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was dressed and if they would just wait a minuté I' would prove it. I trotted behind a hedge, took off my jacket, revealing the top of my dress, pulled the other part of my dress out of my pants and rolled them up. I applied the lipstick (what a mess), tied a bandana on my head and made my grand enterence. Did they laugh----at first. My best friend looked at me and said, "No kidding, you make a pretty good looking broad." Oh, how I enjoyed that evening! I did get pretty sick of stopping and rolling up my silly pants that kept falling down. I hated to go home but after about three memorable hours, we all went our separate ways. Before entering the house, I just reversed the process and went right up to the bathroom, cleaned off the lipstick and threw my dress, bra, girdle and stockings down the laundry chute. I went out to say goodnight to my parents and they ask- ed me if I had a good time. Boy did I ever! I re- lived this wonderful night, many, ma ny times.

I was getting to be a real gone girl by now. Ι wasn't content to wear just one piece of feminine apparel, I had to be completley dressed to derive my satisfaction. I now could wear my mother's clothes and really gave them a workout. If I knew that I would even have a half an hour alone in the house, I'd dress, love it, shake, rip nylons, split seams and stain dresses and blouses with makeup. My mother couldn't understand what was happening to her clothes. She would say that she was sure that she hadn't worn a particular blouse and how could it possibly be dirty. Not only was I a professional sneak by this time but also a very good liar too. Sometimes, if I really was lucky, I could squeeze in two whole hours dressed and I would be in heaven. Then as I would start undre sing, I would feel so terribly disgusted with myself. Oh, the promises I would make, never, never, again would I do such a horrible thing! If the opportunity came up, say the next day, and I wouldn't get dressed, I'd be so proud of myself and think that it was all over and I had finally overcome my weakness. These feelings persiste

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