I still can’t believe that I did it!
Monday night I actually went out en femme, and somehow ended up shopping in Tesco’s (a British super market!)
Having read all your posts about being out en femme and passing, I’ve often sat here thinking “will I ever have the courage to even try this... let alone pass up close and personal”. I’ve been for “walks” before, but never where I could actually bump into people so to speak...
Well after spending most of the day dressed (annual leave) I decided to go for a drive and a remote “walk” to take some pics out and about etc. Well after taking some pics by the River Thames, I ended up in the local shopping centre and found myself parked up outside Tesco’s at 8:00pm, when I suddenly had the gut’s / urge / stupidity (delete as appropriate) to go shopping!
I parked up as close as I could to the main entrance and sat in the car watching everyone coming and going. Then that was it. The next thing I know I’m walking through the door and right past the security guard. He didn’t bat an eyelid and continued to watch everyone walking in and out - I must have walked in with, and passed a handful of people at the same time but not on strange look at all.
Anyway... I made my way upstairs (they have a huge clothing section on the first floor) and browsed through the women’s clothing. Again there were lots of people around but no one seemed to even notice that I’m not the person I appear to be (or was trying to be). So I flicked though the jeans rack and found a cheap pair of buy, and also pick up a lovely pair of shoes... I waited for the till / checkout to be empty and made my way there to pay. As I got there, the woman who was working the till walked away and I was now faced with paying a guy. Oh oh... suddenly my heart beat went up a few BPM’s, but I breathed deep and went for it (hell no one I knew worked here...)
Well things go very well and it wasn’t until I was handed my change that the sales guy suddenly looked at me with a slightly confused stare. He wasn’t sure what I was I guess, but that’s good enough for me as it was my first outing. I was in the store for about 15 minutes and he was the only person who looked at me in that “strange way”, and I’m hoping that it was only because I was right in front of him, in very bright lighting, and had to speak to him and also had to give / take cash from him.
Not bad for a first public walk with human interaction. It was an awesome feeling though, and since I couldn’t get over just how good it was I just had to visit the local TK Maxx too! Nothing out of the ordinary happened and I found a superb pair of shoes, but they we’re the last pair on the shelf and were damaged so I left them... shame as I could have tried to “pass” at the till a second time otherwise.
Anyway this is a photo I took whilst out about half an hour or so before hitting the shops.
J-JAY
Originally Posted by pallet
