Last week I had an appointment in the city and as parking is a pain, I naturally got in to a parking building before the masses arrived. It also gave me a couple of hours to relax in the CBD (which of course means coffee and a read of the newspaper)

One this morning I decided just a push up bra rather tan the breast forms, for a slimmer more formal look. But on the way home, passing the shopping mall, I decided, what the heck, lets get the big girls out.

It's never a full week, unless there's a bit of shopping to be done. I can't remember what I went for, but never hurts to grab a bottle of wine on the trip.

Sunday went different to expected due to a cancellation, wife found activities for me to partake in during the morning including a walk around a plant shop. Good news, we only came home with pansy ( meaning zero work for me) which wife will place in hanging pots. 

By evening, I was at a lose end and was allowed out for some girl time. I decided instead of going to the shops and having a coffee, I'll go to the pub and relax with a wine. Well I enjoyed it so much I went to the shops and bought a bottle for home. It's been a while since we've had wine at home and it's probably better for my health than coffee.

Monday at the movies with my wife (Fly me to the moon was quite enjoyable) and while I was at the counter buying ice creams, a woman of a similar age started talking to me. I quickly mentioned I wasn't the person she called me and had a bit of a joke about the conversation. It would seem like instead of just one doppelganger, it would seem like I have a couple of them in the same city and now I wonder apart from our extremely good looks, what else do we have in common?

Mid week, my order from Temu arrived, new skirt, some padded pants (no use over tight clothes but okay for flaring out a skirt) and 2 nipples. 

It's been raining a bit, so the skirt has been tested for waterproofness and the nipples stand proud on their own.




  

Relaxing week at last, tea and cake at the mall while checking the fashion shops followed later in the day with a visit to Mitre 10 hardware for a new window latch.

I really want latex clothes, I suppose PVC is a cheap, nearly as nice clothing and these tops with a soft lining is at least marginally warm.

I had to get a few groceries but since I was cooking a late dinner, meant I had an extra hour to check out the library. Read a couple of photographic articles in the magazine section hoping to get re-inspired.

I really hate side profile photos, but I do actually have a side profile, and everyone else is subjected to it so don't think you have an excuse to not see it.

At the weekend, the sun was warming the land, so I decided to enjoy the warmth at one of my favourite coffee shops.

Gold Coast Australia

 This week started out okay, just the usual coffee outings

BUT then I get the call from Coolangatta, Australia...

"family should meet at the Hospital ASAP".

I threw 5kg of clothes into my backpack, shorts, swimmers, tee shirt, 2 dresses, flats, wig, pushup bra and makeup and hoped on a plane. No breast forms as I thought they might look like C4 explosives in the airport scanner. I got there a day ahead of the other family members, so the next morning I took a 8km walk and got breakfast while I waited for them. My sister thought my shoes didn't really match the dress when she saw the photos, but my flats wouldn't have lasted this walk.

Before they arrived, I changed back into male clothes as I knew we would head to the hospital together. Turning up to the ICU ward in hospital in female clothes wouldn't have been good - there are limits (for me). 

We all moved into a really nice apartment for the next few nights, 10 stories up with great views of whales passing the bay, I even had my own bedroom. The complex had a swimming pool and gym.

As I was running on NZ time, I was waking up a couple of hours earlier than the others, so with some shops opening at 6am, I would watch the 6.30am sunrise with a coffee most mornings, get free Wi-Fi and read the newspaper online, stop at Woolworths for supplies around 7.30 -8.30am (bread, milk, tea, coffee, Vodafone sim card etc). 

Having the gym in the apartment block meant I could wash my make up off (except mascara as I liked to keep that on) and change into shorts and tee shirt before heading up to the apartment where the kettle was hot and toast was already in the toaster or on the sunny balcony table ready for eating. 

I actually did so much walking that both shoe linings in my flats had moved quite a bit inside the shoe obviously the glue isn't designed for too much walking.

Anyway, after a few days and the medical emergency being downgraded, it's time to head home. Another late flight but still a good 5 hours sleep before work this morning.

If I was on holiday here, without family or other commitments, apart from surfing, I could easily see myself in a summer dress all day long. Everyone I meet (okay it was mostly shop staff and only a could of other people sharing a moment) were just so relaxed and easy to chat too.

Monday I had a 9.30am appointment out East Auckland with a client and wasn't scheduled in the office until after lunch. So decided to have a relaxing hour of coffee and a read of the newspaper before the meeting. Glad I left home early as the fog slowed down all the traffic. 

With the new blue top, I decided I will use the black wig this morning, it's the one, 2 of my daughters thought were more natural looking on me as opposed to my usual dark brown wig.

I did a bit of the usual shopping and love the dress so much, ended up doing house work in it

Life has been very busy lately and I've accidently collected a lot of photos over the last 3 months that I haven't yet shared (I don't think), so here's a bit of a photo dump just to say at least I showed you even if I can't remember what I was doing at the time😁