Yesterday was the first day of Scarborough Renaissance Festival, and I went dressed up in my Fair Maiden outfit. As much as I absolutely love my outfit, I had always intended to buy another one. And so I did, and this was the result after spending a pretty penny....
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This is me as a Merchant Girl. I love this outfit as much as I love my Fair Maiden outfit. I felt even more great than I did last year when I bought my first outfit and pieced it together. I had a whole new bodice to go with it, putting my corset on underneath. I felt really feminine and girly, and received nothing but compliments from everyone. It makes me feel so doggone good because everything I wear screams out feminine. I especially loved wearing a corset and feeling the nice tight snug fit on my midsection as it created a girlish figure for me. And the people working there were way beyond friendly, even talking to me as if I were just another lady, which is exactly what I wanted basically.
But as I was sitting on a bench outside waiting for my friends to use the bathroom, someone came along and told me I shouldn't be sitting there, as it might confuse some people, even though I was simply sitting there. We spent the whole day there from 10 to 7, and my body was even more tired than if I had just worked an 8-hour shift at work. For the 7 weeks that they are there, I intend to go a few more times.
The day before I went to the fair though, I began to think to myself how I oh so much wished I could do this wearing normal women's clothes and go out in public. I do it here because lots of men dress up in women's costumes and vice versa, and as I said before, no judgment at all, just a few people who notice a man wearing the clothes and give a pleasant smile as if to say, "I know you're a man in there, but have fun all the same sweetie." Wouldn't be the same with regular clothes and going out somewhere like say the mall.
For the longest time now I have wanted to have the courage to do just this, and would almost certainly do it if I had another crossdresser or another woman to go with me, as I would feel safer with someone else around. I have had a couple of dreams that I actually did go out in public, or at least was getting myself ready to, but both dreams ended before I got to wherever it was that I was going. I was actually offered a little advice yesterday at the fair, so hopefully I can gain the courage I need and implement it.