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I am strong, and I am a mighty gatherer.
After a satisfying workout and a tasty lunch, I have successfully bought boots. This involved a few brief ventures into stores on Eighth Street, in which the conversation got no further than my asking whether they carry wide sizes, and being told no. So I went uptown and bought rye bread, then visited the shoe store a few doors away from the bakery.
Fortunately, it was a quiet afternoon, and after the three pairs I'd asked to try first didn't fit, the saleswoman was willing to bring out every pair they had in an 8WW. (This isn't, alas, a large number: had it been, she'd probably not have been willing, but had it been, I wouldn't have asked her to.) I tried them all on, and found a few complete failures and two near-misses: one where the shoe itself seemed to fit, but I couldn't zip them over my calf and fit my pants either inside or outside the boot, and one whose upper was very stiff over the top of the foot [the part that Lily Tomlin has noted there is no specific word for], which it seemed possible would be comfortable after breaking in. That was the next-to-last pair.
The last pair fit. As in, actually fit. They're low, ankle-high rather than calf-high. I'm not surprised: even boots that come wide enough for my feet don't seem designed for muscular calves. So I bought them, trying not to wince at spending over $100 for a pair of boots (I'd better get a few good years out of these) and hoping that I'm not trying to get through two feet of snow at New Year's.
( gym details )
After a satisfying workout and a tasty lunch, I have successfully bought boots. This involved a few brief ventures into stores on Eighth Street, in which the conversation got no further than my asking whether they carry wide sizes, and being told no. So I went uptown and bought rye bread, then visited the shoe store a few doors away from the bakery.
Fortunately, it was a quiet afternoon, and after the three pairs I'd asked to try first didn't fit, the saleswoman was willing to bring out every pair they had in an 8WW. (This isn't, alas, a large number: had it been, she'd probably not have been willing, but had it been, I wouldn't have asked her to.) I tried them all on, and found a few complete failures and two near-misses: one where the shoe itself seemed to fit, but I couldn't zip them over my calf and fit my pants either inside or outside the boot, and one whose upper was very stiff over the top of the foot [the part that Lily Tomlin has noted there is no specific word for], which it seemed possible would be comfortable after breaking in. That was the next-to-last pair.
The last pair fit. As in, actually fit. They're low, ankle-high rather than calf-high. I'm not surprised: even boots that come wide enough for my feet don't seem designed for muscular calves. So I bought them, trying not to wince at spending over $100 for a pair of boots (I'd better get a few good years out of these) and hoping that I'm not trying to get through two feet of snow at New Year's.
( gym details )
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