Bus commuting

[scarlettina]

I started commuting by bus last March, when it was already beginning to be lighter in the morning. This morning as I look out the window by my breakfast table, it's dark and wet and cold. I don't have to leave for at least another hour but, well, I suspect I'm not going to enjoy this very much. I need proper boots. I need a warmer raincoat (and I've been looking for one but haven't found it yet). I am not properly outfitted for this commute.

Blech.

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

With regard to boots, it's not my shoe size that's the problem; it's my calf size. My calves are simply too wide for most conventional boots that offer any style at all. I may end up getting goofy rubber boots that will serve for weather, and just change into shoes at the office like I used to when I lived in NYC. It's not optimal, but it's certainly a utilitarian choice.

[janetl.livejournal.com]

Me, too, on the calf size. When that variable is added to my extra-wide shoe size, I can't find anything. I'd love to at least be able to buy some goofy rubber boots for really wet days, but to get the shoe size wide enough, they'd be so long that I'd trip over the toes. I can buy hiking-ish boots that are wide, but they don't tend to be waterproof. Where do the manufacturers think people are hiking, anyway?!