I spent a goodly chunk of December trying to find a pair of boots that fit. Now, I'm not looking for full length boots--all that hockey made sure that my calves won't fit in the standard pipestem boots you see at the shoe stores. And hockey left my knees in a state where wearing 5 inch stilleto heels just isn't an option--if it ever was. Hey, why not just go do Pierre Silber and be done with it?
Pierre Silber has an affiliate program--be afraid, be very afraid....
*ahem*
Back to boots.
Anyway, all I'm talking about is a pair of short black boots here, people, not the holy grail. No mommy boots, either: and anyone who used to drag on mom's boots to go take out the garbage will know exactly what I'm talking about.
I have to admit, I'm not the easiest fit. If you saw the impression my wet feet make on a towel, you'd swear I was missing the middle of my feet. The heel is there, and the balls of my feet are there, but other than a really thin stripe along the sides, there's nothing there. Yes, I have seriously high arches. Seriously arched and curved insteps go along with that.
So, pull-on boots are right out--they just crush my feet. I need to have laced boots. I used to have a lot of laced boots back in the 70's and 80's, and other than I now wear a size 8 1/2 shoe instead of an 8, nothing much has changed.
So, why was it so hard to find a pair of boots I could get my feet into? Even with the laces untied, the boot threatend to break all those metatarsals that have already been snapped and crushed before, thanks. No fun. Did women's feet suddenly get a lot flatter in the last 20 years?
Posted by lsefton at December 20, 2003 08:50 PM