My New Boots Don’t Fit
One of the things that I wanted to get in preparation for Vegas was a pair of boots. I’ve never been able to find a pair in the stores that fit because I have larger calves. So I went online. I looked all over the internet, and finally settled on a pair of boots that said they’d fit a calf up to 18 inches. Out came the measuring tape– my calf is 17.5″. Perfect! So I ordered the boots and waited for them to arrive.
They showed up on Thursday? Maybe Friday… Either way, they arrived, and I brought them inside. There they stayed for a good couple hours. Partly because I got distracted in the “I just got home routine” and then finding dinner, and partly because I forgot. Maybe I was subconsciously scared to get them out, in case they weren’t going to fit. Finally though, I got them out of the box.
Oooh… pretty!! I dug the cardboard and wadded up paper out of the shaft and the foot of the boots. I slipped my foot into it. Fits perfectly on my foot… I hold my breath, and pull on the zipper, and….
Nope. The zipper absolutely refused to budge from that position… it would go no higher, no matter what I tried. Fits up to a size 18″ calf, my rear end!! You don’t need to turn on your Progress Lighting to see that that simply isn’t going to work. So I’m disappointed, but I’ll survive. I’ll send em back, and probably save myself some money along the way. But I still need to find a pair of shoes for Vegas and I’m running out of time!
November 5th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Jenn, did you try the scrunching thing? Just pull up the zipper as far as it will go. Then scrunch down the shaft and zip up some more. Scrunch and zip until it is zipped up all the way. Since the boots are leather they will stretch over time, but the scrunching looks fine. I wore mine in Atlanta as a test run and they were really comfortable.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
WomanWithin.com has some great boots with extra width in the calf…my calf is 18 inches right now, so i can relate
November 5th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
I’m sorry. That is super lame-O that they published wrong measurements!
November 6th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
How frustrating! They’re really cool boots, too. Unfortunately it looks like they got the measurements so wrong that even the scrunching thing wouldn’t help.
Hope you find new ones before your trip!
November 7th, 2007 at 2:12 am
OMG those are the coolest boots though! Try the scrunching thing before you send em back just in case. They are super sexy!
*resists urge to go shoe shopping with few dollars left in paypal account*