On Saturday, July 28, 2001, I had the chance to meet some of the other girls
of Masquerade at a house party. Shandi was kind enough to contact the hostess,
Edwina, and see if it would be alright for me to come to the party with her,
since no one had met me yet. I was so happy to learn that I was welcome to
join them:-) It was a great feeling to be accepted like that.
Now that I had some place to go, I still had trouble deciding what to wear! (Typical girl though). After spending a fun Friday trying on different outfits, I dicided on wearing my blue blouse, my black mini skirt, black hose and pumps. That has always been a favorite outfit of mine, so I figured it would be best!.
After having such a wonderful time out with Shandi and Janine on Thursday evening, I just couldn't miss the party on Saturday! I do admit, a part of me is feeling a little guilty about telling a white lie just to get the time to go, yet, I believe it was too important for me to miss. It was almost like a military excersise though, getting my things out of the house during the day, but I managed to pull it off!
A few of the girls were having a pot luck supper earlier, but due to work
commitments, Shandi and Janine couldn't make it until about 9:30 pm. That
was Ok with me. By 6:30 pm, I was out of the house and as I have done many
times before, I parked in a mall lot and got changed in my van. (I have very
dark windows, so it is easy to do without being seen). By about 8:30pm, I
was changed and very pleased with my makeup. So I moved to the driver's seat
and sat in the lot doing my nails:-) It felt so cool sitting there in the
parking lot doing "girl stuff":-) At around 9pm, Shandi called to say they had to go pick up a GG friend of
Janine's and were running late. We agreed to meet in the area of Edwina's
apartment building at around 10pm!! Again, she would call when they were near
the building. I took this opportunity to go for a drive downtown and just
be a girl!! When we spoke on Friday, Edwina told me that due to construction
near her building, we would have to park a block away. I told her it was not
a problem, just knowing I've done that before with no destination, so this
would be more exciting:-) You can imagine the thrill that was building up
inside me, just knowing I HAD some place to walk to!
I got to the building first, and a short while later, Shandi arrived with
her SO, Janine and Janine's GG friend. It was such a thrill to meet them on
the sidewalk, do the introduction thing, then all walk together to the apartment:-)
I honestly have to tell you, I was not nervous at all and completely comfortable
walking the block wearing my mini skirt and high heels!! It felt so natural
too:-) And this was one block from where our office used to be too! Then arriving
at Edwina's suite, greeting her and the other girls at the door. It is really
hard to explain. I thought I would be afraid to death to walk into a room
full of strangers like that. But it felt so comfortable:-) The only thing
I was concerned about was remembering names!
It was such a trilling experience, being introduced to everyone, and hearing
my name "Sabrina" being said over and over!! I met the some of the girls from
Masquerade who were at the party. There was our hostess Edwina, Vanessa, Ardra,
Natalie, and Angela! There were a few others present, but you'll have to fogive
me, I've had a blond moment and forgot their names! After a few minutes in
the room, which was not airconditioned, I suddenly became quite concerned
about my makeup with the heat, but so were the other girls. Natalie kept fanning
herself with a paper plate, and Edwina kept moving a fan around the room.
After pouring a drink ("Diet Pepsi", this girl doesn't drink and
drive), we sat in the living room and out came the photo albums. A few years
worth of pictures of their outings which I must say I wished I'd been at.
(Just how could such a wonderful group be kept a secret??) Many of the girls
looked just terrific!! Many are very passable too. And for the girls present
who were in the pictures, for them it was like re-living the moments in time:-)
Another girl, Andrea, and her SO arrived later.Andrea had done a wonderful
makeup job and was wearing a very skin tight red mini-dress (I want it, NOW).
She looked stunning in black hose and red stilletoes.
After a short while of great conversation, someone got out a camera and the
next thing you know, flashes are going off all over the room and in every
direction! I wound up being in front of the camera for some of the pictures.:-)
It was a pleasure to speak with Shandi's SO too, and hear her point of view
on what we do. She is a terrific person and very easy to talk with. And it
was so much fun talking "girl talk" with a real girl!!!
In all my years of dressing alone, I never thought it would be as easy as
it was to meet total strangers for the first time face to face. But then again,
now that I think about it, there is no other way to become friends with meeting
that way now is there!! It was so much fun being GIRL and being at a PARTY!!
By about 1:30am, it was getting late and time to leave. Saying goodbye's
and giving real hugs was such a cool feeling. I left at the same time as Shandi,
her SO, Janine and her GG friend and really enjoyed the walk to my vehicle
in the cooler night time air:-) I've done those walks many times before, and
this time it was very special to have friends to walk with:-) I parted with
the others at my vehicle and drove off into the night, looking forward to
the next time!
Party Photos
Following the party, Shandi was kind enough to send me some
pictures and let me post them here. *Thanks Shandi* (Click on a picture for a larger one)
Thanks for reading my story,
Sabrina
E-mail me at sabrina_markes@masquerade.ca
Member of the Winnipeg support group - "Masquerade"
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