checking in ... my addiction is ...

[April Marie]

This past weekend, I went with my wife to a Boden Sample Sale. Picture a middle school cafeteria with tables piled with hundreds of dresses, slacks, blouses, jackets, coats and shoes....and 100+ women rifling through them. I was in my androgynous mode, feeling a little awkward but split away from my wife since we wear different sizes. After finding 6 dresses and draping them over my arm I found my wife and we went to a place along the wall to look through what we'd found.

No dressing rooms and women were stripping down to their underwear all around the room to try things on. My wife looked at me and said "No one is watching you or cares. Try them on." And, so I stripped down to my shorts and t-shirt like everyone else. 

I ended up with 3 dresses, my wife 2 dresses and a jacket.

What an experience.

[tgirlamg]

Well Done Sister!!!

Onward!

A💕

[Jessica_Rose]

Flashlights! I'm getting much better about it, but I have difficulty walking past a display of flashlights without checking to see if any of them are on sale. At least I'm not obsessed with keeping fresh batteries for all of them. I think it's related to the decades my soul spent in darkness.

Love always -- Jessica Rose

[April Marie]

My (current) addiction is definitely clothes. I didn't really think about the need to define my style as a woman when I began transitioning. As a male, it was loose fitting and devoid of colors for the most part.

And then it happened! I found a world where I could express my emotions, my style, my intent through what I was wearing. And, Oh My God!!!!! Colors and patterns and lengths, oh my!! 

My wife taught me how to shop for bargains and never to pay full price for clothes through her example over the years. So, I've shopped smartly but oh have I shopped. And, along the way, there were a few failures. At this point, though, I think my side of the closet and our storage closet has more of my clothes than hers. 

And, a new dress arrives today. The addiction continues.