cluttered purses

I find it interesting how my purses have gone from just carrying the
bare essentials (makeup, wallet, keys, cell phone) to carrying things
like band aids, crayons (for our daughter at restaurants), tissues,
moisturizer, business cards, etc. A purse is so infinitely practical
that I can't understand how other guys can survive without one. I carry
a purse in guy mode and girl mode just to be sure that I have everything
that I might need when out & about.

Halloween can be such an interesting time of year

I just had to share my day with everyone...

As we all know, Halloween is the cross dresser's national holiday. Today
being Halloween, of course I took full advantage of it. I decided that I
was going to go all out goth for the day. I wore a black top that is
fishnet on the top part and a mock corset on the lower part, black
skirt, black fishnets with pink & black striped thigh high socks, my
funky boots, black wig, and studded belt & bracelets. I even did my
makeup like I did as Morticia and overstated the eyeliner even more. I
definitely was dressed to be noticed.

I had an eye doctor appointment this morning right near where I work so
I stopped by the office to say hi and show off my "costume" to my
co-workers. Of course, they all know about Heather so it is not as big a
deal to them but I figured why not. Of course they loved it, especially
the resident goth. Now, the eye doctor's office is a whole different
matter. They know nothing of my cross dressing and so this was going to
be a fun stop. They also know me very well there (they've been seeing me
for glasses for over 20 years). When I walked in the optometrist kind of
laughed and told me she loved it. The other girls all had a giggle and
also appreciated my "costume". I didn't see my regular eye doctor and
the lady who did the exam definitely liked my look too. Once we got
through the exam, my regular doctor (who has known me since I was a kid)
saw me and said "Happy Halloween!" as he walked into his next appointment.

Now, here is where it started to really get interesting. I decided that
I needed a new pair of glasses (I wear contacts normally) since mine are
well over 10 years old and butt ugly. The optometrist (a middle-aged
woman) asked me what kind of glasses I liked and I told her I wasn't
really sure what would look good on me. She commented that I probably
liked something a little more on the funky side that would make a
statement. I agreed that I wasn't exactly the traditional type. She said
"well I have something in mind that will probably look good on you 'like
this' and 'the other way' too". She then proceeded to start picking out
some glasses. Now, the "Like this" comment really got my attention. They
have seen me there in goth mode as a guy picking up contacts and things
before but they definitely didn't know Heather. I think I actually got
read in reverse, she figured out that I'm a cross dresser and started
grabbing more feminine styled frames that would look good on me as a guy
and as a girl and not be too feminine looking. As I tried on some
glasses and she critiqued how they looked on me, she mentioned that my
eyeliner was throwing her off on the right size of glasses to go with (I
had extended it past my eyes quite a bit at the outer corners) and she
knew that my makeup was usually not this overstated. Notice that she
commented on my "regular" makeup (I do wear eyeliner in guy mode when I
do goth)... The other girls began commenting on which frames looked good
on me and which didn't and soon they too were searching for frames that
would look good on me "this way and the other way" all without it being
said. Even the eye doctor that did the exam got in on the frame
selection. I think they were actually having a good time with it.

In the end I settled on a set of deep purple stylish frames with
magnetic sunglasses that went along with them. They all agreed that
these glasses would look great on me, even with my normal "not pale"
complexion and lighter hair. When I put these frames on the eye doctor
said she liked them and the optometrist said "wait till you see the
sunglasses on them" and I put the sunglasses on. The eye doctor said
"oh, you definitely need to get these glasses." So now I have a pair of
glasses on order that I can wear as Heather and as Joe. Normally I wear
my contacts exclusively, especially as Heather. With the new glasses
though I may just have to give the contacts a break once in a while and
wear my glasses. :) Part of me is tempted to go pick them up as Heather,
but I don't actually plan on that one even though I think it would be fun.

After my eye appointment my daughter had her Halloween parade at school
so I headed home and grabbed the cameras and headed to the school. Of
course I got noticed, how could I not? From the looks and comments that
I got from quite a few parents there I was a big hit. A number
complimented me on how well I looked.

A little later when Katya came home we headed to my parent's
neighborhood for some trick or treating. My mom commented "that's a
different outfit". I got a few comments on my striped socks while we
were over that way. Next we headed back to home for another few miles of
trick or treating. At one point a woman said to me "Didn't I see you
earlier at the school?" Yup, that was me... LOL

FLUSH!!!!

And so goes yahoo profiles. Not only is it easy for spam bots to make IM accounts and IM me all the time, but they can now create profiles and send me spam that way too. Thanks again for nothing Yahoo! I am so close to shutting off everything yahoo. If you have contact with me and don't want to lose me, email me at my main email address (its on my site). I would strongly suggest finding another IM service and add me as a friend there.

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Yahoo IM is NOT shutting down

Ok, so I'm getting really tired of everyone sending me the same hoax IM.
This has been passed around in many forms for a number of years now, yet
it seems to still get people. I hate to break the news to you but
forwarding an IM to everyone you know will NOT prevent yahoo from
shutting down (if they actually were going to), and Bill Gates won't
send you money for forwarding an email. If it says "forward to all of
your friends", chances are it is a hoax. This goes for virus notices
too. ALWAYS research before you forward. A good place to start is
snopes.com.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/overload.asp#yahoo

Halloween Chuckle

A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.

She asks him why he is staring. He replies: 'I have a question to ask, but I don't want to offend you.' She answers, 'My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.'

'Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.'

She responds, 'Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.'

The cab driver is very excited and says, 'Yes, I'm single and Catholic!'

'OK' the nun says. 'Pull into the next alley.'

The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.

But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.

'My dear child,' said the nun, 'Why are you crying?'

'Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess; I'm married and I'm Jewish.'

The nun says, 'That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.'

Happy Halloween

What a weekend!

Well, let's just say that the last few days have been quite eventful for
us. It all started on Thursday which is usually one of my 2 regular
Heather days each week. On Thursday night I went to get my nails filled,
and since we had a party to attend on Friday night I decided to go with
some appropriate color. I got my nails done black with spiderwebs on
them. While I was at the salon waiting for my nails to dry I have a
rather long conversation with 2 other ladies (other, sounds funny when I
say that). I was just one of the girls at the salon and I don't think
that either one of them realized that I was really a guy.

On Friday I had my normal Heather day. I dressed in my normal casual
manner, a nice black/red rose print skirt, red top, black tights, black
leather boots. It was a pretty typical day really, nothing special.
After my wife got home we started to get ourselves together for the
Halloween party at Georgie's bar. She was going as Gomez Addams and I
went as Morticia. I cleaned up and re-did my makeup using white
theatrical makeup to get that "never saw the sun" look about me that
Morticia always had. I actually thought that it was way too white until
I got my costume and wig on, then it was perfect. I had a very tight
fitting low cut top and hobble skirt that Morticia would be proud of. I
also wore a long straight black wig. I was definitely Morticia for the
evening. Rain wore a pinstripe suit, shirt & tie and I used eyeliner to
make a mustache for her. I also bought her a cigar to complete the look.

We headed off to drop our daughter off with a friend for the evening and
off to the bar we went. I have to say, the costumes were really good on
a number of people. Let's see.. Gilligan, Indiana Jones, several
zombies, The cat in the hat, Thing 1 & 2, a nurse, a biker, Snow White,
Little Red Riding Hood, Hillary Clinton, and quite a few others. We got
quite a few compliments on our costumes at the party so that was cool.
We both got hit on a few times while we were there which was kind of
funny. I got up on the dance floor (which is a raised stage) with some
other girls and danced for a while. I have to say, it is kind of
interesting dancing in a tight spandex hobble skirt... After about 6
hours on my feet I was ready to get my boots off.

We also had a friend of ours join us at the party. She did not know that
I am a cross dresser, but she didn't seem phased by it either. She had a
few too many so we stayed with her after the bar closed until her
boyfriend came and got her. While we waited we sat outside and talked.
She has no issues with Heather at all. In fact, she wants to teach me
how to move my hips more like a girl when I dance and I am going to
teach her to walk in heels properly. :) We didn't get home until almost
4 am.

Saturday we wanted to go to Lancaster to do some shopping and I talked
my wife into letting me go as Heather (Love you baby!). I went with
jeans, boots, and pink T-shirt for the day. We headed for Lancaster
around 1pm an did some shopping before dinner. We didn't have any issues
while shopping and found a few good deals at the outlets. When we
checked into the hotel, we found out that not only do they have a pool
but an attached indoor water park. We headed to Friendly's for dinner
since it was close by and we were tired (we only got like 4 hours sleep)
and really hungry. We're pretty sure the waitress read me but she didn't
let on if she did.

After dinner we headed back to the hotel and me & Katya put our bathing
suits on to head to the water park. I brought my one piece suit along
and this would be a true test of how well I can pass. Let's face it,
hiding things is easy in street clothes but in a bathing suit is a whole
different matter. I had several concerns really. The first was how well
would I pass, but the risk of being read was low. Next was how well
would my makeup hold up if it got wet? I wasn't sure on this one.
Another concern was what if I lost my wig while in the water? This was a
real big concern while I was there. All in all this would definitely be
a big test of my nerve and how much I have truly learned.

While we were at the water park I spent quite a bit of time in the spa
pool soaking up the heat. I even ventured so far as to get my hair wet
(carefully, so as not to get my face wet). When our daughter decided to
go in the deeper pool I went with her because she doesn't quite know how
to swim yet. I waded in and it was as deep as 4' in the pool. I did do
some swimming, which I must admit is different and interesting while
wearing a long wig. I swam on my back mostly and the wig did stay put.
I discreetly checked it from time to time and it didn't shift enough for
people to notice. It felt weird to have that much wet hair on my head.
Another unexpected development was how much my breast forms float.
Apparently they are somewhat buoyant and every once in a while I had to
(discreetly) re-adjust their position. I talked with some other moms
while there and don't know if they read me. There had to be at least 30
people who saw me and I do not believe more than a couple read me. When
we got back to our room I was worried that my makeup had disappeared for
all to see, but to my surprise it looked great despite having gotten a
little wet. All in all it was a great experience and a big first for me.
I will definitely venture into the pool again while en femme.

Today was even more interesting. I did jeans, t-shirt, and my boots
again since we planned to go shopping. We had breakfast at a local
restaurant (the Lapp family restaurant - excellent food if you ever hit
Lancaster). If I got read, we didn't see anything. After breakfast, we
hit the Nissley winery to get some wine. While I was paying for the
wine, the lady behind the counter (an older lady) looked at the
signature line on the card and noticed it was not signed (oops!). She
asked for my ID so I dug out my drivers license. She looked at it,
looked at me and stated "This says Joseph. You aren't Joseph." as she
looked at me like I had a stolen license. I quickly dug out my TG ID
card (I have no idea why I didn't hand it over in the first place) and
said "This should explain things." She looked the TG ID over and said
"Yes, I guess that does explain a few things" and completed the
transaction without further incident. I guess I gave her something to
talk about with her friends for a while. Her comment to me reinforced
just how well I can pass. She obviously had no clue that I was the guy
who's drivers license was handed to her.

After the winery we did more shopping. At the Disney store I found a
great Tinker Bell T-shirt on clearance for $5. We stopped last at the
Coach outlet so Rain could buy a purse. To the sales girls I was Rain's
friend and I do not believe that I got read, even after having a
conversation with one. I came up with an evil thought too. I may get a
small Coach purse which has the signature emblem all over it to carry
when I go goth... LOL That should get a few interesting looks!

I would say that overall it was a great weekend. I got "Ma'am", "Miss",
and "Hello Ladies" from a number of sales people so I would say I passed
or they accepted me as a paying customer. Either way it does not matter
much.

My first "women's" biker gear

Well, I just got my first actual piece of women's biker gear. I bought a
leather pony tail wrap for when I ride enfemme. If you don't ride then
you are probably wondering what I am talking about. There is nothing
worse than getting off the bike, taking the helmet off, and having to
deal with the rat's nest that 70+MPH winds will do to your hair on a
bike. I've had to resort to using a half dozen hair ties to keep my hair
(wigs) in a tight ponytail all the way to the end. Well, no more of that
for me. I have a leather hair wrap, which is basically a long thin strip
of leather that snaps around the ponytail and covers it most of the way
to the end. The best part is I won't be ripping my hair out every time I
take it off like inevitably occurs with hair ties. There's only 1 hair
tie at the top to start the ponytail and the rest of the way down it's
leather. :) I'll put some pics up when I get some taken.

Here's a pic (if this works)
http://www.hotleathers.com/images/products/PAAAIANIKJFMFPOJ.jpg

Why I love skirts so much

This evening I remembered just why I live skirts so much, especially
long skirts. I am wearing an ankle length denim skirt and am bare legged
underneath. As I walk around I feel the denim sliding across my smooth
shaved legs. There is nothing quite like the feel of a skirt on freshly
shaved legs. The way it feels as the material slides across the skin is
something that, sadly, most men will never experience. They have no idea
what they are missing... :)

New pics

I just uploaded pics from the ladies night out last week and some older
ones....

Yahoo is dead......

Yahoo is dead. Switch to jabber (GoogleTalk) if you want to IM me.
heathercd2005@gmail.com is my jabber (GoogleTalk) address. Need a Gmail
invite? Let me know and I'll send you one. I'm pretty much done with
yahoo...

thanks for nothing yahoo!

Well it appears that yahoo has taken it upon themselves to replace its
entire profile system. Now, everyone's profile is private, and even
after you sign into it and activate it, almost all of the information is
still hidden to all but those on your friend list. Real useful, Yahoo..
Thanks for nothing!

Just another typical girls day out...

Well, today my wife said that she wanted to go thrift shopping and I
certainly was not going to argue with that one. :) I got up today and
decided that I was in a goth mood, so I really gothed (is that actually
a word?) it up. Rain said it was too much, I was dressed more for the
club scene than a day shopping so I toned it down a bit. I ended up
wearing my skin tight ripped up boot cut jeans with purple tights under
them, a frilly half sleeved purple top, and my new boots (under the
jeans). I think I looked pretty good personally.

I checked the mail before we left and my new straight black wig arrived.
It looks like if I can find the dress, Morticia Addams may be my
Halloween costume this year. :)

On the way we stopped to pick up some pumpkins. I know one guy there
seemed to read me but he didn't say anything or avoid us or anything. He
looked at me kind of funny like he knew and did not know what to think,
but he did not react negatively. In fact, his reaction seemed pretty
typical of those that figure out that I'm a guy. He just didn't react.
Occasionally someone will love it, but overall reactions are at least
tolerant.

We hit the thrift shop that we always hit and I found a few pairs of
jeans (all women's, but a few pairs i can wear in guy mode too) and an
ankle length blue denim skirt that I can get away with in guy mode
(goth) so I was very happy. Our daughter is expressing some interest in
the goth look as well so we looked for some stuff for her along those
lines and I think we may have found a few good items.

On the way home we stopped at a diner to get some dinner. Dinner was
pretty uneventful but our daughter kept having to use the rest room. I
ended up taking her to the ladies room 3 times before we left. All 3
times there were other women in there and I didn't see one odd look or
anything. Either way, they certainly did not have an issue with me being
in there so either they did not realize I was a guy or they didn't mind.
One thing that I have learned is that if you act like you belong there
and behave appropriately, people will not usually have any issues with you.

After we got home and did our pumpkin carving I decided that I needed to
work out for a bit. Since I was in a Heather mood anyway I decided to
put on a sports bra (and my breast forms of course) and spandex shorts
and head downstairs to work out. I pulled my wig into a ponytail and did
30 minutes on the elliptical machine. It felt good to get a workout in,
and heck if being Heather is what it takes to motivate me to work out,
then that is what I will have to do.

Inappropriate behavior

Last night we were out at the Ladies Night Out. Over all we had a good
time, but there was one individual who had the balls to show up in a
bra, underbust corset, fishnets, PVC boots, and short leather skirt.
Now, this in itself isn't totally inappropriate, although it did show
really bad taste for a public bar. What was inappropriate however was
how this individual chose to sit on a high bar stool.. She sat there
with her legs wide apart, skirt riding all the way up to her crotch
showing off her red panties. And if that wasn't bad enough (and this is
why I say she had balls), at one point during the evening her balls were
hanging out from her panties for all to see. I found this behavior to be
totally disgusting. On top of this, she was blatantly trolling for sex.
She wasn't even trying to do it discreetly. Oh, did I also mention that
there were children present in the attached restaurant for a while after
she arrived?

It is low-class behavior like this which results in us having to fight
over and over for anti-discrimination laws. This is also the reason why
when we simply want to use the ladies' room for what it was intended for
that many women demand that we use the mens' room.