The big night has now come and gone, and it was a wonderful evening with mature crossdresser friends. We have been going to the same elegant restaurant in Long Beach for several years now because the food, service and ambiance are wonderful. We had a simi private room downstairs and a fixed menu as in previous years. All of us would prefer being upstairs with the mainstream civilian patrons but this time of year along with our party size and the other large groups it made sense to have our own room. That said, we always visit the bar upstairs before calling it a night to get a little more attention.
It is rewarding to see our mature crossdresser ladies in the club embrace formal gowns for the CHIC Christmas party. Some of us have been doing it for decades but the last few years it has been catching on with both CD’s and wives. If you are a subscriber to my blog, you have read many references to my BFF Ashley who is pictured below in what I call our Butch & Sundance photo. She graciously consented to me posting the picture of us in yet another one of our cross-dressed adventures.
I changed my normal routine and wore a midnight blue sequin full length gown paired with rhinestone jewelry and a two-tone gray wig to compliment the outfit. Ashley wore a beautiful red lace gown that everyone loved especially me, so classy. She also had her hair in an updo with a French Roll a look she always rocks!
The low-cut deep vee neck presented a challenge keeping my bra and breast forms covered especially when my safety pin plan failed. Naturally it was designed for a well-endowed woman to show her awesome cleavage, so I had to improvise being a non-endowed crossdresser. Needing to come up with a quick plan “B” I used my gel fingernail tabs to keep the draped material in place and it worked great. Thanks Erica! They really stick firm so a bit of a hassle to get off my bra material. I use the tabs on my shoe ornaments also because the clips don’t work very well so I don’t trust them.
I also learned what a pain it is wearing a sequin gown that keeps getting the sequins snagged on each other all night long. It’s fine if you just stand there and look pretty but sitting and moving around is a problem. The arms rub against the torso and get snagged, so you have to do a little dance to get then loose. Thank God I went pee before going out the door from my hotel room because that really tied me in a knot adding 15 minutes to my departure. Feeling elegant makes it all worthwhile though and yes, I will be shopping for next year’s gown at the after Christmas sales in a couple of weeks.
O.K. I lied; I started shopping already last week but have not bought anything yet.
I am not really very happy about waiting 50 weeks to get all dressed up in a formal again so I might just plan something sooner in Las Vegas. My mind is really clicking on that one!
Plan “””””Anything””””” in Las Vegas….
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