I was traveling for business this week, and took the opportunity to bring along my Stacy clothes, for a little fun during downtime. I am in a DODT agreement with my wife so she knows, and I am honest with her, but I do not dress frequently at home. A trip away from home is a good opportunity to enjoy myself.
I do not go out in public, so I was dressed in my normal everyday clothes while traveling. I did not want to check my luggage so I had all my girl gear in my carry on, which meant it was going through the X-ray machine at security. I was very nervous, since I do not do this often. After my bag was examined, one of the agents pulled me aside and asked me to identify my bag. He told me he had to do a search of the bag to check something that showed up in the scan. He was very polite and courteous, and told me everything he was doing and why. He reached into the suitcase and pulled out one of my men's shoes. When packing, I had placed my two home-made bra stuffers, stocking feet filled with rice, into that bag. He pulled out the rice stuffers and told me that they had registered as "organic". He needed to make sure it wasn't a controlled substance. I told him it was rice, and he said ok. They ran the rice packs, along with my bag, through the scanner again. When it was all checked out, he told me I was good to go, and asked if I wanted help putting my bags back together. I told him I'd take care of it and he said, "ok, have good day, sir."
I have no idea if he knew what I use those rice bags for, and chances are he probably didn't care. But let me tell you, was I ever nervous when they first stopped me. I knew I wasn't doing anything wrong or illegal, I was just nervous about a having a few moments of being questioned in public. As I said, they were quite professional, and I was quite relieved when it was all done and had a good chuckle to myself.
You can be sure that I emptied the rice into my hotel garbage can before packing my bags for my return trip!