Weekend yachting

Okay, really feels like summer now and with a weekend on a yacht, not only are my arms sore from working the sheets, but my skin is dried out and burnt. Still doesn't stop me from shopping, hunting for Christmas presents.

Yes, it's a new dress, purchased online yet looking at what's now in our shops at around the same price, using retail shops would have been better (I only added it to what I was buying so that I got free postage).

I've done a couple of other bits of shopping, Bunnings and Kmart, absolutely no idea what I was buying from the photos, but I have taken an interest in my garden such that I have a seedling box and good garden chemicals now.

 

Burst of Summer???

Multiple cloudless days, 22-24 degrees, enough for me not wanting to be out in the heat of the day.

I've also discovered - I don't fit any of my old dresses that I have worn over the last 10 summers. My shoulders are bigger, my chest is bigger and so is my belly 😕

I'm still doing the same old stuff (I did see today a 800cc motorbike for sale at $6,999 that I was tempted to consider - but wife would have killed me before the bike did). Shopping for groceries, clothes, library, bank, beach

I did found a nice silky skirt at H&M that I will probably buy next pay day.

wild weather

Our country has taken a battering with the wind and rain lately, so it's quite sensible to wear PVC where possible, jacket and full length skirt is ideal. 

Wife gives me lots of time to remove nail polish, normally tells me about 5 minutes after I've put it on. 

Wife and I went to one of my regular cafes, the young woman behind the counter recognized me in boy mode and brought my coffee to me before we even ordered. Wife and I had a laugh and wife thought the woman was the nicest person ever for being kind to "Rachel".

My phone died (not charging any more) so I had to get a replacement. 

My new phone has an AI camera app, so using the photo above, it gives me......

Jee...I wish I looked that good 😁

Thank goodness I have a sense of humour, otherwise I might CHOSE to feel "offended" and want to sue someone (that's what we do now a days isn't it?  Be "offended" by everything, be the "victim" of everyone and everything, then scream and shout like spoiled babies right?)

Escape

Crossdressing is a great escape, letting another personality out for a while.

Another, even better escape for me is the mountains, going wild, living out of a backpack.

I think I was influenced as a kid, by this Tv series (okay, your old if you know the show)

Okay, so a week in the bush, I returned with a grey frosting under my chin - you know the cup cakes with icing on the top - well my face looked like an upside down cup cake. If my head had as much hair as my chin, I wouldn't have shaved it off, but as it was, it did take 3 shaves to lose the stubble.

It's been difficult to re-connect with my girl side. I thought as soon as I left the mountains, life would return as normal, but the mountains stayed in my heart longer than I expected.

If I had the choice, mountains or "Rachel time", mountains would win all the time.

I did get out this weekend for about 3 hours, visit the pet groomers, library, have coffee, got fresh groceries to make lunches for a few days.

Busy weekend

Wow, what a week in the USA? 

Most Christians here, are filled with the love and compassion of Jesus, and they have enough love and compassion to share some, with the likes of me. 

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So wife's off for coffee with a long time girl friend and has given me a free day. I had thought about some photography so I loaded the car with cameras, filters, tripod etc, got dressed and makeup on. I decided to stop at Newmarket shopping center for coffee first. Being early and feeling a bit naughty, I was wearing a mini skirt, but didn't like the way it felt like it was riding up.

It might have been the fish net stocking causing the issue, but I decided to hop back in my car and change to a longer skirt. I might lose the stay up stocking as they rubbed my inner thighs, so will probably go to pantyhose style on my next purchase.

Okay, I'm at the mall, might as check out the shops, see if there's anything nice in the fashion world.

The "Large" purple dress, while I loved it, I'm just too big, wish they had XL or XXL. The red "knitted" dress was lovely at $44. Looking hard you could see my black bra and g-string, would definitely have to wear beige underwear. 

I think I have too many clothes already, that's what wife keeps telling me anyway.

My girl clothes takes up 3 draws for day to day wear (boy clothes only takes 2 draws) about 1/3rd of the wardrobe and I have 2 cardboard moving boxes full in the shed.

Anyway, at home wife wanted a sliding door removed and replaced with a hinged door, so a change of skirt and of to Mitre 10 hardware for a door, but while there, time for 11am lunch.

How many times have you seen a crossdresser carrying a door across a carpark? Well today could have been your lucky day 😄

I got it home, fitted the new door, removed the old sliding door before the wife returned. I needed her to chose a door handle as I wasn't sure what style she wanted. She suggested we have a 2pm lunch on the way to the hardware and asked me not to go "flashing" my pink fingernails around, yet afterwards she sent me to chat with the neighbour, she did ask "if he saw my makeup" (the lipstick had worn off, but eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation and eyebrow colouring still on from the morning) but I never thought to ask him. 

Work in progress

  BTW - didn't get out to practice with my camera and lenses 😞

Wild Weather

Auckland is going through that phase of 30km/h wind, sunny for 30 minutes, rain for 20 minutes then repeat.

It's the wind that is really getting to me - well, trying to tangle my wig actually.

I've been out getting morning coffee with my tight tops, bra and occasionally my B cup breast forms more often - but no wig, just a beanie to hide my dome. It's not a pretty sight so I didn't take any selfies to scare your with, but I just love tight tops and the curves of boobs or showing off bra lines.

I'm wearing women's size 12 high hip, straight leg jeans day to day, wife thinks they look nice on me and I like how tight they are around my butt and legs.

Oh, and the surprise for this week, NO PIMPLES from last weeks full day with cheap foundation.

I did manage to get inside the shops three times this week when the wind wasn't so bad, but without makeup and a 5 o'clock shadow, even those photos are scary. I should try harder to be beautiful, but since nothing really works - why bother 😊

Quiet weekend

Obviously no sailing with the weather being totally yuk (rain and strong cold southerly blowing).

I have an old, cheap foundation, the sort you buy when your not too serious about crossdressing. It gives me pimples. Anyway got up, couldn't be bothered shaving, put on that foundation, eye liner, mascara and went out for a coffee. After that I returned home, made wife her morning coffee, took my car to the garage for repairs and dog to the groomers. Getting back, wife wanted to go shopping and have lunch out with me. So instead of removing makeup with a few hours, it's turned out I wore makeup all day. Watch this space for a week of pimples.

Earlier in the week, I had taken my car for it's Warrant of Fitness (annual safety check). It failed on brake pads and brake rotors. I was tempted to save $60 and do it myself, but it's only a 10% saving after the cost of parts and I had other things to do with my time.

At the mechanics

Coffee after mechanics

I did get about an hour to do a bit of shopping and during a supermarket trip the following day, had an elderly lady eyeballing me as if to say (in grumpy old lady tones) "I know your a man" - I just made eye contact and smiled at her.

Movies

 I used to enjoy Naked Gun, so wife let me out to see the new version. But first, dinner at Subway.

Of course I can't be bothered with makeup - I'm too old for it to make me look beautiful. I'm not sure what it is about crossdressing, but I find so many people chatting to me that never happens to me when I'm in boy mode - maybe males are more intimidating or deemed to be best left alone?

Anyway, 20 minutes to movie time, after a very physical day ripping out a hedge and replanting (and not drinking enough water), I decided to re-hydrate with a beer. Really, I think after the movie, I should have hydrated with 6 beers, then maybe it would have been funny. Maybe I'm too old (again), maybe there's nothing new in the movie

Anyway - speaking of movies - Wife and I just watched "last take - the RUST documentary (you know - the Alex Baldwin movie). I cried - absolutely no winners with that incident. 

I have two opinions on the incident, 

One - everyone needs to see the Doco.

Two - everyone should see the movie, to support Halyna Hutchins work, to support all those effected by the incident (actors, crew etc). 

What else happened this week?

At some point, we had a rainy day (I love this PVC jacket and skirt on rainy days, almost makes me waterproof)

And at some point I needed something from the hardware shop - and a coffee.

Oh, Saturday morning - I had a list of things to do today and woke up early for a bit of girl time before breaking out the sanding machines and paint tins etc (not going to do that in girls clothes ever again).

Anyway, headed to Greenlane McDonalds at 6am, but they are renovating with a guy painting the ceiling - I don't like the thought of paint on my girl clothes (think I mentioned that earlier), so visited the Balmoral McDonalds on the way home (still far enough away to keep wife - umm happy???).