So another year passes and a review is called for. I have to say it?s been largely uneventful when it comes to my dressing. I?m fortunate in that I get a good few hours each week to fully dress sans makeup and even more time to dress partially as well as sleeping enfemme. In that I count myself very fortunate. However having the opportunity to go out enfemme is an itch I?d love to scratch more often.
I knew I had as much in my wardrobe as I practically needed to see me though day by day, week by week and bought only a few items online that were in the sale section and too good to miss or would be replacements for items that?d been worn to death over the years. I?d vowed to largely shop in person while enfemme so that meant saving my buying until my annual week?s Helen holiday.
This year that week differed in a number of ways. Firstly the accommodation I rented wasn?t the usual isolated cottage away from prying eyes where I could come and go unobserved. This year it was cheek by jowl with others in a small village. So while my comings and goings wouldn?t be seen by many nevertheless I?d be visible to those who happened upon me as I arrived/left the property.
Turned out not to be an issue if for no other reason than I?d park right outside the door and hence only visible for a few moments at a time.
Second difference; I was more comfortable and confident in just being out. On past holidays I?ve had very little apprehension about going out but this year was different. I just went about my business, being enfemme really not a consideration. So very little self-consciousness, it took me a day or two to recognise that fact as being out and about enfemme had become my norm, my default mode.
A little blip to the holiday was not having anyone foolish, sorry, brave enough to join Mel and I in Manchester. I?m know that it?s perhaps one of the biggest steps one of us could make and that the stars will need to align for circumstances to allow many to make that leap. However I?d be lying if I said I wasn?t just a little disappointed however it won?t stop me trying next year all being well.
The weeks since my holiday have passed and the New Year is upon us. What does it hold for me? I guess more of the same however, and I know at least one who?ll tell me to just do it, I?m getting that bit closer to ?having the talk? so who knows what will be the future. Oh and I think I?d like to experience a makeover to see what a pro could do with this saggy old face of mine
But that?s enough of me. What was your year like? Good, bad, indifferent? Also have you set yourself any goals for the coming year?
