Shopping Stories

I was in town at the weekend looking at dresses again. I'm getting braver with some of the bigger stores but I prefer the smaller, second hand stores. Not sure why, smaller maybe. Looking through the dresses, the guy behind the till called out "They won't suit you, mate." I didn't have much of a response mainly because I didn't hear him initially. This is the the most negative comment I've had come my way in a while and to be fair it was just a joke but it shook me a little. I still ended up buying a dress (held back until a different assistant was there though). Black with a white collar. A bit Wednesday Addams (which has now started me thinking about a Wednesday crossplay possibly mixed with a Harley Quinn). Had a lot of trouble actually doing the zip up at the back but it looks quite nice.

As I go on, it's suprising me a lot how many clothes have a 'sewn in' kind of feel with a zip or a button you need to open just to get into it. I guess after wearing men's clothes for so many years, I hadn't realised just how easy they are to put on. It shows I'm still learning new things. Sleeve length is another odd one too.

Anyway, there was one more thing I meant to mention which happened at the convention a few weeks ago. I was looking at some dresses at a stall (I was crossplaying at the time I add) when one of the assistants came over and asked if I wanted help with anything and that they had a changing room I could use if I wanted to. It was so wonderful just to be acknowledged that, as a man, I would be interested in not only making a purchase but for myself too.

Summer in the City

Well, It's been a hot couple of days. I'm not really one for the heat to be honest so I'm hoping it will cool down a bit. There was a piece in the paper the other day asking employers to relax the rules on men wearing suits to work in the heat and it even made a point of the fact that women are able to wear shorts, skirts and dresses. School uniforms even made the news as well allowing students to wear either shorts or skirts and girls to be let off wearing tights. I have to wonder if some schools would even accept boys in skirts although if they did, I doubt it would be with any seriousness and any boy doing so would probably just be thought of as mucking about by teachers never mind the jibes of your peers. To do so would take more bravery that I certainly had back in school.

Some many lovely summer dresses around this time of year, it would we wonderful to be allowed to wear one and a darn sight cooler too. Maybe things haven't changed that much, just the arenas.

It's also interesting to note that apparently a 'must have' swimsuit for women this year is one of a man's hairy chest.

June Update

As I've said before, I never really figured on revealing my crossdressing to anyone let alone my parents. I do want to tell my nephews and nieces as I feel they should know while growing up and that will involve my parents and...I still haven't done it. We all went out for a meal tonight and I did have thoughts of wearing a certain dress and it was something I really wanted to do. 

In the end I chickend out partially because of the whole travel thing but this is the first time I've had strong feelings that it's something I needed to do. Once I got home I put on a skirt.

I also saw a gorgeous girl on the train with a cold shoulder top on, a leather mini skirt, strappy heels and long blonde hair. I so wanted to be her in that moment. Curse of the hetero cross dresser; do I fancy the girl or just the outfit? 

Oh, I also bought a lovely short sleeved top last week, blue (because I'm so manly) with a white collar. Very nice, love it.