Dr. Martens Women's 'Gia' Ankle Boots

I have purchased Dr. Marten shoes from Overstock previously and always had great luck. Dr. Martens tend to run a little wide but that typically a good thing for me because often shoes run too narrow to wear socks so I have to go either without or find some really super thin socks to wear. I don't find the shoes to be huge and run fairly true to size and I can wear shoes from a 7 1/2 to a 9 depending upon the maker and the shoe type (flat/heel/boot). I found this boot to fit great except for the ankle. Due to childhood surgery I have abnormal ankles that are a bit wide. As a result I cannot zip these boots closed. I'm hoping the leather will stretch some and allow me to eventually close them all the way so I can wear them. It is very difficult for me to find boots, even winter boots, that will account for a wide ankle (I've even tried the Men's sizes in the Ugg style boots without luck and even wide calf boots with limited luck). There was a Dr. Marten ankle boot on the site before that worked for me, but seems the newer styles are just too narrow in the upper part of the boot.