Riding boots

One of my goals was to be able to wear long leather riding boots. It's been a lifelong dream that I could never realise because I have really huge calves. I mean REALLY huge. I had a pair altered once and they looked like huge Santa Claus boots. I hate them.

Finally, for Christmas last year, Dave bought me a pair of Equitector boots. Real riding boots! They have an elastic panel in the back and I had lost enough weight that I could maybe get into a pair of the extra wide ones. I ordered them, they took WEEKS to get here because of my awkward size 8.5 and when they finally did, imagine my heart break when the elastic panel only went half way down and my huge cankles prevented me from zipping them up!!! I was crushed!!

Now I have lost more weight, I can actually get them both on, barely, but only with bare legs, not with jods yet. I can get them on with the thinnest pair of leggings in the world, but only if I haven't got an ounce of fluid retention on me.

As a matter of fact, I'm sitting here with my right boot on right now, trying to stretch it out because my right calf is at least an inch bigger than my left. I dont' know why, and I don't know if that's normal. :(

I think these poor boots will be worn out before they even get to go near a stable and that is really depressing to me. I look forward to the day when this will no longer be an issue and there will be no more Santa boots for me.