Less is More…Except When More is More

First off, I have to share this awesome video (sort of). You will almost never see me do anything AI. One, because I have no idea how to do it. Two, I have even less interest in doing it. Three, much of it is simply creepy. But this little snippet, from a friend, made me smile. BFF upstages Grandma yet again! Her smile is even bigger and brighter; my nose is much more Jimmy Durante-like than in reality. 😘

Okay, back to my adventures. Since I dropped a boatload of money recently on a makeup tutorial and an overhaul of my makeup bag, I have been wading slowly into changing my look and routines. I am by no mean a makeup artist, so what is easy for them is difficult for me. I have begun to change how I do things, trying to move more to a less is more look. I have gone much lighter on the eyeliner. Tried (with mixed results) to make the brows look better given that even when I completely shave off my brows, which I do every time I go out (they grow back by the next morning basically), I have a pronounced brow. The nose, as you see above, is gigantic. Anyway, on October 31, 2025, I took my time, trying to get better than the last time.

Please note, from birth to the very day you are reading this, I despise Halloween. Everything about it. That will never, ever change for me. ‘Nuff said about that.

All I wanted was yet another ultra-feminine shopping spree. The only reason I did this was 10 panties for $31 at PINK/Victoria Secret. That makes them basically disposable. I had a BALL! The SA was a doll. She was helpful, I used her input, had fittings, discussed the dramatic difference in actual cup fit between a 36B and a 38B. I am probably a 38A in the ideal world, but that size is very difficult to find. I got strap adjustments and just melted into me. While in the fitting room the store filled up with so many shoppers to take advantage of the sale. Let’s just say, I was in the very significant racial minority, there were multiple couples shopping for panties for the lady and commenting on how a thong would look and the second hand high I could have gotten was ridiculous! But I walked out of there with two new bras (for daily wear, meaning a low profile regardless of my gender presentation), ten panties and I then bought a body wash to qualify me for an adorbs PINK tote, $60 for free!

Next stop, to exchange a few of the PINK panties for VS panties that match a bra I bought a few weeks back, which I adore. Then over to Macy’s where I got the absolute perfect one piece, very high cut, neon pink bathing suit that looks like it was tailored for me, for almost nothing.

A stop at David’s Bridal, where I am known and loved to peruse the clearance rack. I simply could not make anything work based on size and price. I will buy gown after gown there for $15 or less. A penny more, I am out. They are so, so, so sweet to me! Finally, an old fashioned to cap the day and go home and try it all on! I will never apologize to anyone, even to myself as I can be my biggest critic, for spending money for things I really don’t need. It’s not even a boy/girl thing, I own a LOT of lingerie, a LOT! But for me, it’s the experience of making the purchase and a different feel from a different bra style or panty cut. These are things I would be over by now had I been born this way (but then there would be none of the other great things I have, like my family).

This blouse was one of the very first new pieces I ever bought and kept (big difference between post 2014 and before). Get this, I bought it on clearance at SEARS! It is classic beyond classic. I have worn it now three times and yes, I know when and what I wore it with. Pathetic, I know…

Less is more, but more is more as well.

OMG! Generally, at any point in time, we have averaged about 500 views on a rolling 24-hour period. A view is a click on a link, post or page. So it is possible for one person to generate multiple views. Recently, when I made the appeal for readers to click directly here instead of click overs from other places, we had really slumped to about 300 views per 24 hours. I was starting to think the ship had sailed and I was the proverbial tree falling in the forest, making no sound. Then this past Wednesday I saw this:

Wow! I am blown away, touched, reenergized, reinvigorated, and deeply grateful. Keep spreading our gospel of community, love and acceptance. Change those minds one at a time and do so with grace and dignity. Humanity has to win. Yelling, screaming and denigrating others, regardless of who is doing so, only tears away the fabric of a civil society. Be better than everyone else. Be you and do so proudly!