I feel pretty! Oh so pretty!
I'm currently visiting my friends Katie (amazonianwitch), Allison (agent-alpo) and Amy (
chloekittn75) in the St Louis area, going to be looking at potential apartments tomorrow.
I got into town yesterday afternoon around 4-ish. Katie and Amy were here to meet me. We hung out for a while before heading out to a pre-Pridefest barbecue with some friends of theirs. We met up with Allison at this LGBT bar called Mokabe's. I went out dressed en femme. My very first time going out publicly in female clothing. :-D I was a bit nervous at first. I've never been dressed en femme around other people, much less in a public setting. That day, I wore this dress that looks like a combination of a tank top and a skirt that reaches down to about mid-calf, but is actually a single piece. I rather like how it looks and feels. ^_^ After Mokabe's, we went to the barbecue itself. Although I was a bit nervous at first, I soon got comfortable. It felt very nice being dressed en femme around other people without anyone giving me a hard time or anything like that. Just being dressed en femme feels very nice, makes me much happier and more confident, and it's a big ego boost to have people accepting me! Their friends were rather interesting. :-) Very nice. ^_^ It feels very liberating to have people accepting without hesitation when I'm introduced with female pronouns and name.
Then today, we went to the St Louis Pridefest. My very first Pridefest! And, again, I went dressed en femme. This time in a cute denim skirt and a pink top. Pride was a lot of fun! And, again, very liberating to be walking around in girl clothes without anyone giving me so much as a second look! The parade was pretty cool, and there were some neat stuff in the booths that were set up. I'm not looking forward to going back to boy clothes. :-( Ah, well. Just a few more weeks till I move, then I'll be able to dress more often. ^_^
I rather like the feel of a skirt, although I'm still not quite used to the feeling of air on my upper legs. ^_^ It's a nice feel, though.
I did end up with a sunburn, though. :-( I'm burned on my upper arms and my nose and cheeks. The top I was wearing has almost no sleeves, and the upper part of my arms is ultra-white - I have a major farmer's tan, since I spend a fair amount of time outside in ordinary male t-shirts, so my lower arms are fairly well-tanned, and thus, were unburned. So, my arms are tricolored! White on the parts that were still covered by my top, red on most of the upper arm, and tan on the lower part.
chloekittn75) in the St Louis area, going to be looking at potential apartments tomorrow.
I got into town yesterday afternoon around 4-ish. Katie and Amy were here to meet me. We hung out for a while before heading out to a pre-Pridefest barbecue with some friends of theirs. We met up with Allison at this LGBT bar called Mokabe's. I went out dressed en femme. My very first time going out publicly in female clothing. :-D I was a bit nervous at first. I've never been dressed en femme around other people, much less in a public setting. That day, I wore this dress that looks like a combination of a tank top and a skirt that reaches down to about mid-calf, but is actually a single piece. I rather like how it looks and feels. ^_^ After Mokabe's, we went to the barbecue itself. Although I was a bit nervous at first, I soon got comfortable. It felt very nice being dressed en femme around other people without anyone giving me a hard time or anything like that. Just being dressed en femme feels very nice, makes me much happier and more confident, and it's a big ego boost to have people accepting me! Their friends were rather interesting. :-) Very nice. ^_^ It feels very liberating to have people accepting without hesitation when I'm introduced with female pronouns and name.
Then today, we went to the St Louis Pridefest. My very first Pridefest! And, again, I went dressed en femme. This time in a cute denim skirt and a pink top. Pride was a lot of fun! And, again, very liberating to be walking around in girl clothes without anyone giving me so much as a second look! The parade was pretty cool, and there were some neat stuff in the booths that were set up. I'm not looking forward to going back to boy clothes. :-( Ah, well. Just a few more weeks till I move, then I'll be able to dress more often. ^_^
I rather like the feel of a skirt, although I'm still not quite used to the feeling of air on my upper legs. ^_^ It's a nice feel, though.
I did end up with a sunburn, though. :-( I'm burned on my upper arms and my nose and cheeks. The top I was wearing has almost no sleeves, and the upper part of my arms is ultra-white - I have a major farmer's tan, since I spend a fair amount of time outside in ordinary male t-shirts, so my lower arms are fairly well-tanned, and thus, were unburned. So, my arms are tricolored! White on the parts that were still covered by my top, red on most of the upper arm, and tan on the lower part.