No no... Extremely high quality alligator tail boots. They'll last QUITE a long time as long as I take care of them. My snakeskin's are in the shop now getting resoled, and they only ran $400 or so. So yeah, I plan on keeping and wearing them for quite a few years to come. In fact, until two years ago, I still had the first pair of boots I ever owned, and I'd had them ~15 years. The only reason they're gone now is that they sat under water for a week after Katrina.

As to comfort, nothing can beat a really good pair of boots for comfort. I pretty much wear boots every day. And when I say boots, I mean cowboy boots, just to be clear.