I just don't have the financial means to see her at the moment? She's my all time fav and I've seen her many times but recently I've been struggling with some financial issues and she emailed me two weeks ago asking if I wanted to get together when she was in my town. I ignored the email because I didn't want to reply and say I couldn't afford it at the moment, and I didn't want to make up some lie about why I couldn't see her either. So I got another email from her today telling me she's back in town and wanted to see if I wanted to get together. I don't want to blow her off and ignore her again, but I feel like it would be lame to write back telling her I can't afford to see her at the moment. Even though I don't want to lie, should I just make up a story? I feel like flat out ignoring is just rude. Thanks.

Which again for the newbies verifies that the gals do indeed keep YOUR information.  

No additional explanation needed, but you are letting her know that you're still hoping to see her in the future.

Wrong, no mailing list. She emails me always addresses me by my name and mentions details about our last encounter so its not an email sent out to a large group.  She let me meet her at her friends house in my area who she was housesitting/dogsitting for one time, claimed I was the only guy she trusted to meet her there, so our provider-client relationship is more than just a mailing list thing.  

Tell her your out of town and sorry you missed her but look forward to seeing her when she comes back again. If you just blow her off she may think you're not interested anymore and not contact you next time she's in town or it could just be an email marketing blitz and she wont know if you responded or not depends on your relationship with her.

...No need for an explanation. Just say you can't this time, hopefully next time. Why you can't see her isn't any of her concern. The above is an honest answer. No lie required.

Stick around a while and learn.

I wasn't implying we had some kind of relationship different from any other client. And I certainly never said I was her only paying customer as you are assuring me below. I was just saying she doesn't have a heavy volume of clients and likes to personally email them. Yeah, I know I'm still a paying customer. I didn't say I believed what she told me...hence me saying "she claimed". When I said our client-provider relationship is different then just some mailing list, I meant that as in how I feel from my interactions with her. I've seen other providers before and this one stands out, makes me feel more comfortable then any others, so yeah, she's good at her job. Never implied I had some kind of special thing going on. And I'm not sure why you're saying I need good luck?

There is a direct correlation to OTC time (time spent going to lunch/dinner and not paying her for that time) and how often you are seeing a gal (as in paying her enough buckaroos).  Many gals do this with their guys...you are not the only one I'm afraid, nor is she the only gal to do this either.

Thanks for the advice. Even though I may think I'm getting some kind of unique attention from a provider, I think I am smart enough not to fall for a provider or think something could happen that isn't based in reality, so I'm gonna say that you probably won't see such a thread down the road from me. Thanks for the FYI.