Hi Everyone!
I finally took the leap! Off with the beard, on with a new wig...quite a change...Wow!
Last week, I finally plucked up the courage to go to the wig shop. I was going to just look around and see what the place was like. As I walked up to the door, the big sign "By Appointment Only" stared me right in the face. Feeling a little nervous, I walked inside anyway. A voice from the back shouted "Can I help you?" "Uhh, yeah...I guess I need to make an appointment," I said. The lady, Carol, said that she had some time right now, as the person she was supposed to be working with was a no-show. Great, now I can't back out without looking like an idiot. I told her that I wasn't sure what I wanted, but was looking for something medium length and in a darker color, all the while thinking, "Laurry, what the f**k are you doing here?"
Carol went out of her way to make me feel right at home. "Well, we'll just grab a couple and try them on," she said. I admitted I was a little nervous and kinda embarassed to be trying on wigs, especially as I still had my beard, but Carol just said "Shush, we get lots of cross-dressers in here, and it doesn't make any difference to me, so just relax and have some fun." Danged if I didn't do just that! I tried on 15 or 20 wigs in different styles, lengths, colors. Some of them I didn't like, a couple Carol took right off saying "it wasn't right for me". Forty-five minutes later, I walked out of there with 2 new wigs and a new friend. Needless to say, I'll be going back. If you are ever in Dallas, stop by the
wigs.com salon (near downtown on Boll street) and tell Carol I said Hi.
After agonizing over it for the last couple of months, I finally gave up my fears (or gave in to my desires, or both) and shaved off the whiskers. Now, I'm about to head out for something to eat and to watch the fireworks as the girl I've always wanted to be. Life doesn't get any sweeter than this.
More later............Laurry
