The Jaunts of JeffB!

[Curt]

That is so true! We do have a lot more to choose from now. I wouldn't want to leave the house if I had to be stuck wearing all the boring, lame mens clothes and shoes. Jeff B, how often do you get comments on your looks. I don't get any comments hardly at all on heels and clothes( except for my family and friends), but get compliments on my hair quite a lot, even from guys. Most women ask me what perfume I'm wearing. As with the clothes, you're probably like me, heels and girls clothes is a normal everyday thing. Any bad experiences? In toronto anything goes, 2 foot mohawks, drop pants rappers, justin bieber wannabes. What's it like around philly? Ashley.

[JeffB]

JeffB,

Everyone has their likes and dislikes in fashions and heels. That's why there is such a variety out there for us to choose from. I too, like your sense of fashion style, so keep on posting!

BTW, that's a nice looking ensemble that you wore out on your last jaunt.

Happy Heeling,

bluejay

Thanks for the kind words. I simply do the very best I can in trying to present a stylish and tasteful look for when I'm out in public.

That is so true! We do have a lot more to choose from now. I wouldn't want to leave the house if I had to be stuck wearing all the boring, lame mens clothes and shoes.

Jeff B, how often do you get comments on your looks. I don't get any comments hardly at all on heels and clothes( except for my family and friends), but get compliments on my hair quite a lot, even from guys. Most women ask me what perfume I'm wearing. As with the clothes, you're probably like me, heels and girls clothes is a normal everyday thing. Any bad experiences? In toronto anything goes, 2 foot mohawks, drop pants rappers, justin bieber wannabes. What's it like around philly?

Ashley.

Compliments? Not many. Like you, people rarely give me so much as the time of day, not even when I've worn a miniskirt and thigh high boots, and I'll admit I've found that a wee bit puzzling at times, but hey, what can you do? I suppose that because I exhibit a casual air while wearing skirts and heels that people figure I'm not worth bothering with. As for bad experiences, those have been even fewer, especially in downtown Philly where I roam most, I've also seen goth kids with brightly colored Mohawks, pretend gangstas with jeans worn down at the crotch, but no Justin Bieber wannabes, thank God.

[Curt]

I'm embarrassed to be Canadian with lame nerds like Justin Bieber! My favorite band is HEART! They had some hot heels back in the day. When you wear your kneehigh boots, do your pantyhose get ruined quickly. That's a problem I get. I wear boots barefoot sometimes! Ashley.

[JeffB]

I'm embarrassed to be Canadian with lame nerds like Justin Bieber!

You have my deepest sympathy!

When you wear your kneehigh boots, do your pantyhose get ruined quickly. That's a problem I get. I wear boots barefoot sometimes!

Yes, that's a problem with me as well. During winter, I usually go with tights which are a tad thicker and are more durable. I also go barefoot, but have cushioned insoles in all my boots.

[kikepa]

I gave up hose for tights years ago, and no, I don't wear either during warmer months. In the winter, however, all the time.

[JeffB]

I gave up hose for tights years ago, and no, I don't wear either during warmer months. In the winter, however, all the time.

Tights make a suitable substitute for long underwear during winter. Heh!

[bluejay]

Tights make a suitable substitute for long underwear during winter. Heh!

Right on JeffB. I will wear tights in winter to keep my legs warm too, even if I'm not wearing heels. They're much nicer to wear than "long johns", anyway.

Happy Heeling,

bluejay

[HenriHH]

Jeff,

I read and view your posts as often as I can. I do have one suggestion. In many of your posts you state that you go to the book store and sit in the coffee shop to read the news or magazines. Yet when you take your pics; the poses are always the same. I have never seen a pic of you sitting. Think about it.

Henri

[JeffB]

Sitting, eh? Hmm! Interesting! Perhaps I'll give that a try sometime. Thanks for the suggestion.

[hh4evr1]

_{You could do both sitting and standing. That way we could see your outfits how others would see them while your out on a jaunt.}

[SkirtDude]

Jeff, haven't heard of any jaunts for a while. Is everything ok? Some sitting poses as well as pix whilst on your jaunts would help me see how good it looks... Heading out to a party tomorrow in a kilt and boots... Its a fancy dress theme Keep those jaunts coming

[JeffB]

Kilty: Not to worry, everything's okay, things have just been busy of late and I haven't had time for going on jaunts. As John Lennon was famous for saying, "Life is what happens when you're busy making plans". I hope to head out on a new adventure soon.

[SkirtDude]

Jeff. finally, a pic of me! My first set of heels - although they aren't high It's just a simple pencil skirt teamed with some brown boots. My first venture outside today was to a shop to get some milk, A raised eyebrow from the shopkeeper, yet no adverse comments, even from the 3 black youths who were behind me as I paid up. I would wear a kilt, but a pleated skirt in this cold weather would be too much The black one was nice and snug One lady in her 20s complimented me, saying more guys should embrace the manskirt Looking forward to your next jaunt

[Shafted]

Jeff. finally, a pic of me! My first set of heels - although they aren't high It's just a simple pencil skirt teamed with some brown boots. My first venture outside today was to a shop to get some milk, A raised eyebrow from the shopkeeper, yet no adverse comments, even from the 3 black youths who were behind me as I paid up. I would wear a kilt, but a pleated skirt in this cold weather would be too much The black one was nice and snug One lady in her 20s complimented me, saying more guys should embrace the manskirt

Looking forward to your next jaunt

A very intimidating look you have there, Kilty. I quite like it.

[LuvyourShoes]

Awesome stuff Kilty!!

[JeffB]

Bravo, Kilty! That's an absolutely awesome look! Two thumbs up, my friend!

[ilikekicks]

Jeff. finally, a pic of me! My first set of heels - although they aren't high It's just a simple pencil skirt teamed with some brown boots. My first venture outside today was to a shop to get some milk

My first venture out in a skirt was to a doctors appointment for a surgical follow-up! You had it easy!

-Ilk

[Thighbootguy]

My first venture outside today was to a shop to get some milk, A raised eyebrow from the shopkeeper, yet no adverse comments, even from the 3 black youths who were behind me as I paid up.

Kitty;

If that is a normal sized door behind you, I'm not surprised that 'the 3 black youths who were behind" offered no comment.

I like your look. Suggestion: Wear the skirt waist a few inches higher. I think it would balance the look a little better and it would make you legs look even longer (that's a good thing).

TBG

[Shafted]

I like your look. Suggestion: Wear the skirt waist a few inches higher. I think it would balance the look a little better and it would make you legs look even longer (that's a good thing).

TBG

Sorry TBG. I would have to disagree with you on this one.

While raising the waist line would create the illusion of extending the legs, it does so at the expense of shortening the torso. I would recommend a shorter skirt as a better alternative to raising the waistline.

[JeffB]

Sorry TBG. I would have to disagree with you on this one.

While raising the waist line would create the illusion of extending the legs, it does so at the expense of shortening the torso. I would recommend a shorter skirt as a better alternative to raising the waistline.

I also agree with Shafted. The waistline on Kilty's outfit looks good right where it is as a shortened torso doesn't look all that good to me. And yeah, there's nothing wrong with a shorter skirt, in fact, I recommend it!

[SkirtDude]

Suggestion: Wear the skirt waist a few inches higher. I think it would balance the look a little better and it would make you legs look even longer (that's a good thing).

TBG

Wear it higher? I'm not a ho BTW It's Kilty, not Kitty dear When I sit it rises past my knees anyway, the vent at the back gives me enough movement, but the shoes are too tight (ouch) My legs aren't bad, but like Jeff I just am wearing it as a guy, and black is a good colour. Most times, as my name suggests, I'm in a kilt I don't want to hijack our friend's thread - I'm sure he's keeping it free for a nice jaunt (and hopefully pix of him seated in one of his skirt ensembles - perhaps he'll get a nice pencil skirt soon )

[JeffB]

Jaunt #180, 3/30/2013:

Back on 3/19, onyourtoes started an interesting thread called "People Don't Look At Men's Feet" where he stated that people don't take the time or interest to look at the feet of men, even when said men are wearing high heeled shoes. I found that thread highly interesting, so I decided to conduct a little experiment to see if that theory is true. So, with spring having finally arrived with plenty of sunshine and mild temps, I headed out with my black pleather jacket over a magenta mockneck, the JCPenney a.n.a. bootcut jeans and the Payless "Lance Flex" pumps in merlot. Yes, I wore light colored shoes, just to see if anyone would notice.

I headed downtown and to my favorite comic book shop for the express purpose of being seen in the shoes. I parked nearly two blocks away from the shop (not on purpose, parking spots were hard to find) and enjoyed a nice walk there, the four inch heels of the Lance Flex pumps sounding nice and loud on the pavement, just the way I like my heels, I passed a goodly number of people on the street, but no one looked down as I walked by, after a good twenty minutes in the shop, I passed by more people, pedestrians and motorists, nothing. From there, it was off to South Jersey and lunch at Chick-Fil-A near the Moorestown Mall, the place was plenty packed, in fact, I had to wait over five minutes before an empty booth became available, during which time, I was standing and was seen, again, nothing, no, not quite, a couple of little kids looked down but didn't say anything.

After lunch, it was off to Best Buy, it was packed too, passed plenty of people while cruising the aisles, no one looked or pointed, I even sat in a home theater recliner and put my feet up while watching a good ten minutes worth of The Dark Knight Rises, once again, nothing. From there, I went to the nearby Barnes & Noble, sat in the lounge area with four sci-fi and horror magazines, crossed my legs so the shoes could be seen. Nothing. My last stop of the day was to a supermarket half a mile away to buy some V8 Splash, that place was packed too, and, yep, no one paid any attention. To be honest, in all the places I visited, I'm not sure if people were distracted by my purse (never leave home on a jaunt without one) to take notice of my shoes. Perhaps onyourtoes was on target, people truly don't notice, still, it made for quite a fun and enjoyable little experiment.

That said, I might undertake that experiment again down the road, but with red or white pumps instead. We'll see.

[Shafted]

That's great Jeff. Now no one has an excuse. lol

[JeffB]

That's great Jeff. Now no one has an excuse. lol

Indeed! Hopefully, others will follow my example. Heh!

[ilikekicks]

Jeff..

I would just liek to say something to put somethings in perspective. Consider this..

" Jaunt #180, 3/30/2013: ".

180 ' jaunts '.

Thats 180 times you went out and did your thing. You might have gone out more or less but at 180 jaunts.. thats 180 days or HALF A YEARS worth of days heeling!

There are many whom probably could count their outings on their fingers and toes. YOU my friend have quite a milestone behind you and a lot of smoothe open roads for Jaunts in the future

God Speed to you my friend!

Dan

[bluejay]

JeffB, Great use of color, today. Now you are following my lead, with your shoes matching the color of your top. I hope that you enjoyed yourself today. You presented a great look! Keep it up, I like it!!!!!! Happy Heeling, bluejay

[JeffB]

ilikekicks: Well, it's only because I'm hopelessly anal that I keep track of my little adventures at all. Thighbootguy has probably been out and about TWICE as much as I have since he's been chronicling his outings, and that's MORE impressive. Now, since I love numbers, I've broken down my jaunts thusly:

2008: 1 jaunt every 7.4 days (began in mid-October)

2009: 1 jaunt every 8.6 days

2010: 1 jaunt every 13 days

2011: 1 jaunt every 5.9 days

2012: 1 jaunt every 10.7 days

Not bad, all things considered. As you can see, there have been peaks and valleys from year to year, and that's taking into consideration that a good ninety percent of my outings have been mainly on weekends. Still, that I've managed to go out as much as I have is quite an achievement in itself. And, yes, more is to come!

bluejay: As I'm sure you know, being properly color coordinated is EVERYTHING!

Jaunt #181, 3/31/2013:

I suppose that if I weren't so gosh darn anal about this jaunting stuff, I would never have gone out today. Allow me to explain. Going over my outings for 2013, I discovered something interesting, at least to me anyway. In January, I went out twice and in February I went out twice, so, having only gone out once in March (yesterday), I just had to go out today so I'd have two jaunts for this month. Furthermore, on my two January trips, I wore jeans, in February I wore skirts, now since I wore jeans for the third time this year yesterday, I simply had to equal things by wearing a skirt today. Only logical, right?

That said, I went out wearing my black pleather jacket from yesterday over a black mockneck, a 21 inch denim pencil skirt from Old Navy, the Payless "Jefferson" buckle wedge pumps and my familiar black handbag. The skirt which I had bought a couple of months ago was nice and snug and looked sharp, especially with the slit in back, and pairing it with the Jefferson wedges made for a nice combination. I headed west into Springfield and went to Best Buy, I got there some twenty minutes after it opened, and even for a late Sunday morning, there was already a good crowd inside, but as is often the case, I got little in the way of interest or curiosity or shock or surprise from shoppers around me, proof positive that the bulk of people I come across during my outings just plain don't care about how I happen to be dressed. Anyhoo, I spent well over half an hour in the store, doing my usual wandering of the aisles and ogling all the electrical and electronic goodies before going to the register with batteries for my smoke detectors and Gorgo on Blu-Ray.

After strolling out, I headed down the road to Subway for lunch, there were people inside, including a classic nuclear family already eating when I entered. The kids, five or six by my guess gaped at me as I passed by, but the parents ignored me. Sitting down not far from the foursome, I busied myself eating while the kids stole glances at me from time to time before leaving. That was pretty much it in terms of attention I got. From there, it was back home, what with afternoon showers in the forecast and college basketball tournament games to watch. Though brief, it was a nice little outing, perhaps I'll wear a variation of this outfit again in the future.

[SkirtDude]

I'm loving that skirt, looks great but get a real pencil skirt this year - there's some nice ones on Pinterest to give you some pointers

[SkirtDude]

Jeff - pose a sitting pic please like this

for instance....

Just an excuse to show off my new heels

tee hee

I'll stop hijacking now

[JeffB]

Heh! I'll see what I can do!