A day of firsts

[Bobbie cd]

But first, this public service announcement, (LOL).

I want to thank all the find boyz and gurls, gg's, etc., one and all, for their honest comments, support, encouragement, humor, and inspiration over the past 6 months since I first found this forum. It has truly been a steadying and helpful influence on me while I have tried to come to terms with my cd side.

I feel like I have made a lot of progress in this time, (know I still have a lot to learn yet, of course :D ), now I have made what I think is a major step forward. (Still not sure what direction that is exactly, but at least I don't feel like I'm standing still anymore.)

Today, for the first time ever, I went out in public dressed enfemme during the day. (Some pics posted in the photo gallery, added onto the Saturday night out thread.) Kind of scary, wasn't sure that I was going to have the courage to walk out to the truck in daylight dressed like that! Was so nervous, I forgot the bag with my emergency drab gear and had to go back into the house to get it! Had to take a deep breath going back out the door, but I made it! :D After that, it seemed to get somewhat easier.

To top it off, I got up the nerve this evening to go out to KOHL's and go shopping while still dressed up. I did kind of feel overdressed there, it seemed all the GG's in the store were wearing jeans! ( I can hear Karren screaming now, OhhhhNoooo!!! LOL) I think I was the only one in the entire store wearing a skirt! Still, it wasn't as nerve wracking as I expected. I didn't really get stared at that much. (Not that I saw, anyway.) I did catch a few guys stealing a few looks. Don't know if I got "read", or if they were just checking out my chest. (Did I forget to mention that I wore my larger silicone forms today instead of my smaller PAL's?) :D :devil: Ended up buying a couple of pairs of panties and checked out without incident.

Sorry for the length of this post, but I just felt like I needed to share.

:hugs: Bobbie

[Holly]

Good for you, Bobbie. The daylight is not nearly as frightening as a lot of people think.

[MJ]

and so it was not that bad after all. so make sure you get out again very soon so you don't lose your nerve. like hmmm tomorrow the more you go out the quicker your fear will go away. and then you will be like those of us who go out all the time. and you will be telling people the same thing we do .. not so bad after all .. once your fear is gone getting out there opens up a whole new world ... good for you keep it up ... hugs

[JoAnnDallas]

Most of my daylight outings have been driving around in my SUV, getting gasoline, a newspaper, or going thru a drive thru and getting a buger and fries. Then last month I had the chance to goto HEF2006, which is a Tri-Ess sponsered annual event. It is held in different parts of the country. This year it was held here in Dallas, TX. Anyway, this was the first time I was really in the public, meeting other CDers, and found at first that I was nervious at first, then this hotel guest said "Morning Mam" and it made me smile and from that point on, everything was rosey. LOL Even the other hotel guest did seem to mind that we were there and they HAD to know who we were. LOL