The boots that almost never were

On Christmas, my grandma gave me a beautiful pair of riding boots. I had been lusting after these boots for quite some time. As in months.

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My grandma actually tried to have these boots ready as my birthday gift, but Nordstrom sent her a USED PAIR. And we are not talking about boots that were lightly walked around the store. These heels were all worn down, and the shoes were scuffed beyond before. 

Isn't that bizarre and gross?

When she called and told Nordstrom about it, they quickly found a new pair to overnight and said that they would give her free shipping on her next purchase.

Come on, Nordstrom. For sending a sweet grandmother a pair of used riding boots, you can do a lot better than that!

But anyway. After I had taken my new (not worn!) boots home, I eagerly took them out of their box and tried them on.

And then it happened.

The zipper over my right calf would not go up. 

My left calf was zipped in all nice and cozy, but the right zipper was stuck.

I realized I had one, abnormally fat calf. Devastating. 

I sent picture messages of my half-zipped boot to friends and wrote: Have one fat calf. Do you know any good cobblers? I need a boot stretcher.

Sad, sad, sad.

Of course, once I stopped being so dramatic and actually straightened my leg out more, the boot eventually did zip.

I will have to post an OOTD picture this week so show off my new boots! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!