Boot Debacle

While Carol's putting together her hit list of Best Boots, I'm aching over these:

Which I find equal parts awesome, functional, and ugly. The lining is redeeming ... maybe?

They're certainly more practical, at least, than these (El Naturalista Organico N051 and Earth Juniper Vegan, respectively) which also are tugging away:

(A friend turned me on to planetshoes.com, which seem to have more gravel-driveway-appropriate footwear than Zappos.)