Skinny Girls-- You've got to know Stuart Weitzman

If you are on the thinner side, you no doubt know how annoying it is to find a tall boot that's thin enough to lay against your calves. Of course you will find Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik to run narrow... but the general rule is the more expensive the designer; the skinnier the pieces are cut.

Frustrated after a trip to Cole Haan at Northbrook Court, where the boots had so much space off my calves that I looked like Puss in Boots... I swung by Stuart Weitzman. Some of Weitzman's styles are little dowdy for my taste, but he also has some more contemporary lines too.

Major rave for the staff at the Stuart Weitzman at Northbrook Court. The salesperson really listened to what I'm looking for and what my needs are: a boot to accommodate my weight loss, cover most of my legs while wearing office dresses and needs to be polished enough to wear to work. She brought out some great suggestions considering my age, my occupation and my petite size. She even sized me correctly!

I now wear a size 5 shoe. No one believed me that your feet can shrink with weight loss, but I used to be a solid size 6. Then I went down to a 5.5... and she actually had to order me a pair of boots in a size 5!

I came home with this over-the-knee style to wear with leggings, tunics and office dresses:

The style is called the "Mainline," and it's insanely comfortable. The boots are made with the softest napa leather on the planet, so the over the knee height still works with you. I took a size 5.5 with this one because I'm planning on wearing nice, comfy winter socks with them. My foot also doesn't slide forward as much, since it has a short wedge heel.

For a dressier pair to wear with suits, cocktail dresses and "knock 'em dead" attire, I ordered these in a size 5 and they should be here next week:

This style is called the "Jeffe" and I feel like Catwoman in these boots. They were way more comfortable than I was expecting, though I had to size down. The salesperson explained that this is common with high heels since your foot moves forward. According to the salesperson, the suede is already Scotch-Guarded, but I am still going to give them a quick spray down with Shining Monkey car interior spray, aka the best leathergoods product on the PLANET.

I think I'm covered for the fall and winter season!