It's a miracle!
I recently mentioned the buyer's remorse I had toward a pair of boots I bought way back in 2007. EBay purchase: I thought they'd fit; they didn't.
At the time, I was in the vicinity of 340 (as I recall), and my ankles were humongous. I couldn't get them ON, much less buckle the straps. Grumble, grumble, grumble, into a box they went.
Last month's post reminded me about them. The other day, I measured my calves, because I was lusting after a pair of boots posted on fatshionxchange--the last time I measured them, they were 23", and now they're 2" smaller. And I thought, hey, if my calves are smaller, shouldn't my ankles have shrunk too? Yes, they're puffy, but they used to be mammoth.
So a little while ago, I wandered into the middle room and rummaged---not for long, because they were in the first box I checked. Took them back into my room and sat on the bed and pulled on the left one. What do you know, it went on without any trouble. Okay, but the straps---? Wrapped around and...buckled?! Hardly daring to to believe it, I repeated the process on the other foot.
Sing hallelujahs! THEY FIT!!! THEY FIT!!!
Now, I just need to integrate them into my current wardrobe, because there's quite a difference between what I was wearing five years ago and what I'm into now....
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At the time, I was in the vicinity of 340 (as I recall), and my ankles were humongous. I couldn't get them ON, much less buckle the straps. Grumble, grumble, grumble, into a box they went.
Last month's post reminded me about them. The other day, I measured my calves, because I was lusting after a pair of boots posted on fatshionxchange--the last time I measured them, they were 23", and now they're 2" smaller. And I thought, hey, if my calves are smaller, shouldn't my ankles have shrunk too? Yes, they're puffy, but they used to be mammoth.
So a little while ago, I wandered into the middle room and rummaged---not for long, because they were in the first box I checked. Took them back into my room and sat on the bed and pulled on the left one. What do you know, it went on without any trouble. Okay, but the straps---? Wrapped around and...buckled?! Hardly daring to to believe it, I repeated the process on the other foot.
Sing hallelujahs! THEY FIT!!! THEY FIT!!!
Now, I just need to integrate them into my current wardrobe, because there's quite a difference between what I was wearing five years ago and what I'm into now....
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