Tree trunk calves...

[CyclaSutra]

I don't know if I trust my tape measure ... it seems like it has shrunk since the days when I had a 26-inch waist.... but it says 16-something on my calves, too.

All I know is, it's a good day when my Frye Campus boots go over these trunks and don't try to scrunch down. When I bought the boots (the most expensive pair of shoes I've ever bought, at $210) a year and a half ago, they were scrunchin', and now they're not. Yay!

Coincidentally, when I showed a pair of cute cycling socks with three-inch cuffs to a sorority-type coworker, she said "Oh, I could never wear socks like those. They would make my legs look like tree trunks." Hmmm. I reevaluated my sock selection, and now only buy the shorter, 1-inch variety. I'm not getting rid of the taller ones, but it's amazing how an anklet-type sock will elongate and offer a wee bit of slimmingness to my oak-like calves.

Trying to attach a rock-climbing photo that tells all...