My search for the perfect boot has ended.  This is it.  A small, elegant heel, COMFORTABLE, stylish, suede, lined, waterproof, traction, just enough space to tuck in skinny jeans.  Also, it's slim enough to wear under boot-cut jeans.... this shoe is perfect.  It is pricey, but SO nice to purchase something made in CANADA rather than China.  They actually are waterproof--I bought the black ones and have worn them in the rain several times without issue.

Heel is 2 1/2" high.  Shaft is 16 1/2" high from the floor.  Fits perfectly around my calves (14 1/2" calves at widest point).  The first day I wore them, I went to the mall where 2 strangers stopped me and asked where I got them and who made them (one was a man asking for his wife, the other was a girl who started by saying, "I'm not a boot person, but those are so pretty!")  They fit true to size.

WARNING--If you purchase these boots, you are likely to get addicted to the La Canadienne brand.......