Kalarran,
Similar to you, I have a mixed feeling when looking at women. I am attracted to women, and will sexually objectify them in my mind, but I'll also make note of what their wearing. Sometimes I will think about how it feels to be them. Sometime I imagine what it's like to have their body, other times i just imagine what it's like to wear their clothes. Like, for really beautiful glamorous women, I imagine this wonderful glamorous power that is projected by one who can wear like they mean it. But this also applies to women of many different shapes and sizes and styles.
Of course, I try to do all of this in the space of a glance, because I don't want to be a creeper

I was told by some girlfriends in the past that it's okay to look, it's just not okay to stare

I just hope I'm even half as subtle as I think I am, because I really don't want to make other people uncomfortable.