URNotAlone

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November 23rd, 2010 9:19 am MST

I know I have seen message threads on one group or another that I am a member of, discussing T friendly stores.  I had a great experience yesterday at an Avenue store in Houston.  I went to the store in drab around 5:30PM during the rush hour.  When I entered the store I saw no other customers, but two sales clerks welcomed me to the store and one asked what she could show me.  I was a little overwhelmed and did not know where to start.  The sales lady started making suggestions and when she got to shoes (my weakness) I agreed to go look.  Now Avenue is one of the few stores tht carry my size in 3" to 4" heels so I definitely wanted to see what they had.  When we got to the area with the shoes the clerk asked what size my wife or girlfriend wore and I said (this was a big leap for me) "they would be for me".  The clerk then said she was sorry but they only carry shoes for women.  I said "I know these would be for me".  The lady seemed to take a minute to process that then recovered and asked me what size I wore. 

I didn't find anything that I liked in my size so I moved on to other items.  For the first time in a women's store I was not made in the least to feel uncomfortable.  I did find two watches that fit me and looked good too.  They both had extra links in them that could be removed to allow them to fit better.  I also bought a cute little sequined clutch with a wrist strap for $8.00 on sale and necklace.  When I checked out a different sales lady handled that tranaction and asked if I found everything I was looking for and so on, then asked if I would like to be on their mailing list for cupons and sales notices.  As I was leaving all three clerks in the store invited me to come back again and shop with them.

This particular store is in a strip mall in an upper middle class, relatively conservative neighborhood not in an area generally known as being overly T friendly.  I was really impressed and told the ladies I definitely would be back.