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One of shayla's duties is her tanning sessions. She's naturally very light-complected. Master, when shayla was first here, teased her with the notion of naming her 'lily', or 'geisha'. The tanning helps. She got her keys, phone (it's just a short walk for her), and was out the door this morning before she realized that she'd left her collar on. Quick dart back inside to remove it. Master had just returned to the house for a moment before he went for an appointment, and made the comment that nobody was going to be shocked by her wearing the collar. As he normally is, he was right.

Many times she's come home from work, replaced the collar and removed her clothing, only to feel more 'dressed' with nothing but the collar on than when she was fully clothed. Anymore, for her, a bare neck is disconcerting. Shayla normally removes it for work and when she's out and about, or when she's exercising. Work has the dress code policy which prohibits necklaces. The exercising would cause her neck to be too hot with it on. As for the other times she removes it, it's really more shyness on her part than anything else. And there have been times that she's left it on intentionally. When Master has wished it, when she's not wanted to remove it, or when she's simply forgotten to. Any of you reading this entry that wish to see what her collar looks like can go here for pictures of it. The D-rings on it are removed except for special occasions, and she wears it as it appears in the top photo.

Overall, she's not received any type of commentary about her 'choker'. Though one of her co-workers did make the comment that 'people might think you're owned' (do you think? ;-)) when she saw it the first time. Another chuckles each time the subject of any type of neck-wear is brought up around shayla, as this person knows shayla prefers 'tight' necklaces, though she doesn't understand the import behind the preference. And shayla still chuckles when she recalls one young man that carded her one night when Master took her out. A mixture of attraction and curiosity in his face while his eyes darted from the padlock, to her face, then corset, and back to the padlock.

Shayla will, for more mundane outings, turn the collar half-way, the lock and hinge positioned at the sides of her neck. Her hair is more than sufficient to cover the padlock and hinge when she's, say, at the grocery store or the local Wal-Mart. And even then, rarely does anyone give it a second glance. And she's never had a total stranger come up and ask her about it. It keeps her neck warm when the weather's cool. Given that she's been sick for the past two weeks, that's a plus in itself. Most importantly, it reminds her of what she is, even when she's out of her Master's home. Being kajira, and out in the mundane, public world, having a tangible reminder such as her collar is helpful to her. Reminding her of her place and her Master's ownership.

So next time she forgets to remove it, she'll just turn it & keep on going. As time goes by, she gets more and more tired of being shy anyway, as it seems to get in the way of her Master's wishes. ;-)

shayla