Just Going About My Business

Hello Ladies,

Today I went to Spruce Grove again, this time throwing caution to the wind when I came out of the house. There was no-one around though at that time of the day.

I went to the Winners store, but only bought a set of wooden coat hangars. Then I went over to the 'State and Main' restaurant, however, it was mid-day and I would have had to have waited for a table. I decided that instead of waiting there I would go to the other part of town to 'Value Village', one of a chain of thrift stores. I had not been into this store enfemme (which just feels like normal now) before, however, all the staff know me by sight from my very frequent visits.

The night before I had phoned and asked them to change my name and update my phone number on my points membership.

The reception I had was pretty much the same as the reception I always get, a welcome smile, offer of the use of the hand sanitizer and a shopping basket.

I looked in the books section to see if they had anything really valuable, like the first edition, first print of 'Casino Royale', then I looked to see if they had any nice teapots or other nice pottery.

After that I went over to the women's section and found a really nice wine red short skirt and a long sleeve top, which I don't know how to describe but it is really smart. At this time though I don't have a top to go with the skirt, nor a bottom to go with the top. 🙂

When I was paying for the items, the young lady asked me for my phone number, looked up my account, said, "Aurora?" which wasn't really a question. I said yes and she asked me if I wanted to use any of the points.

After my visit to Value Village I went to the 'State and Main' again.

There are two other restaurants where I am well known, one in particular that I have frequented for years. Either one of them would, on the surface, seem like a bit of a challenge to go as Aurora but really, going by the events of the past two weeks I would say that they would more likely congratulate me and compliment my outfit.

I do think that in Spruce Grove I can do everything that I normally do as Aurora... which is now, more or less, the way that I live. 🙂

When I returned home, I stopped off to walk some woodland trails about two miles from home. It felt so good to walk through the woods with a soft breeze blowing through my hair.

After the walk, I drove back to the house and, just as I drove up the driveway, the librarian at the school on the opposite side of the road came out to sit at one of the picnic tables. I don't know if this was coincidence or not, but the same thing happened yesterday.

Anyway, I shouldered my shoulder bag, picked up my parcel, got out of the car and walked along the path and came into the house. Then I walked back to the car to bring in another bag.

I feel so really good that I can dress the way that I want to and go about my business without any negative comments.

I do have to learn more about how to match outfits though.
An idea I have is to have clothing that, no matter how you mix and match it, I always come out with a nice outfit.
I don't know if that is possible.

Thank You All For Listening. 🙂

Aurora Eden