Escape Auckland

I've had a few days "On Site", even got on the tools a bit (as a refresher). 

The nice thing about being out of town, is the ability to wear what you want, eat what you want and go where ever the mood takes you (mostly sitting around the hotel at night watching TV).

 

Well at least I know where my lipstick went. I'm not overly impressed by Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup lids, they remind me of a kids sipper bottle and I ain't that young anymore.

I was lucky I didn't have to wear the hard hat all day, but just noticed my work socks leave a bit of a indentation. Not that I would have noticed had I not been looking at the photo

The cure to the sock indent issue - longer dresses during these away trips. I don't really mind actually, being away from home means I can dress each evening the way I want. The down side is, my heels have worn a hole in my toe 😞

So on the motorway on the way home, a truck driver honked and I assumed they got excited by my legs. He soon over took me again (there was quite a bit of traffic all with different speeds) and as I passed him the second and last time I heard him shouting like "Woo". I'm not into that sort of stuff and didn't appreciate it at all. If someone likes my legs, I'd rather they just walk up to me and say "Hi, how's your day going" or something similar to start an intelligent conversation. I mean, even the girl at the petrol station was very nice to me (as most people are) and would have been more interesting than someone just honking and shouting.

Have you ever....

 Had a wish we could have "Corset Week" where we could all go out in corsets.

While I didn't get a week, but two outings for just a couple of hours each.

I really wanted a black look and with the return of wifes long black skirt, I figured I could be slightly classy in a corset (or maybe not). Maybe I also should brush my wigs occasionally so I don't have that "gone wild" look, might look into that next month.

But how would a corset look with a bit of colour?

While I quite enjoy wearing the corset, I'm unsure if it's a bit over the top or not

The corset's probably not the sort of thing to wear to Bunnings hardware store however when picking up furniture decking stain and PVA glue to repair faults in the woodwork. 

Sorry - choking - dog just farted by my feet, and it's one for the Guinness book of records if only I had bottled it.

 

I still haven't got around to purchasing my new boobs after the car break-in and theft of my "girly grab bag", so while they may look big, I won't mention the socks that pad out my breast forms.

Something I learned about the wrap dresses that ties around your back - sometimes (like today), what you think is a bow tied at your back, can be a knot, maybe caused by the corset? So make sure your wife is supportive if you need someone to help you out of such a dress. Wife first suggested cutting the tie but after 5 minutes with a sharp knife, she managed to get the knot out and I then manager to escape the dress.

With evenings getting dark earlier now we're back to GMT+12 hours, it's not long after work is finished before cross dresses should be able to be out with a bit of low light so we're not so noticeable (that's someone's theory anyway) but just remember, shops, petrol stations etc, still have lights 😇 

I've just had a thought, you often see me at McDonalds having coffee, but never food. I doubt if I could chomp down on a burger and make it look lady like. I do like the burgers but I have to limit my intake of grease and fats now, so I tend to do mostly home cooked food. 

 

stumbled onto a market

Please excuse my looks, when I'm out for only an hour in the morning as the wife and family sleep in until after 9, I don't bother too much about makeup.

The mornings are getting cooler and it's probably the last chance to enjoy this wrap dress. I love how silky it feels on my legs, especially as the wind blows the split and slides over my legs exposing them to the unfortunates (or fortunate depending on their interest). Being a  real man is a bit sad, to never feel silk gliding over your hairless legs. There's a thought, maybe because I did get that as a young child before my legs got hairy made me this way - yeah No! The only drawback to this dress is sometimes I look down and I can see a peep of my breast form under the material - not something I ever want other people to see (oh to be a real girl)

Coffee first and a read of the newspaper.

After about half an hour in the cafe, I locate a Saturday craft market and have a browse around. I had a nice chat to a chap who makes and sells some really nice drink coasters (I'll have to tell the kids for my next birthday) and also a couple who had some cool metal ornaments made from bike chains. Having downsized, ornaments are no longer a thing for us and after the decades of collecting, it's nice to see the number of ornaments getting lower. There was a blind man playing lovely tunes on a  flute, so I gave him my coins (actually all the physical money I was carrying). Plenty of bread, cheeses, sausages, spices etc if cooking is your thing, knitted dolls, customized dairies, some of the flowers would have looked nice at home.

All in all, a very pleasant, relaxing start of the day.

I tried using Coral Photo Director a bit, like in last week how I changed the image a bit of the woman who walked in front of my camera, to "beautify" me - hated it mostly, my teeth are the colour they are meant to be (not super white), my body width is perfect without being made skinnier, I like my wrinkles, but for some reason, the software didn't detect my boobs -not that I actually have any, but the software shouldn't have known that.

 

Fun extra long weekend

Starts early on Thursday morning for me, with coffee and scone at Columbus Coffee shop. I don't know how, with so many customers, regardless of which shop I visit, most staff remember my preferred coffee. I didn't really think people would remember me amongst the masses 😂

Oh exciting, Auckland CD Group has politely requested to add my blog to their "link" list, apparently I'm inspiring (I'm actually only trying to be me, but I'll take whatever compliment is on offer). I do like polite people. I'm not really a group type person, I wouldn't mind joining a "mens shed", wonder if they allow crossdressers on lathes, metal folders, drill presses, welding gear? Probably not with my long synthetic wigs, besides, they don't make high heel safety shoes in a size 43 that I'm aware of.

Back home and changed into boy mode, did my usual house chores - mow lawns, clean the BBQ, waterblast cleaned parts of the house.

But I'm not one to return a pretty dress to early, so time to get changed again but with a 5 o'clock shadow (actually 4.30 o'clock shadow) and too lazy to do more than foundation and lipstick, I threw on my oldest wig and I decided another coffee and a bit of grocery shopping was required. The mall was quite busy and full of school kids in uniforms, yet only one group of high school boys found my presence interesting for about 2 or 3 seconds before they got on with what they were doing before seeing me. 

    

I had this next photo all geared up for you.

I had an almost empty isle so I hit the 5 second self timer, and what did I get for it, a super fast lady racing down the isle and in front of the camera (do I look impressed)...Grrrrrr.

Okay, so lets try that again and hopefully everyone else is browsing the shelfs slowly and not racing past

Selfie failure

Photo attempt take 2

SATURDAY and time to explore a bit, decided to hit North Head tunnels for a bit of photo fun (just wish I had a photographer and maybe someone with a reflector panel - is that asking too much?)

All that walking and posing is thirsty work, time for a lunch stop at 277 Broadway shopping center and checking out a few more clothes. White outfit was $30 on special at Farmers, unfortunately pay day is still 2 weeks away.

Still enjoying Crossdressing

A couple of days after my car was broken into and my girl grab bag stollen, some tools and a dress arrived in the mail. My wife and daughter was surprised by the tools, but not the purchase of a new dress. I've already forgotten the tools, (just looked it up, last week was a battery powered lamp and leather repair kit for the chair my cat has put holes in), but the minimum order meant I just had to include an $18 dress 😁

My old small boobs weren't going to cut it, so I remembered what my mum said about padding so I grabbed a couple of big socks and packed my boobs up bigger.

Okay, I really love this dress. I saw a man in a tee shirt which had written on it "Same shirt, different day" and I'm so relating to it this week. The dress is so easy to slip on and off, it's super comfortable and just really nice not having material sewn between the legs. 

At "The Warehouse", a young male assistant tried really hard to find a USB lead I was after, but it was too specialized for the store. I just loved how hard he tried to find what I was after. I have such great interaction with people in this mode, that it's hard to give up, so when the wife sends me out to the shops, I'm like "Sure darling".