Christmas Charisma

I'm not a woman who likes to shop. Yes, I know - take away my female card!! Still, there are times, like today, when shopping is unavoidable. If I put this off any longer, I'm going to have five very disappointed nieces and nephews.

To make this experience more bearable I thought I'd consciously try to conduct a little experiment. I want to see how many times I can persuade a man to carry my packages to the car without my directly asking, how often I can get a male clerk to find exactly what I want instead of me searching for it forever, and how often I can get grumpy sales clerks to smile and be more pleasant when they are waiting on me. These might seem like small things, but today is projected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year and people are not nearly as helpful during those times.

I realize this might not seem much of a challenge. Persuading men to do things is pretty easy for a drop-dead beautiful woman - just smile and men fall all over themselves doing things for you. However, I'm not what most would call a beautiful woman. I'm average in looks. That's not lack of self-confidence, it's just being honest. I've my positive qualities, but you follow my point I'm sure.

Happily, there's much more to beauty than strictly outward beauty. There's charisma - that magical something Dommes and those skilled in hypnosis seem to possess in abundance. So... we'll see what happens today. Will it be a grueling day of shopping or a day filled with persuading men to do exactly as I wish? ;) I'll be sure and let you know.