To Hose or Not to Hose

Well my position in this debate will be no surprise, but I have a few more thoughts on it as well. I write this on Sunday evening, after spending the afternoon at a very swanky wedding in Boston. I was designated driver, hence my ability to write coherently. I went with my friends Jane and Alice, two women I have known for a very long time. Both of these women have power jobs, and both are my age, significantly over 21 as it were. I believe both have had a nip and tuck, though they won’t admit it. And they both looked spectacular, Alice in a bright yellow dress, nude hose and yellow pumps with platforms and 6 inch heels; Jane in a black and white number with black hose also with heels, but more elegant than Alice’s and no platform.

Many (or most) of the women at this function had bare legs, white from being hidden over the winter, or some shade of spray tan that is mostly a horrible shade of orange. But some of them had the good taste to dress properly, and one young lady wore a spectacular strapless dress with some very shiny hose. The dress was pretty short, and she wore it well. And it seemed to me that all the lecherous men in the crowd were giving her a lot more attention that her pasty leg friends.

I actually have gotten into this debate with women, and I maintain that the very fact that women wear dresses, a bit of clothing very different than pants, is why they should wear hosiery. (It is funny when they tell me I don’t understand how horrible stockings and pantyhose are to wear!) They should be celebrating their legs and using hosiery to enhance them.

Spanx and the Like

I mentioned that I have purchased some Spanx and actually worn them. They are OK, but not for me. What I find interesting is the number of women who not only admit to wearing Spanx or something similar, but seem to brag about it. At the aforementioned wedding I was part of one of these conversations. The woman in question was complimented on how nice she looked (And she was wearing hosiery!) and she said that her Spanx to thank for it or should couldn’t have gotten into her dress.

Since I occasionally troll about the lingerie departments in big stores I have also noticed how large the selection is of this merchandise has become. Maybe they should all go back to good old girdles dontcha think?






 Musings

Did you ever wonder who ties that little knot in the end of the tampon strings? How would that job look on a resume? …..I have always had a “thing” for Sandra Bullock, especially as a blond with a southern accent in the movie “Blind Side”…….a long time flight attendant friend, now retired, told me that her supervisor used to force them to lift their skirts to confirm they were properly girdled! Wouldn’t have to ask me twice…..Madonna looks to have had some work done on her face, and the world is shocked. Come on what did you expect?......


Spanx and the Like
I mentioned that I have purchased some Spanx and actually worn them. They are OK, but not for me. What I find interesting is the number of women who not only admit to wearing Spanx or something similar, but seem to brag about it. At the aforementioned wedding I was part of one of these conversations. The woman in question was complimented on how nice she looked (And she was wearing hosiery!) and she said that her Spanx to thank for it or should couldn’t have gotten into her dress.

Since I occasionally troll about the lingerie departments in big stores I have also noticed how large the selection is of this merchandise has become. Maybe they should all go back to good old girdles dontcha think?

Makeup
Considering the amount of space makeup takes in department stores and health and beauty aid stores, I don’t see all that many women wearing it. If you’re like me you can spot that one woman with red lips from 30 feet away. Of course Trudy makes up for many of them, as she is caking it on as she always did.



My Life
Shopping
I love warehouse stores, really I do. I live alone but I NEED 60 rolls of toilet paper, 12 rolls of paper towels etc. I have a membership at BJ’s, but recently got something so that I could shop at Costco. Now if you follow my photos you know I have a thing for feminine hygiene products. I can honestly say there has not been one time in my adult life when dressed that I wasn’t wearing some type of pad or diaper, and 99% of the time tampons. A girl can’t be too careful! But this gets expensive because I use a lot of these and change them 3 or 4 times a day. One of the real bargains at Costco and the like is tampons and pads. So with all my other “bargains” in my cart, I went to the feminine hygiene aisle. I got the extra large box of 72 Kotex Supers, 2 boxes of Kotex “u”, 2 boxes of Playtex gentle Glide Super, and Tampax Pearl. In addition I got some incontinence pads in the super extra heavy overnight size.

Normally I got to the self checkout, but there was an attractive young lady at one of the registers, and I couldn’t resist. So there she is with a lovely smile scanning what amount to about 450 tampons! If she had any thoughts on this, she sure didn’t show it.

Shopping 2

I maintain that a good attitude and a smile goes a long way. I was at Lord and Taylor last week, when they were having one of those super 25% off everything plus stuff is on sale and clearance. So I found this Alex Evenings top, but no skirt to match. The salesperson who has taken care of me before, an older African American woman who is lovely, took this as a challenge. I told her I had more shopping to do, and I would come back. She not only found me the matching skirt in my size, but another twin set with matching chiffon pants. I got both of course.

Real Women Know Stuff

Or they may be born with it, and of course not all real women! But as part time gals, and even those among us that have become full time gals, we just don’t do things as effortlessly as most real girls. Here’s my list:

1. Makeup. The fact is that even the conservative among us look like they painstakingly put on their makeup, as opposed to those real girls, who somehow use foundation, blush, lipstick, and more every day and seem to do it in 20 minutes time.

2. Blush. Yes of course one could count this as makeup, but as I have said many times, real gals can seem to put it on anywhere, in the car, walking, on a bicycle, and it comes our great every time.

3. Accessories. Now I might argue this point myself to myself, as I am pretty good at accessorizing my outfit. Or should I say “was” since I don’t venture out that often these days.

4. Leg Crossing. I recently dealt with this on my blog, and got a couple of emails disputing my claim. In any case I think we look strained when we do this, like we are trying to show how casual we are. And in many cases it is about showing off as well. Real girls just do it. Just today I saw two women sitting on a bench eating yogurt, and they looked like they were meant to have their legs crossed.

5.Perfume. We wear too much. Now in this case I would be willing to say that there are a fair amount of women who wear too much as well, but still, we overdue it.

6. Smile. Again, to me we always look contrived when smiling, with the exception of functions when groups are having their pictures taken. Compare any of us you know to Julia Roberts, and you will see what I mean.

7. Walk. Either we walk like guys in high heels or like we had to study how to walk. One of the reasons I brought the heel height down when I was out and about was to alleviate this.

Shopping

Well I thought my reconnection with Trudy the Lawyer would be short lived, but I was wrong. It seems like she wants to go back to where we were. I can understand this to a certain extent, she’s come so far in such a relatively short period of time, and in a way I am secure. And I am certainly no threat.

She talked me into going outlet shopping with her over the weekend. I believe she takes me because she really has no girlfriends to go with, and she trusts my judgment more than her own on how to dress.

To be succinct--we scored big time! “Off Fifth” had some amazing suits that she wouldn’t have even tried on because they were a 10 and she wears an 8. She ended up with 4, all of them lovely, in brighter more fun colors. One bright yellow Tadashi number made me envious. They were on double secret sale, and with coupons and buy one get one and this and that and the fact is was daytime she go all for on the for about $350.00, The Tadashi alone had a price tag of $600 on it.

We hit the “Cosmetics Company Store”, and she spent more than $200 there. I must admit I also dropped a few bucks there myself. Nine West was having buy one get on at half price, and she bought 6 colors of the same shoe. It was a nice sling back, but 6 colors. I got two pairs in bright orange and yellow. We wear the same shoe size BTW!

Then to the Hanes outlet, where I got 12 pairs of panties at only $4.00 each. Trudy got pantyhose, the Hanes “Alive” support hose she loves. I won’t keep boring you, but I cannot fail to mention the Lindt Chocolate store, coconut truffles…mmmm good.

Sightings

I was in line at my local Starbucks when I caught the scent of Lancome’s “Magic Noir”-- it is by far my favorite scent. I turned to see a stunning tall blond, white blouse, skirt from a suit, black pumps and hosiery with these oversize black dots. She was striking, and I need those stockings!

Sightings II

In TJ Maxx, a lovely older woman in sling backs and RHT stockings!

Musings

Michelle Bachmann is not going to run for Congress again. How she got there in the first place is beyond me, but I find her and Sarah Palin sexy for some reason. In fact I find Tina Fey’s imitation of Sarah Palin even sexier…..I saw the new Star Trek movie --I loved it…….J Lo and the crazy outfits she’s wearing are bothering me. She is a stunning woman in every way and a little bit of style and grace would suit her well…..I love Pinterest!

Other Stuff

The very first lipstick I bought on my own was Revlon’s “Cherries in the Snow”. I drove 15 miles form home and went to a store called “Zayre’s” a discount store. I got lipstick, foundation, mascara, eyeliner, and I can’t remember what else. Revlon still makes this lipstick, and the other day I bought it—it is still spectacular. And about a third of what I normally pay as well.

My Life

Sightings

Never wear white shoes before Memorial Day! I like to consider myself a student of women. In a way I study them. Or possibly I gawk at them, and even more appropriately I stalk them. But let’s not go off on a tangent….

Just last weekend I was meeting an old friend for coffee in a local mall. Ws agreed to meet outside of Nordstrom’s, as they have these lovely coffee places that always have plenty of seats. So I got there, got a cup of tea, and when she was 15 minutes late I re-checked her text to find I was an hour early. I contemplated my options…stay where I was, a nice people watching spot; maybe do a little shopping, but if I bought anything I would need to get to my car…..and then the decision was made for me.

The tables were filling up, and directly across from me a woman came and put her considerable load of stuff down. “Could you watch this for me?” she asked pleasantly.

“Sure” I answered. She was amazing, and possibly hit each and every one of my hot buttons. The outfit was white peep toe pumps (I am sure they are BCBG Girl and I have the same ones), black sheer hose, a white suit with a black silk or georgette blouse. She was blond, with shortish hair. But wait there’s more---really heavy makeup, long pink nails, and so much perfume I could smell her from 8 feet away. Lot’s of gold, including oversize hoop earrings. Pretty tacky to say the least, and of course I loved it.

I made an effort to look nonchalant as she returned. She thanked me and I joked that no one wanted her stuff -- they wanted the table. She laughed and then made it pretty clear that whomever she was texting was more important than engaging in clever repartee with me.

I was enthralled, so of course studied her. Or gawked at her or stalked her—whateva! I know how long doing makeup takes, and while I don’t do it every day, I know that the makeup she wore did not go on in 30 minutes. Amazingly she looked up from texting and evidently at that moment I was not gawking, and she spoke to me “You’re here bright and early” she said with a lip liner lipsticked smile. I explained I was meeting an old colleague whose mother was on death’s door, and she told me how nice I was. Her perfume was Magic Noir --one of my absolute favorites, and of course I am wearing it now.

I could see she was getting ready to go, and I surmised she was working at one of the department stores. But she really was kind of tacky, so I couldn’t figure out which. Then my friend showed up. A hug begot tears and then more tears as I know her mother and spent a lot of time with her. My friend went to get a coffee, and I looked around and black and white makeup woman was gone. And then she tapped me on the shoulder and gave me her card, explained she was at Neiman’s of all places that day, and said to call her the next time I was in the mall and we’d share a coffee. Hmmm.

You know I am never completely sure in these situations what my feelings are. I long for women like this, I want them in an odd way. Yes sexual feelings come up, but at the end of the day what I am most is envious. I am envious that she could look like this at 10:30 on a Saturday morning, and that most likely she always looks like this and it is what she does day in and day out. I couldn’t tell you if she is short or tall, fat or thin at this point, I didn’t notice. And she covered every base—nails, makeup, perfume, clothing, shoes, jewelry. And her card reeks of Magic Noir. Yes I am envious. I realized that this was what I was feeling after seeing Trudy—I didn’t miss her as much as I was envious of her. Call Dr. Freud!

I am certain I will be at that same mall soon.

The Wrong Stockings
See these taupe stockings I am wearing with my yellow dress? They couldn’t be more wrong for this outfit. I think it calls for beige, cinnamon, nude or even white, but not taupe. I love doing this and I do it purposely. I love seeing my stockings, and I want others to as well, and often when wearing the correct stockings, well one just doesn’t see them! Sling backs and reinforced heels emphasize this.

Back in those days when I was out and about all the time, this issue with stockings was always my downfall. I won’t say they ruined my outfits, but they certainly didn’t add to them. I remember once in the now gone G. Fox department store in West Hartford, Connecticut. I had just purchased some Hanes Pantyhose, in the same shade I was wearing, Gentle Brown. My dress was pink, and brown was really the wrong color. A very attractive woman stopped me and asked what brand and shade they were! Evidently she had the same problem.


                                 Musings

Thanks to all of you who have emailed about the situation in Boston. I was very, very close to the spot where one of the bombs went off in an apartment owned by a friend of a friend.. I have been interviewed a few times by authorities. But I really cannot talk about it, and I may never, forgive me please…..Christina Aguilera lost weight! I don’t care-- fat or then I think she’s sexy….I have some new Anna Sui perfume I really like. It is too bad the brand didn’t take off in the US….Red Sox are in first place-- hah!

Shopping

EBay

EBay has gone through phases. In the beginning one could find amazing things, indeed many of my foundations came from EBay, and I was on a first name basis with many vendors. One woman actually came to my house to show me stuff, insisting she meet me dressed and that I try them on. But I digress…I kind of stopped using EBay as a source. Yes I still looked and bought, but because of EBay vendors knew what stuff was worth. Look up Hanes 415 stockings and see people asking $100 for one pair if you doubt me.

I think they are in another phase now, a better one. The fact that there is just so much stuff means there will be bargains, and the yellow floral dress here, new with tags, was only $9.99 with free shipping. If you are like me and you moved on, look again. But be patient.

Leg Crossing

A while back on my site I did a pieces about all the things real gals do better then us part time gals. I will be doing this again here on my blog, but for now I must say that no matter how complete and fantastic the transformation is, we just can’t get the leg crossing right. I see all the pictures and we never look comfortable or normal when our legs are crossed. I think it is because we need to think about it, and real gals don’t. Look for yourself some time, I think you’ll agree.

My Life

Trudy the Lawyer

Those that know me, who may have read my old pages, or even this blog, have heard me mention Trudy. I met her professionally, and we became one another’s confidants. I watched her grow, become a better attorney, get better clients, open her own office, and become more successful. Bravo girlfriend!

When I met Trudy she was a bit of a mess. She had some issues (don’t we all!), and some of these issues are why I was attracted to her. She had acne scarred skin, which she covered with great gobs of foundation, so much that one could smell it! I loved it of course. She also had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which manifested itself in many ways. One was constantly checking her makeup, and usually reapplying some. By constantly I mean every 5 minutes, every red light, pulling over on the highway when driving etc. She also changed her underwear constantly, and always carried a large bag with panties, bra and hose. I how more perfect could a gal be?

But Trudy is a strong woman, and she started to work on herself. I like to think I helped as well. She had laser treatment for the acne scars, which left her with almost perfect skin. She had some plastic surgery on her face as well, and had her boobs done. At my urging she traded in her Brooks Brothers suits for more upscale fashionable suits, I once spent 3 hours with her in Bloomingdales. And I introduced to both outlet shopping and how to buy stuff on sale. I even convinced her to dye her hair red. She then dealt with her OCD, which to me was too bad as I kind of liked seeing the powder and lipstick come out every 5 minutes.

I don’t want you to think I was her Henry or Henrietta Higgins, this was her making her choices, but asking for advice as well. When passed over for partner at her firm, she opened her own office. Unfortunately, we lost touch, as the stain of opening her own office was considerable, and as I said earlier, I have my own issues to deal with. A lot of this had to do with her growing and moving on. She started dating a man that she liked quite a bit. But some of it was me as well.

This afternoon I ran into her, and we stopped for coffee. She looks amazing, and from my own perspective I was happy to see she still piled on the makeup. Her office is doing well, she’s hired associates. She’s not dating anyone, but baby steps are better than no steps at all. She reminded me that the suit she wore came from one of our shopping trips! Only once did she check the makeup, and I couldn’t help but compliment her. She smiled and said she was working on it, but opened her oversize bag to show me her fresh underwear!

One of the things that Trudy could do that amazed me was put on blush and lipstick perfectly. I have been at this for many years. And sometimes when I look at pictures of myself I think “Your blush looks awful!”. She could do it without a mirror, the same with lipstick.

We agreed to meet again soon, but we won’t. I miss her, but I am happy for her as well.

Reflections

One of the cable networks is showing old “Alfred Hitchcock” TV shows every weeknight. They are fascinating to me for many reasons. First, he got some amazing actors to star in them. Last week a young Robert Redford was on. But I must say I love seeing the women. First of all, most of them seem to be blond and look a lot like Tippi Hedron, but that’s another story. There almost always seems to be some reason for them to be dressed to the nines in formal attire.

As much as I enjoy the show and the stories, I love looking at these women and wondering what they are wearing under their amazing dresses. I watch for every little detail. In one episode the female actress wore sling backs, and I could see the heel of her stockings. With tiny waists and pointy boobs and hosiery I imagine what kind of girdle they might be wearing. I think about how wonderful it must have been to get dressed in those days.

With 3000+ pictures on Flickr I am undoubtedly an attention slut. But when I look at my own pictures I always remember what slips or slips, longline bra, girdle and stockings I wore underneath just as I imagine what these women in old TV shows and movies are wearing.

Musings
I don’t see the attraction to Chelsea Handler. She is not all that clever, and I just don’t find her attractive……It has started here in the Boston Area already, the attack of the painfully white legs--who told women they look good without hosiery, and BTW it is still pretty cold here, so often they have a pink tinge as well….. Have you seen the new “Bettie Page” shops? There is one here that I will be exploring soon, and they are on line as well……I am thinking of trying Spanx…..sings

                                   This Week’s Why?
                                   Low Heeled Shoes

I don’t know, age maybe. I went through a number of shoe periods, 5 inch mules, platforms, the famous Fredericks of Hollywood black patent stilettos. I even got a pair of 6 inch heels with no platform at Lee Brewster’s in New York about a million years ago. But there were a couple of driving forces towards the lower heels. First, 5 inch heels didn’t always work with my outfits, and although I got incredibly proficient at walking in them, the sheer comfort of the lower heels made life a little easier. And although this is certainly not the case now, with the lower heels there was a lot more variety so there were more choices of styles to go with my outfits.

I remember being at a wedding with my friend Alice. It was a fall wedding on a beautiful New England day at the old Ritz here in Boston. We were at a table with a very elegant couple, the woman was in her 40’s or 50’s or had a lot of work done. She got up to use the ladies room and as she walked by I saw these black patent peep toe sling backs with little 2 inch heels, and the jet black heel of her RHT stockings was perfectly positioned. This was many years after nude heels came into to fashion, which made it all the more extraordinary. They were so perfect with her sequin dress even Alice said something nice about them and asked where they came from. I found those shoes, and despite the dent it put in my pocketbook, I had them myself within a week.

                                            Shopping

Never ever buy anything at full price! Occasionally I violate this rule, and I was fully prepared to do it recently. Well not really I had a 20% off coupon, but there are some Onyx Nite separates I like and I saw them being sold at a rate that they might never go on sale. So I went to Macy’s, hoping in one of their many “One Days Sales” the outfit might be marked down, but no luck. However when I went to pay the skirt was 40% off, but the top wasn’t. Hmm. “Shouldn’t they both be on sale?” I asked, and the clerk simply took the 40% off the twin set that went with the skirt, plus I got my 20% off. Amazing huh?










                                              Makeup

It is hard to beat Mac lipstick. My most recent purchase is a shocking pink called Candy YumYum. I needed this because between all my other lipsticks I only had about 30 pink shades. $15.00, great coverage, amazing colors, and if you play you cards right some overly made up 20 something might take care of you.

                                                           

My Life   

I alluded to a health issue on Flicker in the fall. Thankfully I am OK, but after this I think Shakespeare was wrong when he sai : "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers”. Nay old bard, let’s go after the doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators! I contracted an infection in the hospital that in retrospect, almost killed me. Fortunately I am a relatively well versed person, and I know how to take care of myself. And I got help in the form of an ex girlfriend who was amazing. Mortality always causes one to rethink one’s life, and my re-thinking, as I lie in the hospital for the 6th straight day on still another concoction of antibiotics, was that I have not enough moments and maybe not enough time left. So, I stopped working, and started living a bit more. People are appalled by this “You’re so young and you’ve got so much left to give”. Right. I am done. So, all that said, I am getting a little bored. So, I’ve started my blog again!

This Week’s Why?

Ah yes the age old questions for all of us part time girls. As I have said many times, I have no idea about the deep dark roots of this. I was a happy well adjusted kid, friends, girl friends, hockey player, VERY good schools, good job, life etc. What I get are all the questions within questions. Why the crazy makeup, huge hair, diapers, square dance outfits, girdles, feminine hygiene etc. Today I will try to deal with the makeup aspect of this.

From the first time I discovered girls, they were heavily made up girls. Those plain old natural beauties were not interesting to me, though for some reason they were interested in me. No it was those overly done slutty looking babes that fascinated me. Yet they always seemed interested in those big macho types. The April that is my name sake inspired my eyeliner, Margie, a customer at a small store I worked at in high school, my lipstick, and on and on. I worked at a grocery store next to a very busy hair salon, and this was in the age of really big overdone hair. Suffice it to say, I could never be “me” whoever that is, without all of makeup! I love wearing it buying it, picking it our researching it, practicing with it—I just love it!

There was the one girl whose name currently escapes me. A high school dropout, I first saw her working the jewelry counter at Bradlees, a discount store. Her everyday makeup was truly unbelievable, and considering she used all drugstore makeup, even more amazing. I actually dated her for a while, and to see her with these amazing concoctions was memorable to say the least. What I remember most were the false eyelashes. She told me how on her day off she’d go to the theatrical makeup places in Boston, on the bus no less, to get these things.

                                    Shopping

I love the after, after Christmas sales. No that is not a typo, the best prices on everything are in February and March, when they are getting rid of what didn’t sell for one reason or another. And as I have said many times, being a part time girl affords one the ability to be patient. As you can clearly see if you like my pictures, I like dressy dresses (among other things of course). So after I made the life decision I alluded to earlier, I went to the mall! Coupons in hand, I made a possibly controversial value judgment. Instead of one mall where the Lord & Taylor selection is not quite as good as another Lord & Taylor in driving distance, I went anyway, because the Macy’s in this mall is the best in my area. I have a tough life dontcha think? I ended up leaving with 12, yes 12, new dresses! Why you ask? L&T had a whole sale rack where all these $200-$250 items were $49.00. Plus….I had a 20% coupon and if one used one’s L&T charge card another 10% off. So for about $35.00 each for 7 dresses, all of which I kept BTW, I got well over $1400 in merchandise based on regular price. On to Macy’s of course where I got 5 more dresses, 4 of them are long dresses, at similar savings. Girls, you can d this too! Be patient, keep coupons, shop carefully, be nice to the clerks (Not creepy!) In both stores I was asked, in male persona, if I wanted to try stuff on. A smile goes a long way. You should be there, buying this stuff!

 Makeup

Once I discovered mineral eye shadow, and the amazing range of colors it comes it, I was hooked, The fact that one can get a 6 month supply for about $5.00 is just an extra added bonus. Check out these on-line suppliers: • Bitchslap Cosmetics, • Sugarpill, • BFTE (Beauty from the Earth) • Medusa. And be sure to look on EBay and Etsy. Personally I have had the most luck recently on Etsy. Although none of the people there seems to be in a rush to ship, the makeup gets there eventuality, and if you are patient and search this massive disorganized site, you will be happy!. For whatever this is worth I have found that the mineral blush colors don’t work for me….you make your own choice…

Shoes and Stockings

Shoes and Stockings

Stockings
Or more correctly, pantyhose. I make no secret of the fact that I always wear pantyhose under my stockings, and I have a couple a favorites brands. The one I like the most is Calvin Klein Invisible Control Top in “Buff”. Since I am a bit of a hoarder I stock up on it when there are sales, as they are now $12.00.

Yesterday I was at my local TJ Maxx store, a discount store for those that don’t know, and there it was, first quality, my color my size, for only $3.99. So I looked through and grabbed everything in buff in my size –14 pairs!!! Then for good measure 6 pairs in beige. Checkout was interesting, with 20 pairs of pantyhose, but think of the savings!

Shoes I
The up side of being a part time gal is that we’re not subjects to the whims of fashion. I keep everything. I have my very first pair of Frederick’s of Hollywood 5 inch pointy toe pumps. I went through a “mule” stage and though I don’t wear them that often these days, I have kept each and every pair.

The down side of this is that shopping for shoes is just no fun anymore, as I seem to have some version of everything I see. I went to three places last evening, Leopards print pumps—got ‘em…white platforms……got two (ok now three because it was such a good deal!), black…. got I don’t know, 30 pairs. I manage to still buy stuff, but It’s just not as much fun.

Shoes II
I am a stalker. Only occasionally, but a stalker indeed. On my sojourn last evening I went to DSW Shoe warehouse and I spotted a pair of grey pumps on a gal that were pretty sexy, and grey hosiery as well. The wearer had a grey silk suit, and bleach blond hair. I just knew she’d be a babe, so I kept maneuvering myself to get a look. But she was on her phone, in a spirited conversation, and it became a dance of sorts. I finally gave up because I couldn’t continue to be so obvious.

A moment later I stood in line to pay, three pairs of women’s shoes, and she shows up in line behind me. As usual I was right, she wore Lancôme’s Magic Noir perfume, and oldie but a favorite of mine, great makeup, just lovely. She looked at my shoe boxes and frowned with disdain however. Oh well, at least she didn’t seem me buying tampons.

Shopping with Trudy

As many of you know I have more than one “alter ego”. April has many looks, and over the past 19 months I have been going out with more frequency.

Yesterday I went shopping with my friend Trudy. Trudy is an attorney who recently went through some plastic surgery. I must say she looks great and she is happier than I have even seen her.

Trudy is an excellent attorney, but she also has OCD, which manifests itself in many ways. For example, she checks her lipstick every 5 minutes; she changes her underwear 4 or 5 times a day.

She asked me if April might like to spend Saturday shopping with her, and not surprisingly I said yes. As a “normal” gal I am very passable. I know all of us gals think this, but I really am. I have no beard left, I am smallish, small feet and hands etc. It is hard for me to tone down my look, but I manage. I have found one can wear great gobs of makeup if one is conservative. So no false eyelashes on Saturday morning! But based on where we were going I did wear a girdle and stockings, always a bit risky.

Trudy picked me up on a warm fall Saturday morning, and we headed to a mall about 20 miles from me. I must say, I had the time of my life! We started with shoes at Lord and Taylor, and I got 2 pairs, Trudy 3. We had a funny moment as she saw the heel and toe of my Hanes 415’s, in “South Pacific”. Clothing was next. I have been trying to get her away from her business suits she wore everyday, including this shopping trip. We each picked a few things, and I went to go into my own dressing room she simply followed me. Just two gals out and about. In a moment our clothing was off. I had a lovely slip on of course, and she helped me into a dress I ended up buying. She suddenly stripped to nothing and put on a clean bra, panties and her ever present Hanes support hose. She tried on 4 outfits and a dress, and she got all of them! I cannot describe how wonderful this felt to me, it was amazing.

This mall is huge, and off we went next to Macy’s. More shoes, more dresses. I took her to Bebe, and she got the sexiest skin tight black dress. I must say also the young ladies working there were amazing. Then Nordstrom, where we both got Nars lipstick.

We stopped for lunch at the huge food court, and then I needed to pee. I know the “unisex” toilets at this mall, but Trudy wouldn’t hear of it. We went back into Lord and Taylor into the ladies room into the handicapped stall! While we have not been intimate, Trudy knows everything about me. But as always I had a Modess hospital size pad on.

“Come on hurry up” she said when I hesitated. So I lifted my dress and slip, down came my girdle, stockings, pantyhose and panties. I reached behind me and unfastened the pad, then took it off from the front. I sat to pee and she giggled.

“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised you sit down to pee, but I wasn’t expecting it.” she said laughing. “And it really is small isn’t it?”.

I finished going, decided not to change my tampon, and got another napkin out of my purse. Once it was her turn she dropped her skirt, pulled down her hose and panties, and sat to pee. I don’t know about you but I love the sound of a woman peeing. Once again she changed everything, and when we finally left the stall, we both spent 10 minutes touching up makeup. You see what originally attracted to her was her heavy makeup, covering up adolescent acne scars. I was afraid that after she had this address, along with a new nose, eyelift and lip enhancement, she would stop wearing it, but as always her foundation was thicker than mine. She had that wonderful smell of makeup and perfume.

We left the mall, and the ride home was interesting. She asked those questions women ask us always, why, are you gay, do you want a sex change. I have known her for a few years and we never talked about these things.

She came in for a late afternoon glass of white wine. But there was one more surprise. “So you enjoying getting and enema don’t you?”.

“Yes” I answered truthfully.

“Maybe next time I come over you will show me? “she asked.

Guess what I answered?