End of duck season

Well ladies and gentleman, the end of duck season approaches.  There are only 3 more hunt day opportunities for me to take advantage of.  Oh, did I ever tell you that I like to duck hunt?  Maybe I already did.  Maybe not.  Well if not then let it be known to anyone that cares, I like to go duck hunting.

That is one of the many things that I like to do as a guy.  Going duck hunting is so tough, I couldn't imagine going out there with a wig and a bra also! Eh gads!  That would be crazy.  Crazy I say!

So in short, all of my guy desires have completely overtaken my girlie ones.  I think I might have a girlie day coming up here this Sunday.  So I'll have to see how that goes.

This is all part of being a transvestite.  I have to try and balance all of my desires.    Which can be a very tough thing to do.  But balancing I guess is part of me.  I am a Libra after all.

New Shoes!

Wow, that is a very fuzzy picture.  But that is not the point of this post.  It is those shoes!  Or more correctly, those boots!  I am currently in love with those boots.  Can you tell that I like the boots?  They were a Christmas gift to myself.  I found them for a steal at TJ Maxx about 2 days before the big day.  I took them home and wrapped them up and stuck them under the tree.  I was so excited the day that I got to open them and wear them.  So I really like the boots.

Currently in my daily existence I am working and coming home and building my new dresser to match the rest of the bedroom.  I'm really excited about it as it is going to hold all of my girlie clothes.  Oh but it so time consuming!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! Can't wait til its done!

Time

Sometimes I just feel as though if I had twice as many hours in a day I could probably get done with everything that I would like to.  But alas, I know that is pure folly.  There will never be enough time in each day to do what I would like to.  I tend to be a very motivated person who ends up always having way too much to do.  I think that what I do is figure out how much time I have and then fill it with about five hours too much stuff.

I never had any intention of blogging every day and yet I think about it.  I think, gosh I should blog, I would like to blog, I need to blog, and then other things come up.  So day after day slips by and I don't get to it and then before I know it weeks have passed and I haven't done it.

So here I am, blogging about time.  Do you have more control over your use of time than I do?  Or are you like me?

Duality 12-31-2010

Hello again blogosphere.  Recently I have not been posting very often.  This is mainly due to the duality that is my life.  I mentioned a while back in another entry that being as I like to do both male and female things, there are often times when my male side can more easily complete activities.

For example I am currently building my wife and myself a cherry wood bedroom set.  I could work in my shop as a woman, as my wife does when she helps me out, but it is so much easier to do those activities without having to worry about my hair/wig getting full of sawdust or worse tangled in my tablesaw, or to constantly having to readjust my bra straps because yet again they fell off my shoulders.

As a sided note, isn't it difficult to have a bra stay in the correct position when you don't actually have boobs?  Well I suppose you would only know that if you were a woman without much chest, or be like me, a man who likes to wear women's clothes.  Hmm... interesting.

So being as I have been busily working on my nightstands, at the end of the day, I have generally been flopping on the couch, exhausted.  I think about my blog, and then veg out in front of the TV.  So if you have been curious, that is what is going on with me.

Generally this is the time of the year when I like to build things.  During the winter, my shop/garage. is often icy cold, but it is better than the summer when it is often boiling hot.  I'd rather try to put on more clothes to stay warm then work in my shop buck naked and still having sweat roll down from every single pore I possess.

Oh yea, Happy New Year!  Woo-Hoo, made it through another one!  Yea!  On to the next!

Makeup

When I do my makeup I look absolutely nothing like the woman in the picture above. (Edit - actually it is my picture, I have gone back and changed my posts to only include my own pictures, or pictures which I have permission to use them, just FYI.)  Though at times in my life that is what I thought it should look like when you apply mkeup.  I'm not really sure why I thought that.  I suppose it is what crossdressers often think about when they try to emulate women.  They often do not try and look like women really do, they end up looking like a massive exaggeration of what a women looks like.  This often just ends up making crossdressers look like skanks instead of actual women.


When I do my makeup I try to make it look as natural as possible.  I don't like the look of extra thick foundation, garish lipstick, overdone eyes, and cherry red cheeks.  Part of my goal in the clothes I choose to wear and the way I choose to do my makeup is to blend in.  I don't want to stick out anymore than I already do.  I'm a guy in a dress, I don't need to give people other reasons to stare at me.

So here is my routine:
1 - I apply a light foundation.  The lighter it is the better it looks.  Most guys want the foundation to help cover things up, like a beard maybe?  The best way I have found to hide my beard is a really close shave.  I tend to shave regularly, then shave against the grain, then I touch things up with an electric shaver.
2 - I use a very light dusting of powder, just to set the foundation.  The lighter you do steps 1 and 2, the less your wrinkles will show up!
3 - I put on a very light, very light, extremely light dusting of blush on my cheeks.
4 - I use a light colored eye foundation just on my lids.
5 - If I am going out during the day on my eyes I use a four color combo on my upper eyelids.  Clinique just came out with a new shadow campact that shows you where to put each color.
6 - If I am going out at night I will use a light line of eyeliner, normally on just y upper lids, but occasionally the lower one also,
7 - Now I will put mascara on my upper lashes, and normally my lowers ones, but not always.
8 - Lastly I like to use clinique lipstick.

My last piece of advice within this entry is to say, practice, practice, practice!  Oh, I almost forgot, at the end of the day, I like to use a couple of makeup removers, also from Clinique.

Enjoy!  What is your routine?  Do you have one yet?  Have you ever had your makeup done at a counter?

Outfit for 12/20/2010

Shoes - A.N.A - Forget

Skirt - Guess

Blouse - I removed the tag but I think it is Liz Claiborne

Necklace - I forget

Wow I really don't remember where I got most of this outfit from, but I certainly remember the skirt.  I know for darn sure that I got the skirt from guess.  It is possibly my favorite skirt out of all that I have.  It is might favorite because of the cut of the skirt.

I love how it cuts in right above my knees.  The cut of the skirt itself helps give the illusion of curves.  I am pretty sure that I am wearing small padded hips with this skirt, but it is mostly the cut of the skirt itself that really helps accentuate the hips.  I own possibly one other skirt that makes it look as though I actually have hips and that would be a stretchy tight black skirt that has a very similar cut where it squeezes in right above my knees.But this skirt has that cute little flair right at my knees that adds a dimension of curves.

Nails

If you have never gone to a nail shop and had your nails done, you are really missing out.  It took me until about a year and a half ago to work up the courage and go get a pedicure and manicure.  But I will tell you that once I did it, I was hooked.  I generally now like to go get my nails, at least my toe nails, done at least once a month.  I determined, once I had actually gotten them done once, that I was no longer going to take care of my own toe nails.

One of the things that I wanted to make sure that any guys out there understand is that most stores are out to make money.  And you have that money to give them.  Don't worry about what others are going to think of you, just get dressed up as a normal girl, its best to wear shorts, wear a pair of flip flop sandles, find a nail shop, walk in and tell them that you want a pedicure.

Trust me, you will love the experience.  I always do.  That will be a lifelong affair for me.

The one thing I ask, is don't be a freak-a-do.  I once heard of a guy that would dress as a lady and go get a manicure with a skirt on, but would not wear underwear.  Come on now people.  Don't be going out there and giving all of us a bad name by being a freak-a-do!