Transvestia

"Cookie, I think I feel a change coming over me." I said weakly.

"Silly girl, that's how it feels to be beautiful!

She pinched my cheek and I suddenly laughed as I look- ed at the bushy black false eyebrows on her. She looked more like a man every minute! "Come, dear, " she said "It's time to go. Don't forget my purse."

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I picked up her pocketbook and started to pass it to her. "No, Liz, dear, she said, "it's for you!". She took the strap and slipped it over my arm and lifted my hand up to my waist. I felt even more like a girl hold- ing my arm up that way and feeling the purse bounce at my hip as I clicked out the door. My wife followed with the old camera and tripod, locking the door after her.

Things were reversed in the car though. I was told to sit on her side while she did the driving. She even opened the door for me. She tossed her camera in back and whipped the car out of the driveway like an expert. We roared away down the street and I gave up looking at the road to see what the average female had in her purse, as I might need to know later. I figured out how to open it after a minute or so, then my hand happened to pull out a little package of paper things that had a sort of oval shape.

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"You won't need those, honey, ' she said. "Better give them to me in case I do."

The next thing I examined was a gold cylinder that said "coral" on the bottom.

"That's your lipstick, sweetie.

And so I discovered I had eyebrow pencils, rouge, mirror, and a variety of other objects including hairpins, silk hankies, etc. By the time I closed the purse I was biting my tongue. I had even found an extra pair of nylons and panties in there!

The car lurched around a corner and suddenly we were parked in back of the Hotel Statler. baby!" she said, patting me on the knee.

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"This is it She took her