The only times I haven’t minded grocery shopping were when I did it en femme. On those occasions, I was already out en femme for something else and simply made a quick side trip to the store.
For example, after attending a conference one day, I promised to pick up a few items on my way home.
During the fifteen minutes I spent going up and down the aisles at Stop & Shop, I noticed three or four men checking me out, but otherwise I attracted little attention until I queued up at the checkout. As I unloaded my cart onto the conveyor belt, the woman ahead of me glanced down at my shoes: a pair of nude pumps with four-inch heels. She looked back up at me and said, “You’re a brave woman to wear those heels grocery shopping!”
Moments like that put grocery shopping in an entirely new light. Perhaps I should always shop for groceries en femme.
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| Barbara, circa 1961, colorized photo from Transvestia magazine |
Irrespective if whether it’s shopping for clothes or groceries I personally always make sure i look my best & have often visited a supermarket dressed as if I’m going out on a date. I have often witnessed women in supermarkets dressed in a way to attract admirers ! There’s much more going on than just wanting to look good when just out performing routine tasks - we are always attracting the attention of others for our on desires & purposes. Dress well & enjoy what pans out š
ReplyDeleteHere in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas not very women at supermarkets dress to attract admirers.
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4 inch (100 mm) heels? My maximum height for heels is about 75 mm (3 inches). And that's only on Sunday mornings when I'm dressed "en femme". For shopping I wear black sneakers or sandals depending on the weather. And, when I shop, I always wear a dress, but never heels. Also, I don't dilly-dally in the store. I grab the merchandise, and check out in a short time.
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With my 6' height + 4" heels, I would have no problems reaching items on the top shelf. I can also picture helping a "vertically challenged" gentleman reaching an item he needs!
DeleteThankfully we can use the shopping cart as a walker. Shopping enfemme is the joy of click clacking heels up and down the aisles and a long stop in hosiery. Hugs Brenda
ReplyDeleteI usually dress pretty when I go to the grocery store. I frequently get comments like that, "You know you're probably the only woman in here in heels" "Those shoes really show off your legs" and like that. It helps make THIS kind of shopping tolerable.
ReplyDelete(And since I can't include a photo here, I'll send it to your email)
absolutely daring - I also get similar comments. Always heels when I'm out. Shame I don't have your email address as would love to exchange šš
Deletejulie can blog " nice legs in aisle 2"
DeleteI just came back from food shopping at Market Basket, in leggings & flannel blouse, ankle boots and quilted vest. No problem! One very well dressed woman scanned me; hip pads & small breasts with a wedding & big engagement ring probably made her wonder. (my wife gave me the engagement ring.)
ReplyDeleteI know I'm most likely in the minority, but I don't mind (perhaps I even like?) grocery shopping...even if it's in drab. But every time I go, I can't help but think about the femme outfit I would prefer to be wearing. Maybe a silk blouse, pencil skirt, and stilettos as I stop in after work, or a sundress and sandals to grab some snacks for a picnic, or a fuzzy sweater, leggings, and cute boots as I stock up before the next winter storm...
ReplyDeleteHi darling - silk blouse, pencil skirt & stilletos on a Friday evening in the supermarket often gets a lot of attention from both sexes sometimes with the desired result as well š
Deletecute... femulate "her" - nice quotes.
ReplyDeleteas far as heels in the supermarket - from observation, it depends on the time. Two in the afternoon on a weekday? It's stay at homes and work from home, and some nontraditional shifts. Not many.
5 to 7 or so? Get some women on the way home from the office. See some officewear, with heels included.
After that, maybe a couple of officewears, but we are mostly back to crocs, Uggs, and sneakers.
Another place to hear the clicking of high heels is Costco in the early afternoon. It seems a lot of families are there for $1.50 hot dogs and treats or the $4.95 roasted chicken. Many churches "encourage" women to attend church in dresses or skirts, and of course, the heels have to go with it. It's the lovely concrete slab floors that cause the turning of the head.
ReplyDeleteI have been grocery shopping as a man in a skirt/dress quite a few times. I have gone in flats or in a skirt. Originally, I went to the store in men's shorts and nude sheer hosiery on. Eventually, I wore all women's clothes, but it looked just like my men's shorts outfit. It was exhilarating. On this same timeline, I started going to a city that was a one-hour drive away to do my annual Christmas shopping. I pretty much drove that far away to do my grocery shopping.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I started wearing a skirt to do grocery shopping and Christmas shopping. It was delightful. Before then, I would go out in public to a far away mall, etc. I would encounter most people only once. In the grocery store, you encounter the same other shopper(s) in each successive aisle. You become mildly acquainted. When I have done this in a skirt, their first reaction is the normal first reaction from everywhere. After that, people relax and you stop being unusual. Three aisles later, we are talking to each other.
Maybe it was me that changed over those aisles. Maybe it was both of us. :)