All Day in a Dress

NOTE: This is repeat, your hostess slept in.

August 5, 2021, coming off the high of my improv class the previous day, was such a natural day for me. I spent a great deal of it being the woman I am evolving into. Dressed for a good nine hours, in at least six different places.

I just went about the day. Made a bank deposit for my Mom. Hit two separate clothing exchanges. Then I stopped at a historical cemetery and took quite a few photos. Next I went to the library, commandeered a study room and simply sat there working on the blog for a few hours.

Then it was time for dinner as I spent an hour or so eating and watching race walking from the Olympics on TV. Then I made the mistake of going to Nordstrom Rack. Yes, as most girls, I own a lot of shoes. But since my wife and I wear the same size and she has no problem with me borrowing shoes, I have invested very little in shoes. Most are thrift pick ups or hand-me-downs from my wife. I am pretty sure the most I ever spent on a pair of shoes was $16.

But this day….those damn shoes…..all I will say is just wait until you see me in these beauties! I am now $50 poorer.

Then I reported to my job at Mercury and had a ball seating our patrons. I was going to watch the play but I still had the shopping bug. I headed to Burlington and poked around. I walked the shoe aisle and an African-American woman was looking at a beautiful pair of nude Calvin Klein pumps. My size, 9 1/2! She asked me if I wanted them and I told her “want” and “need” were two different things. I encouraged her to get them. What I loved, LOVED, was she must have called me “girl” five or six times! We went our separate ways until checking out. I checked out at the same time and noticed she bought the shoes. I waited for her and we laughed about our encounter and yes, I got a few more “girls” before leaving smiling broadly all the way home.

Notice any changes here? We have a very deep archive, so I am running back past posts more frequently. This is being done for a few reasons. One, to ease the obligation I feel (I feel it, it is not a real thing, but that is how my mind works) to post daily. We will always post daily, but now there will not be new content every day. But much of the past posts are new to many of you anyway and I certainly don’t expect anyone to remember anything I said four or five years ago.

Secondly, our outside contributions, always valued, always appreciated, are fewer and fewer. Many have said what they wanted to say, many have moved on to new stages in their life and/or in how they express our mutual connection. Some are no longer with us. Life.

I am sure those of you that are regular readers to the mainstay blogs have seen those evolve and change over time as well. We’re no different.

You have also seen me get out much, much more. This runs hot and warm for me (it now never runs cold). I do feel an obligation, both here and in real life, to set an example. Visibility, presentation, being gracious with no agenda, does make a difference.

Societal changes are glacial, always have been, always will be. I want to leave the planet when my number is called, having made a difference in some small way.

Our lineup now looks something like this:

• Monday, Wednesday and Friday: My new adventures and some past experiences and observations.
• Tuesday and Thursday: Contributors, new when we have them, bringing back past memories from these wonderful ladies otherwise.
• Saturdays will always be Gwen days.
• Sun-Dees, new when she has something to tell us, past adventures when not.

If you keep coming back, we’ll keep making you welcome to this community!