The all important factor. We have to get real here and say that a certain amount of pound signs will help ease our guilt of performing sexual acts with the less desirables out there. You know how much we all charge, and you guys have often complained at great lengths the costs that we charge but have you ever stopped to work out how much it costs us to be an escort.

To be a good escort means that you will take pride in your appearance and your work. You will make sure you can cater for reasonable requests, you will have a good quality range of outfits and you will arm yourself with a good work bag with lots of goodies inside.

The start up costs alone can easily run over £1,000. A decent set of photos, a decent website, advertising/listing prices for websites and search engines.

The average underwear set/babydoll will set you back at the cheapest around £30. If you have big boobs try a bigger price, around the double price range. Then there are the uniforms, around £40 a pop. Couple the lingerie or outfit with a pair of stockings/hold ups, another £5 and a pair of heels, £50. Now I have seen some girls wear cheap heels but they are precisely that, they look cheap. My average work outfit, underwear, babydoll, hold ups and heels will be in excess of £100, could even reach the £200 limit. Now think of wear and tear, variety, laundry, the usual factors, you will have several sets. I constantly add to mine and at present there are about 20+ uniforms, countless babydolls, countless underwear sets and about a dozen bondage wear items. They are all required in my line of duty. Then there are the 100+ pairs of shoes and boots. Believe it or not around 20 pairs of these will be regular requests or go with a particular outfit.

And don't even get me started on what you wear over the top of your naughties, posh hotels, cheap hotels, homes in good areas, homes in bad areas, different types of restaurants. You need to dress the part for each. I wont even attempt to put a price tag on that. I am told that in one breath I can look like an Essex tart and in the next I can look like a Harvey Nic's girl strolling around Sloane Sq. We are chameleons, we chop and change to sort our environment.

Now that is the clothing settled I will turn my attention to the body. Our bodies need to be prestine, the best we can make them. Some girls turn to surgery which will obviously run into thousands. Others turn to cosmetics, make up and the dreaded gym. Constantly showering will mean the use of more shower gel, deoderant, perfume and moisturisers. My perfumes are not cheap! Then make up, I own from cheapo brands to the expensive designer ranges, the expensive stuff sits there better and longer whilst clients rub your face, lick your face or bury your head in the pillows. To get just the bare essentials for the face in a cheapo brand will set you back at £20 ish but to look the part the better brands and products can set you back a few hundred for a complete make up bag full.

There are the beauty treatments, either done at home or in the salon, the face care, nail care, body hair, skin care. Most escorts have their nails taken care of professionally, all for your benefit, this can easily set them back an extra £100 a month. Now think of the cost of constant shaving, regular waxing, laser removal, those horrible creams and all the other methods to remove unwanted body hair and make sure you don't get stubble rash from us. I recently sat back and worked out that with just my face skin care, nails and body hair I was spending on average £300 a month, for work. Then add on top the £150 a month it costs to keep long glossy locks on my head and I need to see four clients just to break even on that.

Next time you are moaning about our charges think of this little food for thought I have given you, then add on the gym membership as you moan when we are out of shape, the condoms (of course, in many shapes and sizes) toys (at least a couple), lubricants (you can use just the one but I have about 20 different varieties), baby wipes (a few types in case of allergies), nappy sacks, candles and laundry bills. I bet your head is in a spin now.

Now there is the ongoing advertising and web costs. Don't forget your outfits need to be replaced when gents get heavy handed, oh and your pictures should be regularly changed.

Oh and how can you forget the mobile phone bill, I average £200 a month of work related phone charges!

That is just a few of the many costs we incur each month just to be hussies for your pleasure. You can do it on the cheap but then 9 times out of 10 it will look it.

And where does the lovely dollar go that you horny gents give me? Straight back into making myself look good for you. Straight back into making sure the incall facilities are spot on for you, new mattress every few months £600-800. New bedding sets every few months. Men's shower gel, deoderant, aftershave, toiletry sets, mens moisturisers, razors, I cater the full works for you. Your money spent goes straight back into us both looking and smelling nice. Oh and the monthly bills as well.

To sum it up, there is alot of money in this industry, alot is spent by gents getting their leg over, girls are paid alot and a hell of alot is spent by girls making themselves eye candy for you, this industry will always be here. It might not be booming anymore but it is a big, big industry.