Doing my civic duty

I'm very proud to be a New Zealander and support goverments that keep me feeling that way. I don't complain when the other teams in power as generally they do what they think is best for the country. Our main concern currently is "the cost of living" as it is all over the world it seems. 

Unfortunately cost of living is heavily influenced by petrol prices, and since NZ doesn't produce their own, no government can change the cost of living. 

It could be said, if we did drill our own..... well we would probably get BP to extract it, BP to send it off shore for processing and BP to return it and sell it back to us at "international rate" and the only people to make money would be BP with zero benefit to the country.

Anyway - I feel it's important to vote

I visited Farmers, to do some early Christmas shopping and nicely surprised at their range and price of kids toys. 

I had to visit the optometrist to get my wifes glasses fixed, one of the screws fell out, but kind optometrist fixed it for free. Optometrist thought they were my pretty glasses, I think they would have to be twice the width.

One of the things about my new retaining wall, I had some 200 x 50 left over from the stone area a few months ago and got a few extra things last week, but found myself nine meters short. So out back to Bunnings and trying to lift fresh planks (about 35Kg) on to my car roof wasn't working, luckily a nice Asian chap also buying wood, saw sweet old me struggling and assisted. It's probably the first time I've worn skin tight sports leggings in public, but once I had committed, it felt quite normal.

The week has just been all go, and even a girl like me needs a rest so, I take a 3 hour break - theres nothing like having an easy Subway meal and movie evening

 

Make up

When I was younger (like 30+ years ago), I used to use conceller, foundation, eyeliner, mascara and lip stick. Sometimes I would redden my cheek bones with lipstick or blush. Sometimes my make up would be bought, sometimes a daughter might have gotten the wrong colour and gifted it to me (they were fussy) and at one stage a client (part time actress) gave me quite a bit of her surplus stock of Thin Lizzy. I did love "Natural Glow" as advertised by Suzanne Paul.

My skin is getting older and drier now, the makeup seems flatter and I'm wishing I still had a tub of Natural Glow to give a shine to my skin.

I don't wear much makup on most of my outings, a quick slap of foundation, mascara and lipstick. It's annoying my wife always calls me "panda eyes" when I try to remove the mascara. It's also annoying that my coffee girls know my order even if I turn up in "boy" mode a month after my last visit (as I found out after returning from Europe). I know I'm easily recognised in either mode, the wig doesn't throw anybody off.

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Anyway, this hallow weekend was also a birthday party weekend, and I was tasked with getting the helium ballons and cake. Oh yes - no make up otherwise I would get questioned by 30 others once I got back home, but lets just say, some cars aren't made for 30 ballons, which was lucky as they are $2.5 each and took quite a while for staff to inflate. 

Imagine that, a crossdresser with a car chocka full of helium ballons

At the cake shop, the guy accidently put my phone to video mode - that created a scary video, so I'll just grab this image 😀

It didn't mean there's no time for coffee during the pick ups.

I did ask wife and kids if I should dress as a witch for halloween, they laughted and said - "already done that". 

One of the girls had a horrid run-in with a house owner, told my grandkid "his mum needs to kiss him for a lolly" - luckily my grandkid is smart and walked away. Maybe I could use my knuckes to "kiss him"?

Oh yes, the weathers improved and the sun has given us a bit of spring warmth, my grass seeds have been sown and a new layer of topdressing applied to the lawn, a new retaining wall is being built and I need to pick up more timber to complete it. 

Adding the photo, I should mention this tight top my wife discretely got for me is now in the bin. It was the biggest size in the shop.

Anyway - need more wood (and stainless screws, and cement) from the hardware.

 

H&M shopping

 I do enjoy H&M for clothes.

I know I have too many, so as well as the wardrobe, 3 draws I also have 2 boxes in the shed, but what's another top or two?

I ended up owning the square neck, think it just looks more classy.

 Thinking about classy, I decided that I should match it with a mini skirt and stocking, it seemed a good idea at the time

Little did I know, I was out of practice at walking in heels. I kind of staggered into Greenlane McDonalds like I had too much to drink. Luckily by the time I got to Woolworths supermarket, my legs were remembering how to walk in heels.

I needed a couple of bags of top soil, some grass seed and weed killer. Obviously my outfit wasn't really suitable for Bunnings, so a quick car change of skirts for a more casual look. But still wanting to rock my tight black top.

I did get out for a couple of coffees during the week.

One thing I noticed that since I don't go hard out trying to change my appearance (minimal make up), my coffee order is known to staff reguadless of being in "girl mode" or 'boy mode". Wife also happily reminds me often, that my looks doesn't change much between girl mode and boy mode.

Temu

I often buy stuff from Temu (crossdressing stuff as shops here don't provide for us - eg boobs, butt shaping, unsual clothing, PVC ).

So along that line, I decided I would like a dark wig.

Unfortunately it didn't look much like the picture, it was shininer, flatter and had a strange seam across the front. I worked it once and now it's time to put it in the bin. While I've been away from this coffee shop for about 5 weeks, the staff still recognised me and got my normal coffee order correct. Another produce that arrived was a wig spray to help untangle knots, well my blond wig looks like new now, so you win some lose some with online ordering.

I'm getting a bit bored with this "go out for coffee / cake" routine. I mean horse riding sounds like fun, always fancied a pair of jodhpurs, I could even wear them for abseiling or other adventerous activities.

But for now - more coffee

Car troubles

I had the annual safety check of my car and apparentlly one of my shock absorbers was leaking. I can't see it but I don't really crawl under that often.

I had hoped to get out and do fun stuff, including shopping and coffee, which I did.

I started at the library while waiting for the hairdressers to open (I eventually gave up as the hairdressers hadn't opened 30 minutes later than their opening time - they do eyebrows and mine are looking wooly).

I made it to Sylvia park around 10, shopping and relaxing for an hour or so. At the Warehouse I found a pretty dress at a reasonable price that is my comfort thing, for not buying a stack of clothes during my trip to London and France.

Eventually I made it to my mechanic that I've used for 20 years and got a quote to replace my cars shock absorbers.

What's the point of buying a dress if you don't wear it, so I decided to wear it when dropping off my car once the parts arrived a few days later. It only took about an hour to fix, a quick trip to get the car certified for another year, then it was time to browse the shops, pick up more lip stick and have coffee.