First sissy assignment.  It should have been quick and easy, but it was not: buy 3 bottles of nail polish (baby blue, baby pink and slut red), toe nail separators, and the latest copy of Seventeen magazine, paint my toenails pink, and post a picture online.  What follows is my account of what went wrong.  It started simply.  I drove a little distance from my house and went into a Family Dollar store.  I examined the nail polish and found the right kinds, but there were no magazines in the store.  I kept my head down while in that part of the store, so i don't know if anyone noticed me, but i was quite self-conscious.  When i realized i could not succeed in that store, i quickly slithered out.  This scenario then repeated itself many times: CVS, Rite-Aid, Walgreens.  The biggest problem is that i didn't know what toe nail separators looked like.  I followed the same routine in each store: look for the magazine section to see if they had the latest Seventeen (easy enough---though i had the feeling as i did it that people knew which magazine i was looking for); once the presence of the magazine was confirmed, i would head to the beauty aisle(s).  I always kept my head down, as a few times there were other women in the aisle.  I of course spent too much time there, because i was scanning for the toe nail separators.  I'm sure i was noticed, as it must not be a common thing for a man to be scanning through the beauty aisle.  The worst was Walgreens, which has a beauty consultant.  I was sure she was going to ask me what i was looking for, but fortunately she ignored me.  Finally, exasperated by my failure to find toe nail separators in each store, i gave up and went home to do some research.  I discovered what i was looking for, and realized it might be in the foot care section of the store rather than the beauty aisle.  I headed back out, but to a different part of town.  I didn't want to start really drawing attention by appearing twice stalking the beauty aisle in the same store.  First Rite-Aid then walgreens, again no luck.  The best i could find was a single toe separator that was more medicinal.  Finally, i struck gold (or at least bronze) at CVS.  There in the foot aisle i found a true toe nail separator.  It was unfortunately not feminine or sexy at all, just a drab blue.  I grabbed it.  But now i wasn't just looking, i was shopping.  I headed across the store to the magazines.  Noone was in that section and i was able to grab the Seventeen quickly.  I folded it onto itself so it wouldn't be obvious i was wandering the store holding Seventeen magazine, then headed back across the store to the beauty aisle.  I found an inexpensive baby pink and slut red in the same brand, then had to move to the next aisle to find the baby blue.  I grabbed all 3 and headed to the front.  A female clerk was alone, no line, but just as i walked up with my purchases, 2 male employees walked right to the register.  I quickly changed direction, and headed back into the store holding my purchases.  A minute passed and they were gone, so now was my chance.  I laid all my purchases out on the counter.  I did not make eye contact.  "CVS card?" she asked.  "No", i replied.  She rang me up, and horrified, i realized i had left my wallet in the car.  I blushed severely, told her i would be right back.  I returned a minute later, and the male employee had returned.  They were talking; it's not a stretch to imagine it was about me.  "I didn't know if you were coming back", she said.  "I found my wallet," i said sheepishly.  I paid for my items, which she thankfully bagged, and scurried to the car.  Once at home, i applied the pink polish to my nails, making too many mistakes and having to wipe polish over my toes a few times.  Finally, my nails were a pretty pink, and i snapped a picture and uploaded it to Collar Me.  Since i didn't have any pics posted, this became my new identity, which seems appropriate.  My first attempt at posting a journal entry failed, not sure why, but this one is working, and i'm saving it regularly.  First sissy assignment complete!