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1. Faux-fur-lined sneaker boots to bridge the gap between streetwear and ~sleet~wear.
2. Inexpensive UGG-like boots, because the Comfy Life is forever (even though the comfy months are over).
3. Lightweight Columbia boots that practically beg you to take them to the edge of a frozen lake and contemplate your existence.
4. Combat-esque boots with a side-zip, because you don't want to waste time lacing up when you could be outside, getting the perfect windswept selfie during an unforecasted flurry.
5. Faux suede ankle booties that might be mistaken for the cutest winter-ready shoes on this Frosty Earth. Oh wait, that's not a mistake at all, and they totally are!
6. Insulated Adidas boots to make you reinterpret the Run-D.M.C. classic "My Adidas" as your personal ballad to these sporty little numbers.
7. Explorer-ready Sorel boots so you can show up to the summit in style (maybe with icicles hanging from your nose because you forgot a scarf, but stylish nonetheless).
8. Intrepid tall boots for jumping rock to rock in a frigid stream. Wow, you're much more daring when your toes aren't screaming for warmth!
9. Sketchers boots with nostalgic hiker-core vibes that harken back to an era when snow days just meant having fun at your house.
10. Velcro-secured kids' boots your Below-Freezing Baby can put on all by themselves.
11. Self-cleaning Muck boots for shoveling snow that gently canvassed your lawn, but didn't have the decency to remove itself once you got tired of seeing it.
12. Insulated and fur-trimmed kids boots with a bungee lacing system to make (at least) one step in the process of bundling up your Little Snow Angel a bit easier.
13. Propét ankle boots so you can serve Lady Of Wealth looks, like you just stepped away from your mountainside cabin. "No, we only rent the cabin once a season; I promise my life isn't always so opulent."
14. Tall nylon Polar boots to trounce any slush trying to sneak into your socks.
15. Omni-heat Columbia snow boots that announce to the world you're prepared to do anything, be it surviving a catastrophic snowstorm or cultivating a rugged aesthetic.
16. Suede duck boots ready to knock some snow off your tires when you're kicking them in the morning, desperate to get your car out of a snowbank and start driving to work.
17. Fur-lined chukka boots for fashioning yourself into some sort of Icy Rogue and keeping your look on-point (like an icicle).
18. Columbia Ice Maiden boots that turn everywhere you go into a winter wonderland, with or without the chill dance scenes.
19. Fur-lined combat boots with zip pockets the perfect size for storing some emergency-hot-chocolate money.
20. Slip-on snow booties to handle whatever Adverse Conditions you put them through, without relying on a bunch of laces to hold themselves together.
21. And Keen leather boots that would take your hand and lead you out of a blizzard (if you somehow met them in human form).
You, when you have to tell the world about your new boots:
Oh, the weather outside is frightful:
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