Ever since I can remember, I've been fascinated by the look of black patent leather Mary Jane shoes,especially when worn with white ankle socks.  I was always very jealous of all my little girl friends who wore them to school every day, along with their cute little skirts and dresses, while I had to plain old brown oxfords and pants.

It wasn't until I turned sixteen and got my own job and car, however, that I was actually able to buy my own  pair of black patent leather Mary Janes.  I can remember walking past the local Thom McAnn shoe store every day on my way to and from junior high school.  I would stop to look at the display they always had, in the front of the window, of black patent leather Mary Janes.  I would think about the day when I would have enough money and nerve to go in and buy a pair for myself!

The day came just a few weeks after my sixteenth birthday.  I got up enough nerve to go to a Thom McAnn shoe store in the next town (so I wouldn't been seen) and bought my first pair of black patent leather Mary Janes.  I told the clerk I was acting in a play and needed them for a part of the costume.  I don't think he believed me, but I didn't care, I had my first pair of Mary Janes!  I wore them, in my room, almost every night until I just about wore them out.   I eventually put my appreciation for Mary Janes, off into the back of my mind.   I was busy with college, dating and working.  Then, one day while I was out shopping,  I saw a pair of black patent leather Mary Jane shoes, just like my first pair, on display in a store window.  They brought back all the old familiar memories, I had forgotten about,  I knew I had to go in and buy them!  They only had one  pair large enough to fit me (size 11),  so I bought them!

Of course that pair of Mary Jane shoes was all that I needed to become hooked again. In the past few years or so, since that fateful day, I have amassed a collection of over two hundred pairs of shoes, most of them Mary Janes and saddle shoes.

Recently I've become interested in skirts and now I have a collection of skirts that's threatening to take over my shoe collection! I primarily like short (mini) skirts because they look the best on me, but I also have a few long ones.

I'm not gay and I don't like to try and pass as a female, I'm very satisfied to be a male and recognized as one.   Now, whenever I travel or have a few spare hours, I put on a skirt and my Mary Janes, and go out shopping.  I've finally reached the time in my life when I really don't care what others think about how I look, I dress to please myself.