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Such a wonderful week I have been having so far. Started on Wednesday with shaving my legs for the first time. It is such a wonderful feeling, everything feels so different from basic jeans to lying in bed. On Thursday I decided upon my name, Lauren. Honestly I do not really know why I chose that, there is just something about the name I like and always came back to that name when trying to pick one. Still undecided on my last name but my mom recommended a variation of my middle name. Which is a good idea since for most of my life I have gone by at least five variations of my middle name. Then after some stressful days trying to find tall sizes I found some stores that actually carry tall sizes in most of their product line. The only negative I experienced was when I was shaving my thighs they started to burn. Afterwords I had a lot of ingrown hairs on my thighs, the other parts of my legs were great.

--Lauren

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Hey Lauren,

That is such a nice name - I'm glad that you are having such a good week!

A store that stocks talls?

Is it part of a chain, what's its name?

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Joanna Phipps

Congratulations on what sounds like an excellent week. It is always a big time when you choose the name to go with you proper self, kind of a birthday of sorts. There is much more fun to come Lauren, and we will be here to laugh with you, cry with you or just hold you when you need it. I'm sure the one with the cocoa and cookies will be along soon; welcome to the playground have fun and enjoy the ride.

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Guest Joanna Phipps
Hey Lauren,

That is such a nice name - I'm glad that you are having such a good week!

A store that stocks talls?

Is it part of a chain, what's its name?

Love ya,

Sally

Hmmm at 6'2" I second that question getting pantyhose for one as tall as me is a chore too my local Wal-mart doesnt carry them even the queen size are about 2" too short.

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Guest 71christy09

Lauren,

that is such a beautiful name, congrats on the wonderful week so far. I am right there with you on the shaving part, I love how my body feels hairless (except for the ingrown hairs and what not in a few places) everything feels differently and I wish I had something to wear besides my jeans because they chaf a bit. Being tall myself I was a bit concerned about the stockings I bought online at Fredericks, but they fit and look oh so nice on me, better yet they feel heavenly.

Now this store which carries tall sizes, is it local to you or a chain or have a website? I am very interested to know. :) I have found a few online stores who have some very nice slacks and womens jeans with a waist and an inseam that might work. I have a 40" inseam and have pretty much lived my life with 36" inseams. :lol:

Keep up the good work Sweetie

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Guest Anthelia

Thanks all, sure is a wonderful feeling being refered to properly.Old Navy and Gap both carry tall sizes, and even carry them in most of their clothing. Old Navy has a sale going on currently. Unfortunately I do not believe they carry tall sizes at the local stores but they do carry them online.

--Lauren

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Guest Anthelia

So far my week continued to be fairly decent, except for last Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday a massive storm hit the Dallas area with most of the areas under tornado watch, luckily nothing touched down near me. On Thursday I was going to meet up with a friend for some coffee and come out to him, unfortunately some work on my car took longer than expected and due to a power outage I had no charge on my phone to let him know. Due to that I missed our meeting. I then started job training for my new job as a Line Cook, was a very boring five hours. After work I went to some friends house to hang out, I got greeted at the door with, "Hello Lauren". Was a great feeling being called Lauren, and being referred to not only as Lauren but as a woman by everyone there and not just the person that I met through group. Friday was a fairly boring day, I had day two of training. This time I actually got to cook and found out that the store was partially open to people in the area for free food. I then realized that all the employees got to eat a free feast for dinner, was very delicious. After work I stopped by Wall-Mart to pick up some jeans. I am currently debating what I find more interesting; that I can find jeans that fit me in womens sizes but not mens or that they fit and feel much better than any pairs of jeans I have had in a long time. Today I registered for my first quarter of school, which sadly is not a very exciting course load. At group I was informed that my new jeans actually do look good on me. Pictures will be at the end. Day three of training proved to be much more hectic than the prior day, word is starting to get around that we are offering free food and the turnout was amazing. In 90 minutes we sold around 50 pizzas, which is the station that I am on. A good set of days, hoping that this nice streak continues.

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--Lauren

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I hope it continues to go well for you, enjoy your new jeans, they look great on you.

Just keep up what you are doing.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest joe0117

Hi Lauren!

Great name! I'm glad that things sound like they are going really well for you! I'm also glad you survived the tornado watch. You look real nice in your pics :)

Joe

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