So plumbing S and I met up this morning in search of boots with steel toe caps. First of all we went to Blanchfords - an occasionally patronising, sometimes overpriced but usually ultimately successful experience. They had nothing under a size 8 (S and I are both about a size 5) - but they confidently sent us to the tool hire place over the way.
The tool hire place said 'Size 5? Who are they for?' We turned round together from our viewing of their display of large boots and said in tandem 'Us', and waved our perfectly normal sized (if you are a girl) feet in their general direction. One wonders who else we might have been buying for. Who doesn't buy their own safety boots?
They burrowed through the catalogue and said there was only one style available in size 5 and that we would have to order them specially. This boot is available in sizes 5-11 and in two colours, brown and honey (= light yellow). Just underneath this it said 'size 5 available in honey only'. Jokes were made about girls and honey. But not in a bad way. We decided however to try the army surplus store before we placed our order. 'Not much call for 5s' they said as we left.
But over at the Army Surplus we were in luck -- plumbing S got a brown pair in size 5 and I got a grey pair in size 6: no 5 in stock but I'm a big 5 anyway and with big socks 6 is fine. So we are legit, and allowed into the workshop on Tuesday.
But jeez, I ask you. And what would Ms Y do with her size 3s?
joella
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