89 days...Two great things today... the first being that I got dressed at work as Grace at the end of the day before leaving - and invited down a colleague and the boss since they both know about my transition and were more than a little to curious to meet the real me. And wow, didn't I get a great reaction! It's the wig that seals the deal, totally transforms me in a way that's hard to explain. They could hardly believe it was me and thought I looked great, so definitely an ego boost... won't be able to fit my head the door soon.
As a side note I've pretty much decided to out myself to the majority of the women at work, probably in one go, sometime early next week. After that? Who can tell. The main thing holding me back is outing myself to my family, not looking forward to it at all...
Second great thing? Is four great things... I got dressed after work so I could catch the train out to my local station and go
shoe shopping!! Here's two of the pairs...
oh hey, at 6'3" I'm already tall enough, right? Apparently not! I never thought I'd ever wear, lead alone buy high heels. Never say never. Fell in love with them...couldn't say no. How could I say no? These are for extra special occasions (hope I have some!) and amazingly are quite easy to walk in and make my legs look great.
Alright, something very sensible and comfortable too. These are definitely more my speed. Cute!
Also bought a pair of ankle boots and sandals, photos when I manage to take a decent shot of them.
I had two women helping me at this shoe store - they no doubt get a lot of trans women clientele given that they specialise in shoes for larger women's sizes (at a 10-11 I qualify). Whether they suspected or not they never gave it away. And being referred to as "her" in conversation was an amazing experience. I was a little stressed going into the shop but that evaporated quickly, they were very helpful and nice to me (well, duh, they wanted my money) - quite different to the usual experience of buying men's shoes. And I have to say I could have tried on twice as much as I did (about 12 pairs in total) but I was already there for an hour and ran up a fair bill in the process. Buying women's shoes is so much more fun!!
Think I now have an OK start to a shoe collection, need a few more though