Going to Sephora yesterday was uneventful and yet it served as another point of comparison with my past history. I have been a customer for years primarily purchasing their in-house brand foundation which I use increasingly sparingly as I age.
I went from being petrified of going inside to having it be a routine visit I now make about every 6 to 8 weeks. Yesterday was just more confirmation about how uneventful such stops have become and how devoid of anxiety they are. I am a customer like everyone else and look around to take in my surroundings than worry about who might be looking at the tall lady.
I waited in line and took note of a young woman browsing who was my height; a sighting which has become increasingly commonplace as youth get taller. I was then signaled to come to the counter where I was greeted by a twenty-something with very subtle makeup on her face.
"Joanna?" She says looking up at me after entering my number into the system.
"Yes" I answer and then add that they shouldn't play with their color palette as it took me some trial and error to settle on it.
"Oh I know, they have been making changes" she responds stopping short of an eye roll.
Just then the young man who had helped me the last time to switch from the 27P to the 30P shade whizzes by and says "Hey!" while flashing me a friendly smile.
"Happy with the change?" to which I say yes and then adds to the woman serving me "she has olive skin"
There was no drama, no excitement but there was more importantly calm and serene confidence which contrasted sharply against my first ever visit years ago.
I will take that feeling of routine any day of the week.
I've often said that transitioning is a series of extraordinary experiences that eventually become ordinary - which is quite extraordinary in itself. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis is precisely correct Connie. We just get very comfortable being who we are and things start to flow. This is my kind of routine ;)
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