bookmark_borderReveal my 43 year old knees?

jean shortsWay back in the day I had a pair of very worn-in jean shorts. They looked much like this.

Note: my legs did not – even at 24 or so – look like that. Nor did I wear black nylons under them or a top resembling anything like that…I did, sometimes, wear bicycle shorts under them — once they got to the point that it was either that or stop wearing them due to — ahem — privacy concerns.

Now I am seeing everyone wearing them again. And I am so tempted to chop up a pair of old jeans to get with the fashion of the day. It’s either that or buying a pair of khaki shorts for the dreadful temperatures ahead…

bookmark_borderThe boot designing cabal hates me

My calves look normal to the naked eye. Shapely even. And if my feet were a size 7 they would not be considered — gasp — wide.

But they are.

You see, my feet are a size 5½ and not unusually chubby but they are not Cinderella slender either. So I need to buy my size in a wide width— not so easy — or a size bigger which gives me the room but alters the fit. That’s how I deal with shoes…

But boots. Oh, boots…

Those people who make boots also make me miserable. I want nothing more than a tall boot. I feel such a boot would complete so many of my outfits. But no. Try to find a size 5½ boot in a wide width/wide calf. You can’t. Or at least I can’t.

I guess the boot designing cabal thinks the dainty creatures with such deliciously petite feet must also have slender calves.