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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby happyknot » Sun Dec 15, 2024 6:56 pm

If you're on the shorter side the widest part of your calf is also lower which would make boots not fit you too.
I hope you find a pair that fits!
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Stormlight » Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:49 am

Kattriella wrote:It might not even be that your calves. I've noticed that companies are starting to make their tall boots REALLY narrow compared to what most people would consider normal. I think because we're reentering that "thin is in" mindset because of all the weight loss drugs that are becoming more easily available.

If you're specifically looking for shoes to fit a wide calf, there's a website called Torrid that might help. My mother used to buy all her wide calfed boots.


Oh I know Torrid. It’s also a physical store. There’s one in the mall, although sometimes when I look there it’s closed for some reason. I’ve bought clothes there many times. They’re a bit pricy though so I don’t shop often or I wait for a sale. Maybe when I return these boots to Boscovs I’ll stop in at Torrid and see if it’s open and if they have anything interesting.

And happyknot, I am actually on the short side (5’3), so maybe there’s something to that, too!
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Kirahfaye » Mon Dec 16, 2024 7:33 am

There is something to be said about the thinner calves thing.... I've lost 40 lbs over the past year (most of it because of my diabetes med), but apparently it didn't affect my calves. I wanted to replace my favorite gray jeans (they are loose!!) but the new ones nearly cut the blood flow to my calves.
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Kattriella » Mon Dec 16, 2024 12:47 pm

Kirahfaye wrote:There is something to be said about the thinner calves thing.... I've lost 40 lbs over the past year (most of it because of my diabetes med), but apparently it didn't affect my calves. I wanted to replace my favorite gray jeans (they are loose!!) but the new ones nearly cut the blood flow to my calves.

I walk and am on my feet all day, so my calf muscles are jacked. Cute knee boots just aren't in my future because the wide ones are usually wide all the way around, so they are too wide at the top. The course of not fitting the "standard" body type, I guess.
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Tam I am » Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:59 pm

happyknot wrote:
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby victoriavictrix » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:13 am

I just spent an obscene amount of money on a genuine zero gravity chair, the kind the back stores sell.

OTOH, it was less than a good laptop, and my old chair lasted 20 years.
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Kirahfaye » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:24 am

victoriavictrix wrote:I just spent an obscene amount of money on a genuine zero gravity chair, the kind the back stores sell.

OTOH, it was less than a good laptop, and my old chair lasted 20 years.

I had to look it up to see if it was one of those massage chairs that strap you in. I can't deal with those (nearly had a meltdown trying one out at a home show when it wouldn't release my legs).
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby victoriavictrix » Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:21 am

Kirahfaye wrote:
victoriavictrix wrote:I just spent an obscene amount of money on a genuine zero gravity chair, the kind the back stores sell.

OTOH, it was less than a good laptop, and my old chair lasted 20 years.

I had to look it up to see if it was one of those massage chairs that strap you in. I can't deal with those (nearly had a meltdown trying one out at a home show when it wouldn't release my legs).


It's stupidly expensive but so good on my back I can fall asleep in it.

This is basically the old one.

https://relaxtheback.com/products/novus ... y-recliner

I am not paying that for a chair, I got a--not a knock-off, but an alternate brand that doesn't think people are made of money.
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby Kattriella » Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:48 am

I looked up those chairs. Oh my goodness, they look comfy.
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Re: Your latest buys!

Postby DollyKim » Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:33 pm

A black and red Chinese lion marionette to keep the light blue and white one I bought while we were moving in company. They need to be restrung so they'll move better but I guess their luck is still working.
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