too funny. using those sandals in that way negates the purpose for the original function of the medium. for shield maiden to place them there is a huge irony.
cowboy (and cowgirl) boots are for keeping sh*t away. they have smooth soles so that no 'gunk' gets stuck in the treads and tracked into the house. they have only a seam at the sole connected to the foot and a seam where the upper connects to the foot. and you tuck your pant legs in up top to keep them out of the muck too when walking among the animals. animals don't care they pee and poop wherever they want when they need to and they are also money, the family livelihood, the bread earners and the collateral. but do not ever track sh*t into a woman's house, no matter how humble it may be, across her clean floors. it don't matter if you are the banker or the priest or any of the family or guests to view the body, you do not track sh*t into a country woman's house. ever. i regularly meet with folks and it does not matter if we are discussing one dollar or 1 million dollars or great grandma's 4th generation homesteading legacy or the weather, i will just tell you this... when you walk into a country woman's house to sit at the kitchen table and discuss life and the future and money and hopes and dreams and stuff, it doesn't matter, you take your boots off on the porch or in the garage and everybody meets in socks, equal. no sh*t.
to wear 'cowboy boot' sandals is a big funny. you will get goo in your toes, under your nails, caked to the sole of your feet. and you will not be allowed into the sanctuary, the kitchen, the heart of the family and operation and business. the one who controls the money maker will shut you out. if you do not know this and follow these unwritten rules then i wish you the best of luck. you will lose your balls. nothing wrong with steers, they serve a purpose too, but steers do not have coffee in the kitchen.
even the fancy laced and colored boots make country folks laugh, even though some get fancy for nights out or show or whatever. but work boots have flat soles and minimal seams and you take them off in polite company. always. don't f*ck with a country girl.
or don't f*ck with a shield maiden either i suppose.