What a day, it's snowing here in S.Jersey, I'm out but not really dressed for the weather, more spring weight clothes than for the cold and wet. Any way as I'm trying on skirts in a major department store I have an attendant all to myself, due to the weather I guess, and a conversation starts about how no one wears skirts anymore seems all want jeans. Some how the subject turns to my make-up and lipstick color. I prefer to keep it more subdued but with a need to cover the blue, it turns out to be more on the heavier side of natural, then I sense an apprehension from her about my gender so I take the lead and tell her how I see so many "others" with to much make-up trying to hide the "blue". Now I get a compliment about my "look" and how so many try too hard to be women which only makes them stand out. Now I'm kind of in limbo, evidently she has seen others at times in the store and I must be an exception to her perception of us(CDers).Now I'm feeling that I must be good at expressing my femme self to gain this level of acceptance and confidence in a public setting by a total stranger. Then as I was at the register the woman there commented on how lovely I was dressed for a spring day but not for this ugly weather, to which I responded that if I'd had known at the time I left the house I surely would not have worn my new open toe espridrils, while balancing on one foot(3" heels) and showing the other. After arriving home I remembered that I needed some tailoring to 3 skirts, a lining shortened, an elastic band replaced and a kick pleat mended, so off to the cleaners/tailors and upon arriving a nice wide smile greets me from a woman at a sewing machine and without a second thought I explain my needs and she notes the work to be done and hands me my ticket with a "here you go hun" and then a male voice from the clothes hanging on the racks says "have a good day maam and stay warm". As I sit and type I kind of hope I represented us(CD,TG,etc...) in a good light and furthered our cause for total acceptance. One scary moment when totally engrossed in my looking for just the right skirt I turned a corner and caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror on a column, I wasn't expecting anyone to be there, I of course then had to do a mandatory check of my look and total overall presentation. I am still amazed how comfortable I am when out and about and smiling the whole time, even when driving and singing along with the radio. I guess my advice to those wanting to go out, when you do, just be yourself, smile, and relax.
, It's like the old saying goes, ( Sometimes less is more )...
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