Styling my Basquiat x Doc Martin boots until they are comfortable to wear

I’ve posted before, but I have Long Covid, which has made it hard for me to get out of the house. So I have been setting myself style challenges to get back into dressing up and doing my makeup. This week I challenged myself to style a pair of boots I’ve had for years that were literally collecting dust on my shoe rack. I never wore them because they were so stiff and uncomfortable. I decided to use some of my hiking foot prep techniques (multiple socks, taping up hot spots, body glide) and a lot of shoe stretch spray and Doc Martins wonder balsam to break the shoes in.