activities while dressed - anything else to do instead of shopping?

[junetv]

I'm trying to figure out what other things I can do outside of the house while dressed. I've been shopping, but that drains the bank account quickly. I'm leaning towards eating out, but I hate to eat alone and for now, it would be hard to coordinate with another person. I guess the movies are another option.

So tell me, what have you done while dressed? I'd love to hear

[Kate Simmons]

Pretty much what you've always done Hon, except maybe in a different costume. Changing your clothes doesn't mean you have to change the things you like to do.

[junetv]

Pretty much what you've always done Hon, except maybe in a different costume. Changing your clothes doesn't mean you have to change the things you like to do.

Denise,
Thank you for your input.
but...
June's alter ego works on cars and mountain bikes. I don't care for grease on my blouse, nor dirt in my makeup. Although I do wear female spandex shorts when I ride my mountain bike. They are shorter and low rise.

I do have a collection of guns and have considered going to a shooting range. Can you imagine me with my M1A rifle. I don't think heels make a stable shooting platform.

[Terri Andrews]

I struggle with the same problem .
I have been going to community concerts or plays and I recently joined a "Meet-Up " group and hope to get involved in their activities .
The Spring and Summer also offer yard sales and Flea Markets .

[Cynthia Anne]

I say loosen up! Go dancing! Perhaps a bar or casino or what ever you enjoy!

[LeannL]

June,

Let you imagination run wild. Here are some of the things I do and I don't go bar hoping as I don't drink:
1) grocery shop
2) visit the park
3) Visit a museum
4) travel - by plane, train or automobile
5) sightsee in the city - NYC, Boston, etc
6) eat out
7) visit the zoo
8) attend the symphony
9) attend a play
10) whatever I want.

Some of these activities also allow you to dress well without being out of place.

Enjoy,
Leann

[Phoebe Reece]

June,

Your idea about going to a shooting range dressed femme is not as far-fetched as you may think. I've done that a number of times with friends. Heels are not recommended for an outdoor range, but should be OK if it is an indoor range. Here I am with my AR-15 last month:
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Other things that are fun to do (that I have done)are: Go to the movies, visit museums, go to comedy or improv clubs, go bowling, visit the zoo, eat lunch at Hooters, ride the local rapid transit system, watch a parade, attend a play, take a walk in the park, and take care of ordinary errands - like taking care of business at your bank or renewing the license plates for your vehicle.

Whatever you do, hold your head high and do it with confidence.

[sissystephanie]

I do a lot of the things that Leann does, especially eating out. I am a widower, and although I am a good cook I like to eat out. I always take along a book to read, but usually wind up talking to other people. I should mention that when I go out to eat by myself I am almost always dressed enfemme from the neck down. By that I mean that I wear no wig and no makeup!! So I am a guy in a skirt or dress with lingerie underneath!! Been going out that way since my wife passed away some years ago. She always did my wig and makeup! Sure I get looks and sometimes questions, but it doesn't bother me!! I dress to please myself, not anybody else!! My attitude is, if you don't like the way I look don't look at me!!

Just dress up and go out to enjoy yourself!!

[dilane]

I've broken in a couple of straight bars and clubs, and made many casual friends and acquaintances there. I have a circle of friends who only know the Diane side

That takes experience and/or confidence, but it's very liberating.

I live in a tolerant place (Los Angeles) though. I don't think I'd be this bold in backwoods Florida, for example!

[Nisha]

Learn from the women.

Shopping and buying are two different activities.

I always enjoy shopping (even in drab). Hardly buy anything except for planned necessities. I don't have a lot of disposable income.

-Nisha.

[Briana90802]

I struggle with the same problem .
I have been going to community concerts or plays and I recently joined a "Meet-Up " group and hope to get involved in their activities .
The Spring and Summer also offer yard sales and Flea Markets .

I've looked through the "meet-up" groups and I never saw one for CDers. Did I miss that certain group?

[Dana921]

We have a local Meet up group here in the Denver area that enables a good many of us to spend time together going out to various types of activities! Perhaps that would work for you as well!

Do a google on Meet up groups, transgender, crossdressers, transsexual like I did to find the different groups or a local group to join.

Dana

[kymmieLorain]

While I have yet to go out dressed. I have thought of things to do while dressed. I am not one for shopping nor club scene. So I figure I could do what I want to do dressed. I have thought of the shooting range also. I even thought of the perfect outfit. a nice polo or t, my black mini, comfy shoes. you have to be comfortable when doing practical pistol. LOL

Kymmie

[Jennifer in CO]

lets see...white water rafting, hiking (mountain), camping, skiing (years ago)...all back when I 'passed'. Now, I just go to work....

Jenn

[junetv]

Thank you ladies for your suggestions and ideas.

I like the ideas for the museum or sightseeing. It gave me an idea to visit the Dallas Arboretum and do my own photoshoot. A visit to Hooters sounds like fun too. I'm also thinking of Barnes and Noble to browse magazines, or Starbucks to just hang out. If I go gun shooting, I'll have a to find another range...I'd like stay incognito. I'll have to figure out the outdoor activity stuff and sweating as June with a wig. My mountain bike is masculine in my opinion.

[missyvf]

Tease the truckers. I love just driving the highway and giving them a great show. A little "accidental" panty flash, stocking top, etc. Lots of fun and they have no idea!

[Michaella]

I've been to classical concerts, jazz clubs, plays, operas (a great place to dress up a bit), museums, book stores, cinemas, restaurants, visiting friends, and to be really mundane, grocery stores. All things I would do anyway.

Michaella

[Rachael Ray]

Pretty much what you've always done Hon, except maybe in a different costume. Changing your clothes doesn't mean you have to change the things you like to do.

I agree. You could run errands, go to DMV, get the oil changed in the car, etc.

[Brenn]

I personally like photography. I tend to feel more creative when wearing some of my girl-clothes.

[Tina P Hose]

Top 5 things that I do while crossdressed

5. cook
4. clean house
3. drink
2. hang out on the net
1. fantasaize



This gurl needs to get out !!!

[Melinda G]

I don't feel the need to do any particular activity dressed. I love to just go out walking, sometimes on residential streets and sometimes on commercial streets. I love to window shop at night, and see myself in the store windows. I love the sound of my heels on the sidewalk. The feel of the breeze on my legs and up under my dress and coat, and that vulnerable feeling that comes with walking in heels outdoors. That slight tingle that puts you on full alert, when a car slows down for a better look, or goes around the block. I know I'm looking good when some testerone crazed kid hangs out the passenger window and yells "I love you", or someone honks the horn. And I'm thinking "if he only knew".

[Helen 2]

Tomorrow I am going to a play at the Artist's Repertory Theater in downtown PDX. Should be packed and fun!
Yay!

[Kiva]

I love to fish myself. Nothing like sitting on a dock, watching a bobber.....go down!! Yipee! Fish on!

[jenniferoonus]

I go out as Janet almost daily so apparently I cannot go shopping every time. As Janet, I dance, play bowling, pool, tennis, visit libraries, book stores, cafe, dine out, I go movie theaters, gym, I hike, jog, attend support group meetings...the activities are endless. You just need to do them with confidence...

[Wendy_Marie]

I have been contemplating this very same question, trying to identify things and activities that I can do while dressed up. what I came up with might just suprise you.... Anything I can do when I am dressed in drab.
I have essentially challenged myself to performing all those mundane daily chores, errands and activities that just have to get done. I am not currently living enfemme full time...but do hope to begin doing so within the next 6-months. I thought I would wait for the classic Crossdressing season of fall and winter to begin my transformation. until then, I am taking small steps.