New Hair!

Day 19 of my challenge and I wore this:

Black Top - Myth NYC

Tank - Charlotte Russe

Jeans - Guess

Shoes - Nine West

Hair - Rene of Paris, Amore designer series - Miranda

I know that you can't see it very much in the picture but I am wearing my new hair.  I just got it the other day and I really like it.  I have the same wig in black but I think I look much more natural as a blond.  Its funny, for a long time I avoided blond.  I kind of always thought it was very typical.  You know the tranny thats dressed up as a little blond tart.  That was one and the other thing was that I thought I would get more looks from people if I was parading around as a blond.  So I avoided it.  I have had many blond wigs over the years but I never really felt comfortable in them. 

Recently though I have decided that I just don't care what others may think and besides I look much better as a blond.  Back when I actually had my own hair, it was blond.  Pretty dang close to the color of the wigs I currently buy.  Interesting, no? Obvious, maybe?

The other thing I was pondering today was acceptance.  I think that is what I am experiencing more with myself the older I get.  Maybe its not acceptance, maybe it is just knowing who I am.  I'm not sure, maybe I'm too tired and full of beef, we just had a hugey huge dinner.

I think this is a topic for another day as I just typed and erased like five sentences trying to say what I am thinking about so blah......

Hope you are well.

Went camping!

So for the last week I have not posted any updates on my July challenge, but I want you all to know that it is still going strong.  I may not have posted the outfit pictures, but I have continued with my one outfit per day challenge.  Currently I am more than half way done!  Woo-Hoo.  I'm excited because I have kept up with the challenge and am proud of myself for accomplishing it this far.  I'm actually a little disappointed that I am reaching the end as I am finding it more and more enjoyable to prove myself wrong!  How so you ask?  Well I challenged myself to do this partly because of a nagging little voice that I couldn't.  So far I have proved that voice wrong and it feels great, liberating, and confidence building.  Hmmm.... Maybe there is something to that whole accomplishing what you think you can't stuff.

For the last week my challenge became more interesting for me as I went camping.  I generally do not dress as a girl while camping as it is a little dirty.  However I found a way to stick with my goals!  But I did not find a way to update my blog while out in the wilderness.  Now you get to see a weeks worth of outfits in a single post.  How exciting, right?

July 18th

July 17th

 This dress is just too cute and I found it at Goodwill for 10 bucks!  I have no idea at all where I would ever wear such an item, but I will now need to find one.  What do you think of the shirt under the dress?  I'm still undecided.

July 16th

 

July 15th

 

 July14

 

July13th

 

July 12th

There you have it.  Seven outfits for seven days.  I'm pretty pleased with myself.  I hope you are happy with yourself also!

Smashed my leg!!

Hello there.  Today I went rafting down my local river and imagine my surprise when I encountered a brand new tree fall crossing the river.  Woo-Hoo good times were bound to follow.  Needless to say, I hit the branch, tipped my raft, and got swept down river.  I got to ride down the rapids mainly by bonking my butt on the rocks, bonking, okay, scraping my butt on the rocks.  Somewhere along the way I bashed my left leg against some boulder and now it feels as though I have a giant charley horse.  Ouch!!

Okay well the outfit for today is:

Top - Merona

Skirt - Guess

Shoes - Aerosoles

For now folks, I'm going to go nurse my sore leg.  Hope you all are well!!

Shape Wear

In a previous post, July 7th, I wore a really cute red skirt.  What I neglected to mention on that particular day was that I had a hell of a time trying to find the right shape wear to wear under that thing.  I really like the skirt, but when I bought it I didn't really understand how tight it was and how much would show from whatever, and I mean whatever I wore underneath it.  So I went through about an hours worth of changing through various shape wear items trying to find the right pair that wouldn't show through the skirt.  I thought what I went with was okay, but not the best.  Maybe I should try Spanx?  Have any of you tried them?  What are your thoughts on them?

My wife feels that shape wear items are for girls that are already skinny.  I somewhat agree.  I see her point, which is that when she tries on certain items she gets a little overflow where the garment stops.  That is a problem, but what I think is going wrong is what items she is choosing to wear.  I have found shape wear items that are just a little larger than panties, some that go to my knees, and some that go to my calves.  They also go up higher as well.  I try to match the shape wear to the clothes that I am wearing.

My choice is to wear it.  First of all I generally wear some sort of tighter short boxer like panties.  These help to hold the foam pads I wear to help fill out my hips.  When I wear a skirt I wear longer shorts that go down to about my mid thigh.  These are nice because then I don't wear any panties and have Mr. Happy go down my leg and its not quite as noticeable or as painful as tucking.

Secondly I often wear a tight tank top.  The tight tank top combined with a padded A bra and some cutlets is my personal secret to gaining some cleavage.  Here is a tip for putting on a tight fitting tank top, but it only works for small hipped girls or guys.  Don't put it on over yoru shoulders, which are often larger in guys.  Pull it up from your feet.  It's much nicer.

Okay I am way tired and have no idea if what I am typing is spelled correctly or makes any sense at all!!!

Today is the 10th day of the Challenege!

Outfit for July 9th

On July 9th we decided to go wine tasting.  It was super hot where we were and I thought it would be nice to wear my new skirt.

 

Top - Max Studio

Skirt - Guess

Shoes - Bear Claws

A couple of things I have discovered about wearing such a short skirt.  It's super comfortable, which is nice.  But I am constantly tugging at it, as if it is going to blow up in the breeze and expose my parts.  Also while getting in and out of the car you really need to be concerned about showing too much.

Outfit for July 10th

Today I hung out at home and got some homework done.  It was a very boring day, but I feel good that I got some work done!  Woo-Hoo.

Top - Charlotte Russe

Skirt - Guess

Shoes - Merona

Belt - I forget - oops!

I hope you all are doing well today!
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Three Changes

Today I went to several different places and I decided to change my outfit for just about every one of them.  The first outfit for today was:

Top - Guess

Skirt - Guess

Shoes - New Balance

This is what I started off wearing today.  It is easily the shortest skirt I own and I felt a little as though I be showing my chocha. (Check out, Daddy Likey.  She hasn't blogged in about a year or so but it's worth it to look at her blog.)  I really like the skirt but when we went to breakfast and had to sit on a broken up piece of vinyl on the bench.  Ouch!  Then the next thing was my legs totally stuck to it!  Lovely!  Anywho after that we went on a hike.  We forgot water or hats or suntan lotion, but we had a good time.  I also felt a little silly hiking in such a short skirt, but it was so nice when the breezes came up and helped cool me off.

After that we came back and decided to go bowling before we had nail appointments.  So I changed my skirt:

Top - Guess - same from earlier

Shorts - Guess

Flip Flops - Mossimo

I changed my skirt cause I feel a little self conscious when I go and get my nails done in skirts.  We were also going to go bowling so I thought with bending over and throwing a heavy ball I just might be shwoing a little more than I would be comfortable with.  We went to the bowling ally, but it was too crowded and we ended up shopping at a local Goodwill instead.  Woo-Hoo  I got three new things for about 25 dollars.  One of the things is a totally cute little dress that I have absolutely no where to wear it, but oh well, it was like 10 bucks!

We shopped and then got our nails done.  The salon was nicer, I think we can find better, but it was a nice time.  We came back, got dinner reservations and I changed my outfit again:

Top - Guess - the same

Pants - Guess

Shoes - Guess

We had a nice dinner and now I am blogging!  Love it.  Lovely day.  Hope you had a good day also!

SFMOMA

Do you know what SFMOMA stands for?  I didn't until today.  My wife and I went to there, which is the San Francisco museum of modern art.  They currently have the Stein collection and we went to see it and the rest of the museum.  I can highly recommend it.  Well worth the cost.  It is a very substantial museum.  But I do have to say, what is up with modern art?  It is something I really don't get, for the most part.  I did learn today the difference of modern art vs. contemporary art.  Interesting.  Hmm...

Okay so the outfit I wore to the museum for July 7th is:

Shoes - Converse

Jeanrs - LEI - Target

Black Top - Myth NYC

Blue Top - Espirit

I know, I wore the same blue tank yesterday, but it is so cute and such a strong pop of blue.  Wonderful!  I love it.  I chose this outfit for today as it was pretty comfy for walking around the city and the museum.  Boy my legs get so tired walking around museums.  I really like them, museums that is, but I am always surprised by how tired my legs get!

We came back and I changed into this outfit before dinner:

Shirt - Guess

Skirt - Charlotte Russe

Shoes - Merona

This skirt is a new one I got while shopping yesterday.  I really like it, it gives me a great shape.  I really like stretchy skirts.  The hug the skinniest part of my waist, and hug in on my knees, which is great!  The only thing I don't like about the skirt is that it shows every single seem from whatever you are wearing underneath.  I think it would be a great skirt to wear with no undies!  But for me, that would not be so good!  So shape-wear to the rescue!  I personally love my various shape-wear items.  I should write about that someday.  I have so many shape-wear items that are invaluable!  Love it!

Oh, bonus picture of my butt.  Sorry, but the skirt really makes my butt look so good, I had to show it off!