fun to do it together", which looking back was a little cheeky of me but if you don't ask you don't get eh? Luckily she thought it was great idea and asked them if there was space for another to join them, they're a mother daughter team which sounded like it had the potential of working really well.

So nearer the time Chloe sent over her address as we were doing the makeover at hers, I got all my stuff together in a bag and put it in my car ready to go straight from work the night before. My day at work seemed to go really slowly as I was excited (and nervous) about meeting Chloe and having the makeover, home time came and I vacated the premises with haste shooting out the doors ;) I cunningly got some rough directions from the internet that weren't particularly good so I had to give Chloe a call to be guided in - well I am half blond ;)

I knocked on Chloe's door to have it opened silently from within, Chloe was already dressed bar makeup as she wanted to leave a "blank" canvas for the girls to play with. I brought my stuff in, went up stairs, had a shave and put on some jeans, a red t-shirt and my red stilettos. I went down stairs and Chloe and I chatted for a while until we got a knock at the door, Chloe opened the door and let Sal and Sara in.

We all chatted for a few mins and then Sara started making me up while Sal took on Chloe, Sara was great at explaining what she was using and what she was doing and after a few minutes we were both done. We both rushed up stairs (to the mirror) to see the final result and WOW! we both looked great!


Chloe (right) and I posing

We took a few photos, and got changed...

I love this wig

...and took some photos, and got changed...

I think this is a little Natalie Portman from Closer, I'm not sure if that's a good thing as she's playing a stripper.

...and took some photos, and got changed...

I really like this photo

...and took some photos. hehe. Sara was great at giving direction as to what pose to do or sorting out our hair for a shot. There's more pictures on my Flickr page: Jenny Ford Pictures

Big thanks to the girls, their web page can be found here: http://www.allison-smith.net/page149.html

Hugs Jenn x