Extra Wide

I have a bone to pick with a few people.

Well, really just one person.

Or one GROUP of people, really.

Don't worry, it's probably not you.

Unless you work for Gabrielle Rocha shoes or the 6pm.com website.

Disclaimer: I LOVE the 6pm.com website AND

I love my Gabrielle Rocha boots.

HOWEVER...

I was sorely misled and appropriately disappointed the other day with both.

Let's have a story...

Once upon a time there was a princess with tiny feet, a slender waist and less than slender calves...and hips and thighs...but they're not part of the story, so we'll move on.

I have big calves. It's not a secret. It runs in the family. It's irritating but it's true.

Skinny jeans are out of the question, as are most knee high boots.

Those calves of mine will just refuse to be forced into anything smaller than say...a...tube slide sized cylinder.

It's rough.

But I thought I'd found the solution to my problem.

Wide-shaft boots!

Ahhhhhh...the sound of angels singing...

I even chose the EXTRA wide width hoping to be able to wear them over jeans...

And the dream would be realized...

But alas, this was not to be.

When I opened my package and pulled out the boots my heart sank.

I stuck my arm down into the boot and it was barely wide enough for my arm...which, people, let me tell you, is CONSIDERABLY smaller than my leg. Thank goodness!

Hoping against all odds I pulled on the boots anyway.

And miraculously they glided on.

Ok, there wasn't so much gliding as there was tugging, but they were on.

Oh, but there was no room for jeans.

There was barely room for sheer panty hose ladies!

For reals!

So I'm disappointed and still on the hunt for truly WIDE shafted boots.

I will not be thwarted. I will prevail.

You WILL see me in boot over jeans...maybe even with knee socks underneath just for spite!

But until that time, I'll wear my skinny boots with very skinny tights and vow to claim victory over my calves.

I don't make such promises about my thighs...but that's a whole other post.