I'm fine buying pretty much anything except shoes. I always figure they think I might have a wife the same size (I tend to fit a UK 12 on the bottom half and 14-16 on the top) but buying big shoes seems a bit of a giveaway!
I'm fine buying pretty much anything except shoes. I always figure they think I might have a wife the same size (I tend to fit a UK 12 on the bottom half and 14-16 on the top) but buying big shoes seems a bit of a giveaway!
I remember one day I was in Target just getting the usual stuff I needed for around the house and toiletries. I found myself walking by the cosmetics area and saw a lone box of my fav french tip nails hanging there. THE LAST ONE!!! OMG I had to act quickly, but not to cause a scene! I can almost see the laughter if there was someone watching the security cams as a man dashing down a cosmetics aisle to grab the last box of nails! LOL Too much! But that wasn't the worst part...I get to the counter, all happy now and excited that I have something to look forward to when I get home, I quickly realized what I had gone shopping for as I emptied my cart onto the check-out counter. Paper towels, toilet paper, shampoo (Pantene's beautiful lengths which is a pink bottle by the way) a shower poofie, razors, shaving cream....and the nails. I felt my face instantly go beet red!!! I was screwed- there was no turning back at that point and there were 3 people behind me to boot! Needless to say I got the hell out of there as fast as I could! LOL
Lesson to be learned ladies...ALWAYS have a shopping list in your hands and never put it in your pocket! You will have an impulsive moment like this and forget what you have already grabbed!
OMG so many times in the early stages. I remember agreeing to go with some t-girls for Christmas as a fairy, we were going to be faries together. I had to go into a specialist shop as a bloke and ask. They were most concerned about the size of my wings. I had to try my outfit on but daren't go out and show them. Sooo embarassing.
But today I wouldn't care before I would always be dressed as a girl before I walked in.
Doesn't life change.
I will never look like that again
I strut my stuff, I feel so proud,
I need to shout, to scream out loud,
I am Tricia I am she,
I am who I want to be
http://tricia-dale.blogspot.com/
Hi Klaire
The only thing that bothered me was buying feminine products for my wife.
I'm sure they didn't think they were for me.
Orchid
[SIZE=5]I do all my girl shopping online except for lotions and bathroom items[/SIZE].
Mistybtm
Shoes! I have never been out dressed and could never try shoes on, heels or lower, while in male mode.
The first time I bought a bra at a department store the lady at the cash took it out of the box to inspect it. She turned to me and said " you wouldn't believe how they take them out and put them back in the wrong boxes! She didn't ask if it was for me , but if she knew , I sure appreciated the way she went about it. Nice way to start the journey.
regent,
I did something of which I thought I would be embarrassed, but I was not at all since I don't really care anymore. I went to a wig store in Santa Ana this February. I was wearing a black ruffle mini skirt - a full femme outfit and my worn out red wig. I actually wanted to buy a new one. You won't believe it, I've spend about an hour in the store and felt like a woman. No one said a word, the SA was great and caring about my new wig. I ended up buying one and a brush. Since then, I know I can go any place and won't have a problem at all.
I remember the sheer terror of my first purchases and then the extreme embarrassment as I got older. Now I only experience pleasure, even if the bra I'm buying has no price tag and the cashier calls over the PA asking for a price check.
This may strike most as funny. Over many years buying fem garments i,ve never been embarassed. Now get me in a grocery store buying comfort food is another story. The looks some cashiers get when you indulge in (forbidden)treats can make you want to put them back.
Danni
I used to find it all embarrassing, but after I learned to shop I bought dress, skirts, and blouses on any whim. Even bras and panties where not that hard to buy, but then I wanted a waist cincher, I went to a large department store, prowled the foundations section along with about 6 other shoppers, with no problem, then I found it. They had a waist chincher and it was the right size. My hand didn't seem to want to grasp it, but I got my nerves of steel and grabbed it and got in a long line at the register, filled with middle aged women. And at the head of the line stood this middle aged Latina woman ringing it all up. It seemed that line took for ever to move forward, with me trying to keep what I'm holding out of sight. My nerves started to give way by the time I made the head of the line, but before I could figure out how to get out of there with my dignity in tack, I found myself at the head of the line. The SA gave me a hard look of disapproval, I thought I would just die, right there on the spot. But I didn't, I got mad, how dare her look at me like that. I put that chincher on the counter and looked her right in the eye, and said how much, she rang it up and I payed, Then I think I walked out of there, but I'm not sure, I don't think my feet touched the floor, I was on cloud 9, and I've never had much trouble buying anything since.
Tina B.
The first time I bought stay-up stockings was probably my most embarrassing moment, although it need not have been. When I brought several pair of queen size to the cashier, she first checked the size and asked if I was sure I had the right ones...I guess presuming they might have been for my wife. When I said, no that's the right size, she smiled and asked me to wait just a second. She returned from the stock room with an opened package of queen size garter stockings (with the belt attached) and asked if I'd want them, because they could not sell hosiery once the package was opened. Of course, I accepted immediately and any feelings of embarrassment vanished.
Buying a beautiful dress at Goodwill- the cashier told me it would look beautiful on me- with a line full of people there!
It was a sexy female cop uniform with a short skirt and matching panties. Not so much the outfit, but the situation.
The package said one size fits most. So I asked the female SA (who was as masculine as I am feminine) what exactly most meant. She said whAT size is she? And I then explained it was for me, and she was nice and said bc of my height I might want to try the plus size. She was right.
Oh would have been when I was pretty new and I finaly bought a dress at retail rather than used. As I checked out the young female clerk said" this would go good with your eyes." Melt me to the floor. Pay and run was about all I could do besides an oh!. Now I would probably start a conversation. Tina
Oh that one I have done. see the look on the girls faces when the round the corner and I have the 3 inch heels on and walk by to test them out. Most either ignor me or turn and go elsewhere.
Tina
We all go through that stag. But I the last 2 or 3 years, I have got to the point that I don't give a damn any more. I'm not going to let the emarrassment stop me from bing how I am. Just be your self. I love to shop for bras, and have about 4 shops here in my home town that when I go in thay always let me us the dressing. I fact, Walmart here let me us the dressing room, and while i am trying on some the SA that knows me goes and finds me some new styles. I just got a new bra from Bealls that fits me to a T (42c) Come girls be proud of your self.
I used to be embarrased wen buying panties and bta's in women's stores but now I really enjoy doing it.
I've always been embarassed to buy male clothes.
Have bought female things for myself for over 60 years, and don't remember ever being embarrassed about it. Maybe it is memory loss, but I don't think so. I still shop a lot (don't most of us CD's?) and usually tell the SA the items are for myself! They are, so why lie about it? Never have had any problem is any store, other than maybe having to go to the men's department to try on a dress! Been there, done that! A lot of SA's in the Atlanta area know me by sight and know that I am a CD! They take care of me!!
Stephanie
Lady on the outside, but man underneath!
Hair color for MEN! I can buy bras and lingerie at Victoria Secrets and fem clothing any where I want to and makeup and jewelry and shoes but when I went to buy Male Hair Color a wave of embarasement came over like I have never felt..... like my male side was so vain.... Lucky for my I had no issues buying women's hair color so I switched to Preference by L'oreal (beacuse I'm worth it...) and now everythings good!!
it was definatly make-up and only because the SA. Walked into Ulta one day wanting to find a foundation and primer that would work for me, the SA said in a very sarcastic and snide voice, "this really isn't for you is it?"
Needless to say, I turned bright purple, said sorry and made a bee-line out the door. Not long after, went to Sephora and had a wonderful time with the SA playing with all kinds of stuff.
Where is your mountain and have you climbed it today?
Mine was in a Nike store when I was 17, I wanted to get a sports bra and a pair of shorts. Well the shorts were teenie so I was deciding between the S and the M. The salesgirl then approaches me and just casually said the M would fit you better. To which I jumped and she just went "Oh my.. they really are for you." Well I was practically a deer in the spotlight with my other hand holding the matching sports bra.
She corrected my size for the top while I queued at the counter. That was the longest wait ever and all eyes were on me.
As for specific items, I still do blush when I get lip gloss
I'm not certain, but I think the first time I asked for a professional bra fitting might have been my most embarrassing. Even now I find asking for a bra fitting to be a bit embarrassing, but I'm fine asking to try on bras.
Also embarrassing: my first time trying on women's swimwear in a swimwear store. I'd been fine trying on some by myself in a department store, but in the swimwear store they were actually paying attention to me and I was asking their advice about what would make me look good. I wasn't just satisfied with "pretty color and covers me up decently" either -- I kept looking until I found a one-piece that gave me distinct shapely behind, so it was pretty clear that I wasn't just (e.g.) shopping there for a "bet" nor just to buy something "female": that I was hoping to find something that made my body look "sexy". That aspect embarrasses me -- to be shopping for something "sexy".
Then, just as you reach the head of the line, she apologises that she is about to go on a break and hands over to a spotty young lad. LOLOriginally Posted by EllieOPKS
Rachel,
As a crossdresser my personality has several facets. Therefore, I suppose I can be forgiven for being facetious.
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