Boot Shopping Blues

I spent part of this afternoon on a wild goose chase for some boots (with a sweet, participating husband in tow).  I was hoping to find an after Thanksgiving mix of good prices but not as many crazy people as Black Friday, while hoping for products to actually still exist in the stores.  I was looking for some nice, casual, brown, knee-high ladies boots, preferably with some buckles or doo-dads, kinda like these:

I've been wanting some for years and this is the first time I've actually made an effort to search for some. Well either I was being picky or the stores were just picked over, because I didn't have any luck. I did find one gorgeous pair that I loved but they had a scary three digit price tag. No sanx.

So I ended up with these wondermous knitted things with super fuzzy interiors and pom-poms, on sale for $11:

They count as boots right??  Mission accomplished...ok not really...  Maybe I'll renew my efforts and look again soon for some nice brown ladies boots.  Or maybe I'll put it off yet another year...