I'm seeing a lot of reviews that state to go down up to a full size, and that decision was a disaster. One full size down from my regular? I couldn't fit them on my feet. One half size down? Had to force them on, and the foot-bed felt weird. My regular size? Foot-bed feels great, but there is a lot of slip around my ankle.

I am not sure about keeping these. I like the quality of the leather and I like the look of the style and they sync with my personal taste of 'give me comfy or GTFO' but I'm worried about developing blisters with that ankle fit, and they're rather pricey to keep against such a maybe.

Update -- I ended up exchanging the Brandy for the Blue Spell color, but the blue was much darker than the depiction of on the screen. More navy/cobalt. I sent them back.