OK i can confirm i have run the gauntlet and survived.... What the hell am i talking about?? I'm talking about the local supermarket Tesco's in Ilkeston.
Now i know there a lot of girls out there that enjoy the 1am visit to the biscuit aisle wearing their grans knickers but im talkin about shopping in the middle of the day!
So how come i got all brave all of a sudden?
Well, like any good film involving a flashback to a prior time let me take you all back to Tuesday morning.
The past week or so hasn't been great, i've been feeling a little depressed about not having much money (ed: Samantha, you spent all your savings on something for your boy-life so it serves you right!). OK so it does serve me right but anyhow im sat there watchin Paramount Comedy channel which is the best channel, and i decided to take my £30 and do some shopping, but this story would be boring if i simply went shopping, there has to be a tranny twist to it somewhere.?.?.. Ah!... here it is: I decided life is too short to worry what people will think and i just chucked some clothes on and off i went.
I've wanted my hair styled properly for ages, i had it done once before but it was much shorter and i went in boy-mode to the salon so i decided to stop by a hair salon on the way to Tesco's.
20mins later and im sat in the chair and the stylists are all bubbling round me and chattin and just being nice. wow. what a nice environment no wonder girls like to go and get their hair done all the time lol.
I took with me a couple of pics of hair i liked and just left it in her hands, my instructions were make it so i dont need an hour to style it it has to be easy.
1hr 30mins later and omg im totally astounded .... my hair! wow im so totally impressed.
Well i left the salon and i took my £18.50 change and headed to the supermarket. It is amazing how much confidence this gave me, not just the whole experience of being around other normal humans, but i checked myself out in the mirror and ok i might be biased but it was 100% girl looking back at me.
It doesnt matter how good a wig is, it is nothing like gettin your own hair styled. All the little nuances like round the ears and the fringe line and how it moves, people look at you and see girly haircut think it must be a girl. ha fooled ya!
Let me give you an idea of where my confidence is:
I normally go out shopping in town when im feeling pretty confident, if im feeling crap i just usually wander round the high st but not going in the shops.
I've never had the confidence to get dressed up and actually go and do a meaningful task like doing the weekly shop, weird uh? I guess its the though of having to interact with the checkout mong while everyone else is gawking at you.
Well after having my haircut i was buzzing so i knew i was never gonna fail this mission! Not while im looking this convincing! No failure here!..... er actually maybe a little bit... read on.
How i failed:
Technically i didnt "fail" going shopping in tesco's its just that when i got in there the first thing i saw was a sexy red coat and i thought, y'know what that coat would look good on me, so i bought it with the £18.50 shopping money and then some off my credit card too. D'oh!
Well ok so i left the supermarket with mixed feelings: on one hand wow i got a great coat and on the other hand my girlfriend is gonna kill me when she hasnt got milk for her tea (she's addicted to tea, i dont mean she just likes it... oh no try to imagine how a drug addict is tweaking after not having crystal-meth for a couple of days.... thats how she is with the tea lol)
I try to put the threat of imminent death to the back of my mind and i head home.... "oooooh" i thought as i drove past Next, next minute im parked up in the carpark and my credit card is dragging me to the shop floor haha.
I picked up a wicked pair of sunglasses... and some new earrings (pierced ears rock, if you've not had them done girls you dont know what your missin), i also got some other jewellery but decided to stop before my credit card melted.
So anyway i got home and feeling fab i had a shower and got all cosy wondering what to do tomorrow.
Wednesday AM
Decided it would be a nice feature on my website to document my transformation procedure 'AKA putting my makeup' on.
So check out my website for that feature, it took me 10 times longer to actually put it on my site than to actually do my makeup so i hope it helps a few girls out.
Anyway im feeling fab, its sunny, i got my shades on, i got my new red jacket on.... im feeling fan-bloody-tastic!
So i went shopping.... Back to tesco's! this time i actually managed to endure the directionally challenged trolleyites and the zombie like homebrand seekers for over 30 minutes and i actually managed to do the shopping.... and i got the milk for her indoors too!
Long story short, since having my hair done i've spoken to, and been around more people than ever before. It is a liberating feeling. Even when i'd go out before feeling 100% i still felt that i maybe got the odd passing sideways glance.
This time the only looks i got were from the men checking out this young, well dressed, well madeup piece of skirt shopping in Hicksville! Well i felt like Kate Moss on a council estate anyway lol (not as bad a feeling as one would think!)
So thats what i've been upto these past couple of days, If i'd have known that simply spending £12.50 on a haircut would inspire me this much i'd have done it long ago.
So its now thursday night and im back home after another mammoth shopping trip spanning Leicester, Notts AND Derby, i feel great and i hope by reading this i have made you guys smile with my infectious happyness! :)
Samantha xXx