The Vampire's Lair






A Recent Shopping Trip

This past weekend, Mary and I were walking around downtown Philadelphia. It was around 8:00 pm when we entered a department store to do some shopping. We walked through the fragrance and jewelry sections, up the escalator, and headed towards the lingerie section first. There were very few shoppers that evening and the lights were bright as usual, so I figured that if I wanted to use the changing room to try on lingerie, I had better look quite convincing, especially to any attendants or salesladies that might be around. I succeeded.

I applied a very light but even layer of foundation, a little bit of concealer underneath my eyes, and the smallest amount of face powder on my face. I concentrated on using mostly brown shades to give me a more natural look. Two coats of jet black waterproof mascara was enough to give my green eyes a little impact. My burgundy-highlighted Tara-style mane was brushed and tied back to prevent the loose hair from flinging all over the place.

I wore a black top with a silver zipper along the front. It wasn't body-hugging and I didn't want it to be, otherwise it would've drawn too much negative attention. The zipper would allow me to take off my top easily in the changing room. I wore light hip padding to fill out my lower torso shape, fitted black slacks, black leather two-inch-high mules, and minimal jewelry in the form of a thin silver chain and a couple of silver rings. I decided against wearing artificial nails because I would've worn them long anyway and long nails can spell "drag queen" a mile away if you're not careful.

I picked out a few bras and a burgundy satin nightie. I walked up to the counter where the cashier woman was and smiled a toothy grin while holding my stuff.

"Would you like to try them on?" she asked. She had to have known I didn't wish to buy them yet, since she probably noticed us entering her section.

I nodded and said yes with confidence. So long as I wouldn't have to say too much more, my cover wouldn't be blown. Then again, maybe she already knew about me and didn't care, since there weren't many people around anyway.

She pointed out the changing room in her section and I proceeded inside. Mary had a few things of her own she wanted to try on, so she was right behind me. I passed by one girl who had just finished trying on her stuff.

"Hi," she said with a slight smile. I said hi. Still no problems so far.

I popped into the first available booth, removed my top, and noticed my 38C Nearly Me breast forms were still attached to my body. I used the adhesive I normally use with the Mirage to adhere the Nearly Me forms to my body and it worked great. There were no signs of lifting. I wore a bra just in case the weight of the forms would cause them to fall off my body. My Nearly Me's were much heavier and bouncier than my Mirages.

I tried on my first bra, a black Wonderbra. It heaved my breast forms upward, which looked quite funny. I suppose if I had breast implants, I'd look quite vivacious, but I don't and I can't quite see the use of wearing a Wonderbra with these forms beneath my usual upper body-covering clothing.

For the second bra, I brought in two sizes because I wasn't sure if the 38C one would fit me. It didn't. The 38D fit perfectly. It was mostly a full coverage bra with a leopard skin imprint. Very naughty! Just for giggles, I jumped up and down a little to check out my boob bounce and it looked very realistic.

Next, I removed my jeans to see how the burgundy nightie would look on my almost nude body. It looked almost perfect. The nightie looked like it was tailored for my body and the only gripe I had was that it showed a little too much cleavage, which, sadly, I had none of. With a little bit of makeup to cover the places where breast form meets chest wall and behind the lens of a monochrome camera, I think my body would've looked quite convincing, cleavage and all.

The last item I brought in was a black lace body briefer. The bra portion of it minimized the size of my breast forms, but did a great job of completely covering them up. The hip area dug deeply into my hip pads. I didn't like it. If the body briefer also included a thigh-slimming biker short area, it might have worked. I must admit it did feel nice wearing something that clung onto my body as tightly as that briefer did. I did get the feeling that my waist looked noticeably smaller than before I wore the briefer, perhaps by an inch or two. I can imagine wearing the briefer underneath a black jacket and so long as the jacket is kept on, it would look very tasteful.

I did another run around the lingerie section, picked out a few more things, and walked back into the changing room again. There were two other women walking into the changing room at the same time and they didn't notice me and didn't seem to care. They just kept gabbing on and on about their boyfriends. One of them mentioned something about the type of unorthodox sex he liked. Hmmm... juicy stuff.

I found a bra that seems to work well with my Nearly Me breast forms. It's called the Bali Comfort Cushion Underwire 3666. It reminds me a lot of my Bali Smooth Compliments Contour Underwire 8679, but with wider bra straps and seamed, instead of smooth, cups.

In the end, we ended up leaving the lingerie section empty- handed, but it was fun being a girl in public and trying all the stuff on. We did stop by the fragrance counter on our way out and that was when I bought myself a bottle of Organza by Givenchy. The man behind the fragrance counter was gay and he read me instantly... or so I thought.

"Oh, honey, you look so fabulous!" he said.

"Thank you," I said in a bit of a macho voice. I had already figured he knew, so I didn't want to pretend. Besides, if I spoke in a flamboyant kind of voice, the other people around us would immediately take notice.

He looked wide-eyed and put his hand over his mouth.

"Oh, my God!" he whispered as he shushed himself. "I thought you were a woman! That is - like - so convincing. You are so natural!"

I laughed. There was that word again. Natural. I liked it.

"But I am a woman. Tonight I am."

He put his hand over his mouth again.

"I'm so sorry I offended you! I'm so sorry..."

"No need to say sorry. I'd like to buy the Organza, though. The parfum spray, please."

He nodded and rung me up.

"Here's a little something from me to you..."

He looked around suspiciously and grabbed two large handfuls of free fragrance samples and threw them into my bag. He decided the bag he gave me wasn't big enough, so he dumped the contents of the smaller bag into the larger one.

"I hope that's enough, girlfriend."

I nodded and smiled.

He smiled back.

"See you at Woody's?" he said.

I looked a little shocked.

"How'd you know I go there?"

"I've seen you around, girlfriend. I love a hot Asian girl!" he said and winked.

We left the store and counted the number of free samples he gave me. I counted about 25 packets. He also threw in an umbrella that was supposed to be a promo from one of the other fragrances. And, what did you know, it started raining outside, so that umbrella was put to good use immediately!

Kickin' Sliders and Summer Clothes

We popped into T.J. Maxx in Wayne, Pennsylvania and bought some spring and summer clothes. I bought myself a pair of Kikit Sliders, which are a toned-down version of Candie's wooden sliders, the ones made popular by Jenny McCarthy. I got one that had a summer orange top part covering the vamp. I also bought a very colorful flower-imprinted black cire mini-skirt and a summer orange top to match. Can you picture me in that? Sometime during the summer, I'll give you some photos of me posing near the Art Museum area in Philadelphia. That should entice some of you. By the way, those sliders also come in top covers that are black, brown, white, lime green, and fuschia. They are surprisingly comfortable. Be sure to paint your toenails if you decide to buy a pair.

Check out the white sleeveless turtleneck top Elizabeth Hurley is wearing in the airplane scene in Austen Powers. It is so cool! A perfect spring top. Also, check out her silver dress and silver go-go boots later on in the movie. Her attempt at looking like Julie Newmar in that skintight black catsuit didn't impress me as much. I don't think she looks good with long hair like that.

And, by the way, iridescent tops are now passe. They're on all of the sales racks now. That little fad went fast.

Big Women

We went to Bookbinders Seafood House in downtown Center City where I saw an extremely voluptuous older women heading towards the restroom. Mary was in the restroom at the time and, when she returned, I asked her if she saw the woman.

"You mean the one with the black and white horizontal striped top?"

I nodded.

The woman wore a jacket over the striped top, but it didn't cover up the obvious. She walked kind of funny, very erect, as if she were carrying tremendous weight. She probably was. At first, I suspected that she was really a man, but I wasn't sure.

"Yeah, when she was in the bathroom, she almost bumped into someone, apologized to her and said, 'Oh, I'm so clumsy now that I have these things. I bought them for my birthday!'"

When we left Booky's, we walked by the woman's table and noticed that she was sitting with her husband and friends doing arm stretching exercises while conversing with them. She may have caught a glimpse of us staring at her, but we left before she could respond.

From the neck downward, she had the most incredible Jayne Mansfield-like body, what looked like DD or F-sized breasts, a smallish waist, and medium-sized hips. What a shame that her 60-year old face didn't quite match up to her 20-year old body!


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