sandra-leigh
11-08-2006, 04:02 AM
Tonight's shopping mini-spree was at Value Village (a thrift shop). I went en femme: wig, light makeup to cover whiskers, dark brown/red lipstick, light yellow/brown skirt, yellow-beige trowser socks, black loafters, C forms, back-fastening stretchy sky-and-bamboo blouse) and took off my (male) coat in the store so that my blouse could be clearly seen. I didn't have any problems with anyone -- either people didn't read me or they didn't care.
The haul tonight was:
- a light-tan long woman's coat; relatively thin, but the cuff style and the belt and the narrowing at the waist make it clear that it is womens' style while being sedate -- professional-like rather than attention-getting
- a light yellow silk blouse (about $US 3.50!); I think after I get the top button sewed back on, that I may be able to wear it at work
- long and very flowing orange/pink pants; the style might be called "harem" perhaps. These turn out to be very thin (panties are clearly visible)
- a blue denim jump-suit that narrows at the waist; this is not "overalls" style, and it isn't designed to be sexy, just workable everyday femme clothing in a style that is not common but which people would not consider strange
- a long green dress with elm-like (oval) leaves. It's bigger than I need, and is not a bust-flattering style (i.e., the fabric falls too straight for that), but I haven't seen anything in a similar colour / pattern before.
Are you going to make me invent more rationalizations here, or is "I seem to be a sucker for green dresses" sufficient explanation? Why I have weak defences against green (and some varieties of orange) I really don't know. But it is probably telling of something that I don't wear green in drab: my drab is mostly black, white, blue, or brown; so when I wear a green (or orange) dress, I feel distinctly feminine, not just "a guy who happens to be wearing the female equivilent of his male clothes".
The haul tonight was:
- a light-tan long woman's coat; relatively thin, but the cuff style and the belt and the narrowing at the waist make it clear that it is womens' style while being sedate -- professional-like rather than attention-getting
- a light yellow silk blouse (about $US 3.50!); I think after I get the top button sewed back on, that I may be able to wear it at work
- long and very flowing orange/pink pants; the style might be called "harem" perhaps. These turn out to be very thin (panties are clearly visible)
- a blue denim jump-suit that narrows at the waist; this is not "overalls" style, and it isn't designed to be sexy, just workable everyday femme clothing in a style that is not common but which people would not consider strange
- a long green dress with elm-like (oval) leaves. It's bigger than I need, and is not a bust-flattering style (i.e., the fabric falls too straight for that), but I haven't seen anything in a similar colour / pattern before.
Are you going to make me invent more rationalizations here, or is "I seem to be a sucker for green dresses" sufficient explanation? Why I have weak defences against green (and some varieties of orange) I really don't know. But it is probably telling of something that I don't wear green in drab: my drab is mostly black, white, blue, or brown; so when I wear a green (or orange) dress, I feel distinctly feminine, not just "a guy who happens to be wearing the female equivilent of his male clothes".