Fern, thanks for the tip, that is a nice looking shape.
Sara, you and me both! I have been plumbing the depths of Amazon, and with Prime I'm going to try a couple on. I've found some possibilities on Amazon that are less expensive on 6 pm, so if the Amazon pair fits, I might just return it and order there, because 6 pm doesn't have free return shipping. I wish there were more places I could just go and try on a large selection and then stalk them online, but true gray leather boots (particularly in lighter colors) are fairly scarce everywhere in our price range, there isn't a one stop B&M shop I've found.