Yay, the boots came in yesterday. Went skating today. Other than being out of shape and like, learning to keep my balance and get around with not falling, pretty good.
I had a panic last night when I tried them on again at home and they were SO TIGHT and my feet were cramping immediately and my larger foot's big toe was pushing against the boot. Calmed down after googling some more, broke out the hair dryer this morning, did a trick where I put some padding in front of that toe when I put the boot on while it cooled. Skated with no socks at all, redid the laces so they were looser over the instep, and all was well.
Except my right foot is smaller and my heel is slipping. Right away. Went and got some makeup sponges last night and played around with it, and they work pretty well, but not perfectly.
Went skating today, and after awhile when I was warmed up, it began slipping again.
It's not a huge problem right now. I'm literally just going around in circles. I can't do crossovers, I'm not even doing swizzles. But I have to find something else to add to help. I'll add more sponges if I have to but I have to think there's something else I can get.
I know I should send it back to Jackson. If I do that, I can't skate at all. We are in the height of public skating season where I am, one rink has wednesday nights until the end of May, and Tuesday nights until August. After that I'll only be able to skate on Fri nights, Sat, or Sun. The rink will Tues nights has an adult LTS starting in June and I am thinking of doing that. So I want to hold out until August if I can. Maybe I'll email Jackson to see if they'll help me still if I wait that long.
If I were single, I'd just actually pay the money and order new boots NOW with the changes I know I need. But it was already over $500 (I had to go semi custom because I'm an EE and needed an extra wide tongue) and there's no way my husband would go for that.
Has anyone got suggestions?