So this little story came about because I'm thinking more about what to wear for dressing everyday. I don't want to wear trousers but I have to and have been thinking about style , I'm not a jeans person but thought some slim fit fine cords in black could look nice and at the same time practical for walking the dog , gardening and the quick shopping trips and fuel for the car . So this morning I slipped on some black holdups and panties, made sure my tuck was OK , popped some wedges in a bag and made my way to M&Co on my High Street because they have a 50% sale on . I walked in and told the SAs that I would be ditching most of my male clothes in the next few weeks but needed to replace my male trousers with some female ones and had picked out their cords on line . They were soon busy going through the racks but only came up with my size in a dark green , I asked if I could try them because to make sure 12 would fit rather than 14 . They pointed towards the ladies fitting rooms and I slipped on the trousers and popped my heeled wedges on to get a better idea . While I was doing that they were making sure they didn't have the black and brown ones I preferred so I just walked over to the sales desk in the trousers and my wedges to get their opinion on the fit , no problem we all agreed 12 was right . I decided to leave the green ones and order the black and brown ones on line and then collect in store .
I asked if they minded seeing what I looked like dressed and showed them a selection of pictures, the senior SA looked up and said I'm really sick and peeved off !! You can wear skirts and dresses better than I can , the younger one just stood wide eyed and said Wow a couple of times , she then did look me straight in the eye and asked me if I was going to transition , she did surprise me by asking that .
I left saying I would be back to collect the orders and they wanted me to promise I would come back at some point dressed . So yet again it proved just be yourself , open and honest with people and you won't have any problems , going full time really is going to be an interesting experience .