I was traveling around Surrey yesterday to see a couple of people to do with my consultancy business, knowing I would have some time to myself I did take a change of clothes with me
Well I got all my visits finnished early, in fact before lunch, so got changed, put on the slap, and went to Lunch in Oxted (Surrey) This was my first opportunity to wear my new wig out, I felt much more comfortable with this one and I think that showed. I had taken hose, shoes, jacket and skirt etc. with me, but had forgoten to bring a top, I kept my grey (boy) shirt on however I was very happy and comfortable with my presentation, and enjoyed a coffee and sandwich at the Nero's on the High Street. After that I trawled through the charity shops, although very tempted by a pink dress suit, I decided it was too light a colour and couldn't see anything else that would be good for me.Next I drove down to Westerham the location of my favorite Charity Shop, "Sue Ryders" it is the people who make this shop special for me, they are so friendly and helpfull, I tried on a couple of pairs of jeans and a dress, but none of them fitted me, the GG manager went to her back store room and found several other dresses for me to try on. Although I had not intended to buy anything specific, she came up with a Lilac jersey type dress that I think suited me perfectly, and all for only £4.90! I left that shop floating on air, my purchase and the attention I had recieved made me feel like a million dollars even though I had only spent a fiver.
After that I drove into Croydon I only needed a new watch strap, but had a bit of a wander around and found that there was a "Special" going on in the "Centrale" shopping mall (one of three in Croydon). With any purchase of £10 you could have a free make over, Hair, Nails or make up. I had already spent that so I went straight for the make up. There was a little wait, but the girl who did me was so helpfull and friendly the whole experience was a real treat. Not only did she make me look much more atractive and feminine than I had ever before, she also gave me a lot of tips on how to improve my presentation and suggested some products that would be good for me all in all this just made me feel even more special. On the way home I popped into "the Bird" the pub I'm meeting some other Gurls at tonight, partly to check out the lie of the land and partly because I just wanted to extend my time dressed, and made up so pretty!
So why this is all good, yes, the bad was that this was right at the end of my day out, I had to go home, which meant getting changed back into drap and taking off all the make up, bad but it had to be done, the "Ugly" well that's how I felt when I was done. Soon got over that and am enjoying the memories of a great afternoon out.
Tonight I go out to the support group, but still havn't decided what to wear, 50+ years of maleness have not prepared me for solving this problem. Should I go for a short skirt and knee boots, trousers and ankle boots, LBD and sling backs, too many choices and not enough occasions.
