Well it's 4am - I'm not exactly "drunk" this time, but I've had a few drinks and I'm feeling great!

So tonight was Halloween (duh!

) and as I mentioned we usually go down to our local LGBT nightclub who throw a massive bash because a) it's Halloween, and b) the club first opened many years ago on this night, so it's like a birthday for them (I think I mentioned that before but cba to re-read old posts right now lol

). 1 year ago today on my way home (walking all on my own, because I'm Sarah and I doesn't afraid of anything!

) from the last Halloween bash there, I just suddenly snapped into girl mode, and pretty much came out to myself there and then as trans*. This year (wait... there's a song there somewhere!

), I got some bits together over the past few weeks, and decided I was going to go pretty unashamedly girl-mode with my outfit, and just
*BE* a girl for the night instead of my usual "some outfit which still technically passes for a guy but has some girly bits to it like I usually do. I couldn't get hold of any of my friends but I was ok with that, because I got to really push the boundaries pretty much past breaking point by flying solo for the evening.
Earlier in the day, mum asked me if I needed any makeup - I'm still not out to them but they're used to me wearing foundation and eyeliner (one of the many advantages of being involved in the rock / alternative scene for years

). I told her no because I got some last week when I went up the city. I'm not quite sure what came over me, but I decided to mention the wig I bought. She was really cool with it, like it was totally normal, and said "nah, I'll see it when you get ready tonight" when I offered to show it to her

So the evening came and I got ready - foundation and eyeliner as usual, but unlike usual I also put on mascara and purple (ish) lipstick, as well as my wig. I came out the bathroom, kinda nervous about what they would say (again, bearing in mind that I've not come out to them), and you know what reaction I got from them?
QuoteWow! That looks *AMAZING*!
they both said!

Mum then even said rather specifically:
QuoteYou look like your niece!
Which yeh, I can kinda see that lol

Again - remember - I'm not out to them yet! .. well, lol, I suppose I am now kinda lmao!

And.. they seemed completely fine with it. I mean, they didn't say anything negative at all, they were both really complimentary even... that's a good sign, right?
*RIGHT*?! 
Oh and yeh, I had a really great night when I got to the club

It took me a while to open up because I forgot Malibu and Coke doesn't affect me much (thus why I'm not really that drunk right now lol

), but when I did loosen up a bit (after a couple of Desperadoes) I managed to hit my stride in girl mode. As I said, it's an LGBT night club (a pretty damn huge one too) and they run a really smooth operation there, and no one batted an eyelid. I mean, I was hardly "stealth" in any sense. At best you could say it was a valiant effort for a drag outfit, but regardless I got quite a few people (guys and girls (cis lesbians , trans* and drag queens) who came up and started dancing with me (and as it turns out - I'm kinda a huge flirt hehe!

). One girl (cis lesbian - I think she said her name was Erin) started seriously chatting me up big time, and asked me my name. It kinda caught me off guard, so in the heat of the moment I gave her my birth (male) name, but added "..at least officially". She looked at me with a raised eyebrow, and said "no hunni, what's your
*REAL* name?" I smiled so much! She'd recognised that I was a fledgling and needed a nudge to spread my wings, so I told her "Sarah", and that felt even better!!

We went in and danced for a bit, she introduced me to a few of her other female friends who all said I was really beautiful and they couldn't stop stroking my hair (
*Sqwee!* 
), and we just all hung out for a while as
*GIRLS*! Oh my god, it was freaking
*AMAZING*!
And do you all want to know the best part? I didn't even have to do anything! I was just myself, and as myself, I was outright accepted as "one of the girls"

I mean, that says everything right there, doesn't it? I've always been more at ease around girls than I have guys, so I don't know why this was such a surprise, but it was lol

Unfortunately we all ended up going our separate ways eventually, but I was thinking of making my excuses anyway because it was getting late.
To top off what was already a great night, I did something I hadn't initially planned on doing - I ordered a taxi under my *FEMALE* name!

Oh wow it was sooo cool saying to the taxi operator "Taxi for Sarah please", and when it turned up - "Hi, are you for Sarah?" OohOoh and I nearly forgot!
I got "Mam'd" outside by one of the Taxi co-ordinators while I was waiting! Oh my god that nearly blew my tiny little brain apart it felt so good! And then some guy shouted "girls!" (at their friends who were standing next to me) and I automatically looked without thinking.
Phew.. erm, yeh I think that's everything that happened, it was quite an action-packed night. I didn't get very drunk but holy crap - this is 100x
*BETTER*! I'm seriously on cloud 9 right now!
♥︎ I should probably leave this here and get some sleep lol

Oh, but one last thing - a pic of me in my outfit!

(and also first pic of me on these forums
♥︎ ). As you can tell - I'm no photography pro hehe

Love you all to bits! I hope your evening was even half as good as mine!
♥︎