Lisa -- thank you for responding! That is good news that they fit you in your usual size, and that there is some give to the leather.
Donna -- great idea to get a bra extender! Thanks.
Joy -- good to know the Betsey bras will stretch in the band, I feel better about keeping the 30 band.
Parsley -- Thank you for sharing your experience. You may well be right that the Aquas won't fit. Good thing Nordstrom has such great return policies.
Angie -- No I am not off my Simone Perele's at all. I still love them! But I have a constant need for refreshing my bra wardrobe due to hard wear and the need for daily laundering.
Jackie -- your post made me laugh, of course not AT you, you have a model's build and are tall, what is not to envy about that!
HJ -- I am typically a Euro 36 sandals but in boots usually a 37 but high volume feet. It does sound like the 7 would have been a better size, but we shall see.
Thistle -- thanks for the review. It does sound like these run small.
UmmLilla -- I appreciate your thought process.
Kkards -- I didn't see the CK bra! I'm going to try it.
Suz -- I totally missed that there were some SPs on sale. Thanks for the Finds! The Delice is probably my favorite bra ever, so I'm going to order it even though I'm not as into colorful bras as I should be (maybe because they show underneath my uniform white shirts?). The straps, fully tightened, are perfect for me so no alterations needed. I did have to alter the Carrescense and found the lace to be a bit scratchy but this bra has held up well. I do recommend the Delice for you. Go with your smaller band size if available, but the bigger band size works too, fully cranked down.
Adelfa -- Yes! I remember now, you tried them on. I *think* I tried a pair on a year or two ago as well, and from the foggy recesses of my memory I recall I needed a 7 (weird how I did not remember this when I ordered them -- shopping brain?). But we shall see. It seems several YLFers tried but did not keep these boots.
Firecracker Sharan -- it sounds like we have similar feet. I find European footwear to almost always fit me better than American.