I feel pretty oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright ..
 

As a Femme who suffers from illness and is differently abled, I am always looking for ways to "feel pretty".

Not for anyone other than myself. So I was wondering what everyone else does to feel oh so pretty?

I:

Take a bubble bath
Get my make up done at the Benefit or Mac counter
Cook a recipe I've never tried
Walk on the beach at sunrise/sunset
Have me and the kids dress up fancy for a dinner of pancakes
Read an autobiography about a woman who inspires me
Complete a crossword puzzle
Wear fancy undies
Learn something new
Laugh until I cry
Watch Shawshank Redemption, Terms of Endearment or Steele Magnolias
Sleep in
Watch an entire season of Six Feet Under or Queer as Folk over a weekend and stay in my pajamas the entire time
Call my friends.

Sometimes it is hard to not feel sorry for myself and that is when I attempt an *oh so pretty* event.

What does everyone else do?

Getting my hair washed and blown out
Mani/Pedi
Toning and Moisturizing
Finding a new way to put an outfit together or buying even one new piece
Hot shower/fluffy robe and slippers
Putting on a facial mask and soaking in the tub with hollywood gossip mags
Hibernating until certain moods pass


:flowers:

Yesterday I went out and had my haircut even shorter, and had chunky/streaky highlights added. I am rocking the short hair, and feeling oh so very pretty! (f)

I was hoping to hear from Butches too.

I treat myself to a couple Key Lime Pie martini's at the gay boy bar

I go dancing.. all night!

The mani/pedi is a big one for me :)

Although other things make me feel pretty too...breakfast with my best friend...or a new haircut...or even just wearing a skirt and kitten heels...

The one that makes me feel really beautiful though is when Scoote wraps her arms around me, looks into my eyes and tells me that she loves me. :stillheart:

I Just look in the mirror :spruceup: Ha Ha Just kidding:superfunny:
actually just getting dressed up helps. I love Betsey Johnson necklaces lately

oooh. Betsey Johnson. :byebye:

the easy peasy part is getting up and going to work and doing my work well...............


the hard part is coming home after work.......the energy to do _________

I lost the 'feel pretty' part somewhere around the first joint surgery..............I lost the kink part somewhere around the first time I used my hand to inflict pain and found it hurt me in a bad way far more than it her hurt in a good way........

I do what I do..........I use my hand and wrist to inflict pain on her.................never telling what it cost me the next day.......

never telling

damn adele I forgot what this thread was about.............

wipes sweaty forehead...

yeah. me TOO!

damn you..............I was gonna delete that post...........

I wish right now
I wish right now..........

see?

Toughy can make any girl feel pretty. :seeingstars:

I like to

- go to style.com and browse through the runway shows, copying the styles I like into paint and then squishing the models down to my proportions (shorter! fatter!), eg:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/...c21ab1ca_m.jpg

- listen to ted talks

- pedicures are lovely, when I can afford them

- get dolled up and go to a poetry slam

- light some candles and incense

- go perfume-shopping/sampling

- watch youtube videos on makeup and play along

i love hot showers.
i can zone out and have to think real hard about how long i've been in there.

I miss Osento ............

It was part of my life in SF for 20 years...............it was around longer than I have been in SF

damn it...........it let me feel oh so pretty..............it was a women's space oasis for years and years and years.......

another lost part of herstory in the Bay Area..........and the oh so pretty part of herstory.........for oh some many women looking for a place to feel oh so pretty in all our glory............