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Carmel colored karma

I make fun of people. I'll admit it. I'm snotty and totally call people out for looking like idiots. And in case you missed it I spent my whole last post making fun of a woman who couldn't zip her boots over her calves.

Shortly thereafter I was delivered a giant box of karma straight from Steve Madden.

Carmel colored boots.

These boots hate me.
They are amazing. So amazing that as soon as I ordered them, I ordered this great oatmeal colored sweaterdress to go with them. Then I found a matching belt.

Christ, this was going to be the cutest outfit ever.

Then the boots arrived.

I slid my feet into them, feeling the buttery leather and smelling that new shoe smell, packing materials all over the table. I was feeling smug since I read the description, and knew the boots were 14 inches around at the top. Same as my calves. I measured them before I ordered the boots.

So why weren't they fitting?

Sure, I got my foot in just fine, but as I tried to slide the boot up my leg it stopped. It really didn't want to go.

I hollered cuss words strung together so creatively my husband came running. "What's wrong?"

"My fucking boots don't fit! And I don't understand why because they're 14 inches around and my calf is 14 inches and I got them at the sale of the century and can't return or exchange them and it's bullshit!" (Yep, I'm like a trucker).

"If your calf is 14 inches then the boots need to be 15 to get over them."

I shot him a look that probably would have killed a houseplant (say I hadn't killed them all already). "Well where the hell were you with that little nugget of math when I was ordering them?"

"Didn't you order those at work?"

Oh. I did. So now the new plan is to try and make my calves smaller. Please send ideas and exercises. If that fails I guess I can always turn the boots into a planter and try my hand at houseplants again.

Comments

Stout said…
*laugh* ain't karma a b!tch.
Anonymous said…
What if you bought those old lady support hose- the ones that are super tight for better circulation (not sure how that makes sense) to wear under the boots to make your legs smaller? Like a girdle for your legs?- Debbie T
Cat said…
Believe it or not someone else told me to do that. I'm pretty sure they all look like old lady hose, and I need something that can be seen.

Any ideas for exercises? Anyone?
juliette said…
I've had a strip of elastic put in knee hi boots (the shoe repair guy does it) and they look fine. They were only a tad too tight - which sounds like your situation. I don't know how it will work with over the knee boots though. As long as the elastic matches the boots?