text: these boots are beautiful, well made, sturdy, and a great bargain for leather boots! However, there is a serious problem with buying boots online: you can't try them on. So, you have to rely on the description and reviews. RELY ON THE REVIEWS! These boots are tiny. I wear a women's size 6, I never wear a 6 &1/2, and I've never bought a size 7. So, I went a half size up to buy these boots since everyone said they ran small, still too small in the 6&1/2! I'm not sure a 7 would be big enough if I wanted to wear warm socks (which I would with boots in the winter). Additionally, unless you've got tiny calves, you won't be wearing these beauties with your skinnies either, they aren't going to fit in the shaft. I would buy them again because they are a wonderful deal and I love them, but I simply don't want to risk buy a 7&1/2 and returning another boot. I'm really sad. If I found them in a store and could try them on I would most likely buy them, but I think these boots are just sized wrong. I bet anyone who got these in their size will return them.