d'oh.

Oct. 26th, 2007 at 4:52 PM

No boots for me. Both of the places I tried looked at me like I was insane - they don't make equestrian riders in my size, and therefore they don't make gear (like the dressage boots I wanted) in my size either. Or something like that.

On the plus side, I finally returned empties top the beer store, for the first time since they started taking non-beer bottles. No one in the store was there to buy beer - only drop off empties. I came away with almost $10, and the guy behind me at at least twice as many bottles as I did. Weird.

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the_nita

Oct. 26th, 2007 08:54 pm (UTC)

Bull. What size shoes do you take?

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curgoth

Oct. 26th, 2007 09:05 pm (UTC)

10.5 to 11. A little more digging shows boots for men in my size, just at well over twice the price of the boots I went in asking about.

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the_nita

Oct. 26th, 2007 09:10 pm (UTC)

Right. I expected a higher price (though not necessarily that much more), but the "they don't make them in your size" had me go "no freaking way" (as I have a girlfriend who has feet in a similar frame and if they make women's boots that large, they make men's.

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djinnthespazz

Oct. 26th, 2007 11:33 pm (UTC)

"no freaking way"

Me too.

The top of the line companies make 'em up to size 12, fer cryin' out loud.

Bad shoe stores.

http://www.ariat.com/products_detail.aspx?pcid=8&cid=1&scid=12&pid=638

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mycrazyhair

Oct. 26th, 2007 09:00 pm (UTC)

Sadness!

And, again, I have to tell you how much I love your tags.

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dairymilk

Oct. 26th, 2007 09:51 pm (UTC)

They do - I know quite a few male riders and your feet are not particularily large!!!

I will be happy to help when I come back - should be no problem!

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tlatoani

Oct. 26th, 2007 10:20 pm (UTC)

WTF? I've seen mounted police who are bigger than you.

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