Wanting it so badly !

[Teresa]

Consuelo,
Yes you are correct, for the most part I would dress according to the circumstances just as most GGs, OK there are the odd occasions when you push the envelope. I was recently in touch with my gender counsellor, we exchange Emails as friends, I also sent her some recent pictures , her comment about my the Union Jack dress was I've got more courage than she had to wear it, ( she actually used a different term but the mods might not like it !)
I have to admit that I've never found pierced ears a credential to femininity, I love earrings but clipons suit me fine.

I know I've made this comment before but the first time I went out I didn't feel nervous at all, it was a buffet and dance to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the group so I wore a full length ball gown with a strapless bra ( which was a first for me ) but it felt right , I felt so comfortable driving and meeting 45 people ( which was also a first for me, I'd never met a dressed CDer before ), Carole commented you were ready for that. To me I was finally fulfilling a need , I was being seen and accepted as a woman . The turning point for me was the Xmas party, meeting , dining and dancing with the general public and then staying over and dressing for breakfast , it proved to me I can do this. No I'm not going to use the word passable, but I know now I can go out there as a plausable female. As a footnote, when I stayed over at Carole's , I wasn't sure I'd found the right house, I never gave it a thought how I was dressed , ( at the time it was a denim skirt and striped blouse with a dusky pink suede jacket and 3" wedges ) I just jumped out the car and rang the door bell, at the time a guy passed walking his dog and a taxi was picking up a fare across the road . I then went back to my car to get my overnight bag and and some wine for the BBQ we were going to , it was just me dressed as a female and it didn't bother me.