HELP PLEASE!!! ladies ski boots for small feet and Large calves..........

going skiing with my girlfriend in March she is pretty much a beginner, had an hour at Hemel and 5 or 6 goes on plastic, every time suffered with her boots. Now we realise that hire boots can be crappy and they might be better in resort but dont want to risk it! So we are trying to establish which brands/models have a wider calf, any help would be fantastic. Obviously we dont want to spend fortunes just a basic learner/improver boot with priority being comfort. We are going to go shopping and seek advice in store but if anyone has experianced similar then please share your advice. She's a size 3 normal average foot shape and width and high instep, legs are on the short side so her calves are lower down and wider than most. should prob point out she's not an umper lumper and only a size 8- just with unusually large calves! Might kids boots be an option cause they will more than likely come lower down the calf??? cheers for any responses!

Your girlfriend needs to see a decent bootfitter. Forget brands, she needs her foot fitted for the correct size boot. Plenty can be done for wider calves, most women have them, which is why many boots are made in specific versions )
For example:
Longer clips
Heating and shaping the boot where it fits around the ankle.

Childrens boots are unlikely to suit, children rarely have wide calves, the flex of the boots, and the shape inside are not really suitable for adult feet. Unfortunately people are "averaged" for size and shape. If she buys a boot based on it fitting around her lower leg, then it's pot luck that it will fit her foot. Might feel comfy in the shop, which is likely to mean they will be wellies after a week or 2. Do it once, get it right!

Totally agree with what bandit wrote - pretty much any shape foot/leg can be readily fitted by a good technician.
But ...
I do wonder if one of the issues with a learner is not readily understanding what a well fitting boot for skiing should feel like? For me it was trial and error, and pain, and poorly fitting hire boots, and I must admit silly purchase of first boots.

Unfortunately I don't have any words of wisdom as to what good boots should feel like!
Does anyone else?

I do remember an instructor being horified as to how loose my boots were once, when I thought they were really tight and having just come back from skiing with my 16yo son when something similar happened.
He said his ankle was hurting, were his boots too tight? I checked and did all the clips up two notches, he was amazed how better they fitted (I was amazed I'd been allowed to interfere).
I think it is a really difficult thing - purchasing first ski boots, but good boots make so much difference, more than skis in mhi