While eating out with my friends, we mentioned going to Scarborough Renaissance Festival. After my best friend, who knows about my crossdressing, said he was going to wear a kilt for fun, I casually mentioned that I was going to dress up as a woman for the fair, just for fun. The others said that's fine, but they still do not know I am a crossdresser. I know i won't feel weird or out of place because they said they have quite a few men who dress up in women's costumes.
Since I will be wearing what is technically considered a costume, does this count as going out en femme for the first time, or is it only cosplay? Either way, I am extremely thrilled that I am getting to do this, and still looking forward to the first time when I actually do go out in regular women's clothes.