I took the plunge

and bought some of these

bad boys

which I have been wanting for years

and I can't wait for them to come

although I can wait for the 

weather that one usually needs to wear these

and knowing my luck

Ryan will get into dental

school in Arizona, or

somewhere that you would never need rain boots

we had a bunch of rewards points from

our bank account that were going to expire

and what do you know...they had a zappos.com

gift card on there

so really...I only had to pay $25

SCORE!