Boots, Skinny Jeans and ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

December 11, 2009 by · 5 Comments

In which I deviate from negativity, if only for a post… :)

I like fashion. I don’t know it personally anymore, since the birth of my child we have been more of loose acquaintances actually, but I’ve always wanted to pick us back up… So, in my efforts to re-become a bit of stylishness, I noticed that everyone in the whole world had cute boots but me. I started shopping literally months ago for some. If you know me then you know how much I hate shopping. I like the results without the work, which has led me to my current state of slob. SO, you see how important this was if I was doing this much legwork.

I was prepared to spend about $100, boots are expensive and cheap boots look it, but somehow I found a REALLY great looking pair for $40 that B agreed on. Tangent: B is extremely picky about my shoes and insisted that HE approve any boots that I purchased, much to my chagrin. SO, I excitedly went to purchase them… and couldn’t find the other boot. Really. After going to like 5-6 stores, the one pair I find that is affordable and interested me enough to actually TRY THEM ON is missing it’s twin. Part of the reason I have trouble finding boots is that apparently I have Ginormous calfs so to find a boot that fits is awesome. To make a long story short, basically everyone was looking for this one, cheap boot and couldn’t find it so I left my number. Never heard from them. Kept calling. Finally, I asked if another store had the same boots and it turned out a store over a hour away had a pair and put them on hold for me. I don’t know why I told them to hold them, it’s not like I was going to drive down there *myself*.

Then I remembered a new friend who lived down there and was always up in the area because her fiance’ lived here. BINGO. Feeling slightly tacky, but desperate enough to make a fool of myself, I called her and asked if she’d mind picking them up for the the next time she was down there. She agreed and I met her fiance’ to give him the money for them. I don’t know these people very well. Ben kept saying everything was OK, but I felt kind of weird still. I felt even weirder when they called me from the store and said the people there had no idea what they were talking about. I felt weirdest still when they said there was another store in the town that the boots may be at and they were going there to look. I kept apologizing, I didn’t know them well enough for them to do all of this. I mean, I’d do it for someone else, but I have trouble asking for help so this was a big step for me. A step that I won’t repeat for awhile. and my boots were there, thank you God. One less awkward moment for me to over apologize for.

Now that I had my boots, I was set. Errrr. Sort of. I had noticed that everyone tucked their jeans in their boots and all I had were boot cut jeans, specifically made to go OVER boots. DANGIT! and I’m pregnant so I didn’t want to go out there and buy a pair of maternity skinny jeans- if they even made them in a store I could afford them- and if I went and bought a regular pair of skinny jeans a size too big, the butt would be saggy to fit around my belly. Besides, Skinny Jeans are for skinny people, the only way I could wear them is tucked into boots, otherwise they would emphasize my rather wide hips and full bottom. This was a no- win situation. I had my nice, cool boots and nothing to wear them with. Since this time, I have folded and tucked my jeans into the boots, but it *looks* like I’m folding and tucking my jeans into my boots so yeah, tacky, but yeah, I’ve totally done it.

I realized, then, that I could also just get some tights and just wear a dress with them. Being that the highs lately have been 32 degrees, this was a very cold option, but I wanted to WEAR MY BOOTS! and so I did it, last Sunday, wearing my boots, tights, a dress and sweater! BAM. Tangent: The only coat I had that matched that wasn’t a puffy coat was one that didn’t zip up now that I have a belly, and no buttons so I totally, shallowly, wore it and froze. I got several compliments on how I looked that day, which I hadn’t had in months which made me feel great! Too bad I couldn’t hardly answer them because my teeth were chattering too much.

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  • Sarah H

    I know what you mean. I torture myself on cold days with leggings just because they fit on these child birthing hips. If we’re at church Sunday I’ll bring you the maternity jeans to try. I used to think skinny jeans were crazy. However, I’ve decided with long tops, the skinny legs take the attention away from the floppy belly.

  • Kim

    You are very wrong about one thing….you weren’t the only one without boots. I have come to the realization in the last few days that I might have to break down and buy some boots. But as is my luck whenever I buy something trendy, they will probably go out of style next week.

  • Katy

    Did you get the slouchy boots? I haven’t worn the ones I bought bc it doesn’t get hot enough here to wear jeans tucked into my boots! Although the warm weather here is enjoyable in FL style-wise its so boring! I’ve worn the same things all year long! I remember being so excited to bust out my winter-wear, like having a new closet full of clothes. But I’m still wearing shorts and capri’s, can’t wear my cute scarves or coats…So I feel your pain..

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