Just A Few More Days

I have two semi busy days left before the trip. They are only semi busy because one day is a Holiday and the other I have the day off  of work, but there is plenty to do on both days as well.

Today is packing day. I will set out all the clothes I plan to bring and check off all the things on my list of to do's. I still have to go through my makeup bag and bring only the things I will need. I also have to decied what goes in the carry on versus by checked baggage. I don't want to miss anything on Thursday so I will likely carry my wedding salon visit items and Thursday show items in my carry on.  Everything else should go into my checked bag. It's also tough because I'm not 24x7 dressing as a girl so that means two different wardrobes. You can see its a very comprehensive list.

Wednesday

-arrival

unders and sox - wearing

shorts - wearing

T shirt - wearing

pom sneaks - wearing

 -steak night

Unders - repeat

White t-shirt

Blue linen shirt - dry cleaner

New jeans

Black sox

Black Boy shoes

New jacket

Blue pocket square - dry cleaner

-After dinner

Unders - repeat

Tshirt

Shorts

Sox

Pom Sneaks- repeat

Thursday

-wedding salon

Blue silk dress

Pom sneaks - repeat

White long line bra

White gaff

White ruffle panties

Puma Purse

Jewelry

Wedding rings

Earrings

Necklace

Bracelet/watch

Crystal heels - bring along

White stay up stockings - bring along

  -show

Pink Ombre dress

Poir Moi

Strapless bra

Thong panties

Garter Belt

Black gaff

Black seamed stocking

Jewelry

Betsy Johnson Cat necklace

Matching earrings

Crystal and gold necklace

Wedding rings

Crystal heels - repeat

Black/gold wire purse

Friday

  -hiking

Unders

Sox

Hiking shoes

Shorts

Tshirt

Extra Tshirt if I sweat through it

Hat

  -Friday night out

Unders

Sox

Pom Sneaks - repeat

Shorts

T Shirt

Saturday

-poolside

Bikini - delivery?

Pom Sneaks - repeat

Red flower dress

  -show

Blue Satin dress

Pour Moi

Blue/Black basque

Blue/Black panty - delivery?

Black gaff - repeat

Two tone stockings

Bronze stockings - just in case

Black felt cutout heels

Leopard wrap

Leopard muff

Blue brooch

Jewelry

Crystal

Something blue from DuBarry's

Cat Ears

Sunday

-pool or wander

Bikini - repeat

Pom Sneaks - repeat

Red flower dress - repeat

T Shirt

Unders

Sox

Pom Sneaks - repeat

Shorts - repeat

-Sunday night show

Unders - repeat

White t-shirt

Purple pricey shirt

New jeans - repeat

Black sox

Black Boy shoes - repeat

New jacket - repeat

Purple pocket square - dry cleaners

Peacock Bowtie

Monday

-day in Vegas

Unders

Sox

Pom Sneaks or hiking shoe - repeat

Shorts - repeat

-depart

Tshirt - change

Extras -

Black kitten heels

Black maxi dress - backup

Nighties/panties/robe - wash

Wedding shoes

Wedding dress garment bag

Cash - in basket

Iphone

Ipad

Chargers - lightning and watch

Headphones

Keys

Wallet

Toiletries

Tooth Brush

Toothpaste

Floss

Deoderant

Eye drops

Gas x

Scrubbing face brush

New razor Blades

Shaving gel

Hair binders

Comb

Tweezers

Small scissors

Contact Lenses

Flask

Itinerary

Tickets

Makeup and brushes

Hairpins

Sponges

Make list

Makeup wipes

Girl glasses

Sunglasses

Girl readers/sun readers

Hand fan

Lighted makeup mirror

Hair clips ins

Breast forms

Hair curler thingy

Sponge curlers

Pool purse/bag

Toys

Aneros

Stroke 51

Magic Wand

Tomorrow I have a hair coloring appointment in the morning and and mani/pedi in the afternoon. I also have to hope my last shipments arrive in the mail. I have a new band ordered  for my Apple watch, something a little more girly. I also have two things coming for the trip. I ordered a bikini bottom for my swim suit, same style but not high waisted, and a pair of panties for my Saturday lingerie. I am having a hard time matching the blue of my basque. If they don't show up I will need to go to Victoria's Secret and just get a skimpy black pair of panties. They will work but I'd rather have the matching set.

On Tuesday I leave for Las Vegas.

The real work begins

Over the past few weeks I have been dutifully filling out my spreadsheets, planning what to bring where I can pack it, going to the store to make sure I have fresh razor blades and new false eyelashes.  That was all kid stuff compared to what is in the works starting today.

Yesterday, I had my body waxed and I still feel sticky.  Its surprising how long it takes to find all the hidden, sticky wax bits after you are done.  The waxing itself takes about 90 minutes to do both arms, both legs, my chest, my back, my butt, and then getting a nice bikini line. Nobody wants to see yucky boy hair sticking out when I'm wearing my bikini at the pool. Waxing is awesome for a nice clean feel and you don't get stubble for a while. That's very important when you have a few nights of dressing up on the schedule. I want to be able to focus on hair and makeup and not have to shave again the next evening before slipping into my stockings and garter belt.

This weekend is finalizing a few things, and I get an extra day since its Memorial Day weekend here in the US. I will spend some time working on my eyebrows. I have had them waxed in the past but they always do a natural full brow. I am hoping to pluck them a little tighter than normal from the bottom up so its a little thinner than I normally wear them. They'll grow back, right?

Tuesday is the day before I leave and that will be a busy day as well. I have my hair color appointment as well as a manicure and pedicure. I love the feel and look of a nice gel nail extension. The color is baked right into the process so my nails will be pretty for the duration of the trip. Some people will notice my long colored nails when I'm waiting in line for airport security but who cares. My nails will look beautiful dammit.

Just a quick note on where I stand with my weight loss plan for the wedding dress fitting. My last weigh in before I leave for Las Vegas I came in at 197.5 pounds. Yay Me! I should be able to slip into the wedding dress with no problems. I shipped it off on Tuesday so it will be there when I get to Las Vegas.

One little thing to leave you with. After my waxing and weight loss I just had to do a test fitting of my black and pink lingerie. This is my official Thursday night show lingerie.

Its Been 10 Days, lets talk shoes

Oh my, how time flies. Its been ten days since my last post and and I only have eleven days until I fly off to Las Vegas. I think I have pretty much everything planned but I have a couple of things left on my to do list. First off is the shoes I am going to wear. I have a few pairs I will be bringing for various reasons.

1. I have a pair or custom ordered Chuck Taylor low tops. They have black bumpers and black laces but the canvas is a super cute pomegranate print in red, white and blue. These will be my generic walking around shoes. I can wear them to and from the bridal salon, out to the pool with my cover-up and bikini or just around the casino.

2. Fancy shoe #1 - I have a pair of strappy stiletto heels from Dolce Vita in silver, they are pretty cool. But I have spent  some of my free time rhinestoning the heck out of them so there is a ton of sparkle. I'm super excited about them, everyone is going to freak out when they see my shoes.

3. As much as I like my fancy shoes the heels are super high and after a couple of hours in a pair of torture shoes, I may need to go to a shorter heel. So my backup shoes are a black Mary Jane with a kitten heel that should go with both my evening outfits.

4. I am debating on what to wear with my Saturday Night outfit, I could wear the same sparkly shoes but I also own a pair in black felt that I didn't sparkle the crap out of. I might bring those just because I don't want to wear the same shoes on two nights. What kind of a fashion maven would do such a thing?

Only one week until my waxing and I get to be smooth as a baby for my time in Las Vegas.

Lingerie Options

As I prepare for the big Vegas vacation I am building out my list of things to pack and wear.  I am a huge planner, I like making lists and checking things off and organizing so I am sure to have everything I need. I might even make a blog post out of it soon. But for now I am trying to organize my outfits. I have three main events in Las Vegas and while the outwear will steal the show for everyone that sees me, I am one of those girls that likes to match my underwear to my outerwear. So lets go through some of my lingerie options.

Outfit One - is a sparkly pink and black hombre gown, and with it I was going to wear a basque from Pour Moi Lingerie and just remove the shoulder straps. I have the matching panties in the same Jewel/Black color. The beauty of wearing a basque is that it allows me to wear fully fashioned Gio stockings with my outfit.

Outfit 2 - would be for the wedding dress fitting. The dress is strapless so I need appropriate underwear for the fitting and I can just wear that under the casual dress that I will wear to the wedding salon.  I have tried a corset that I own and it doesn't work well with the wedding gown. I really am left with two options. On the left is something like a lace teddy but it is backless, the halter strap in the picture is removable and it has little tabs that are sticky on the sides of the bra, the bra cups are also sticky so it stays in place via the stickiness instead of boning and straps. The option on the right is a La Vien low back longline bra. I can wear stockings with either outfit but the La Vien has garters where the lace teddy I would need to wear hold up stockings.

Outfit 3 - I don't have a picture of but it is a blue satin tea length gown with some pleating around the skirt that give its some fullness, I would say the silhouette is A line. There is also an accent of black satin right across the top of the bust. The dress is also strapless but the back is high enough to wear a basque again or a strapless bra and garter belt set.  I am having some difficulty finding what I want in the right colors. I tried another Pour Moi set but they don't make a garter belt in that color and I don't like the black one I bought to go with it. At this point my option would be to purchase the same basque as above but in blue and black. But then I would basically have the same lingerie for both outfits just in different colors or I could try to find a different set of lingerie for outfit one. I really want to be able to wear stockings with this outfit. since I will have a little leg showing due to the tea length dress I can wear tan stocking but the welt of the stocking is in a contrast black so it would go so well with the basque.

I need to figure this out quick, only 22 days before I am on my way to Las Vegas.

Those In The Know

There are so many crossdressers that are afraid of being found out, I myself used to be one of them. Even to this day I am out, but not OUT. I lead a sort of a double life; those who know and those who don't. Ultimately progressing in my adventures may come back to haunt me but I continue to expand the number of people who know about my dressing.

The friends I have had since childhood and I still see regularly today are not familiar with my crossdressing adventures. Well....that's not entirely true, I have on a few occasions shown up to a Halloween party as a bride, Cher and Cyndi Lauper. But those were costumes and there is a difference. I don't expect that any of my friends would mind if I told them about my crossdressing. I don't think they would want me to show up to Thanksgiving dinner in a party dress either but I think they would be OK with the fact that I dress up sometimes. Some may even want to see it.

But when I think of how closeted I was in the past to where I am now, I was curious to think about just how many people are aware.

First off, my wife. She knows I dress up and is fine with it. She helps me with sizing and fashion advice, buys me the occasional gift and will go out in public with me dressed up too. Not wanting to hide this from her, I told her after about two months of dating just so she was able to make the decision herself if she could live with my crossdressing. That was about 11 years ago, so I think she is OK with it.

Second is what I'll refer to as my burlesque friends. My wife bought me a series of burlesque dance lessons for a birthday gift about eight years ago and I've been dancing with them ever since. Initially it was my burlesque teacher, and the students, then more students and the people who came to watch our shows so that has kind of exploded the number of people. I don't know a most of the audience members by name but some and of course my girlfriends have boyfriends or husbands whom I've met and chatted with. I would put this number at around 50-100 with varying levels of familiarity, excluding audience members.

Within the burlesque community I have about ten close friends who I perform with or takes classes with a lot and I have two besties who I would call my girlfriends, not dating girlfriends but who I hang out with a lot whether I am dressed as a girl or not. These are the girls that will be joining me at the wedding dress fitting and shows in Las Vegas, along with my wife.

My Besties

I also have a number of service providers that I have some contact with as well.  I have my regular nail salon tech, my hairdresser, the guy where I get my body waxing done, I have met with a couple of different makeup artists and photographers who I've done photoshoots with. 

And lastly are the random encounters, this would be the last group of people who I have interacted with while dressed. This would include bartenders and waitstaff at restaurants, retail workers at makeup retailers, womens clothing shops, Victoria's Secret and all manner of locations, movie theater staff, etc.

It's really not that hard to be out and about and the number of people who are aware of you just grows and grows.