Dark and Stormy

Ah.....the orange sunset of....my rain boots. And ginger beer, an umbrella, and rum. It's that never-ending rainy season here, which made me feel like now was the time to make some home-brewed ginger beer and sit back with a nice dark and stormy post-writing (and, OK, during writing. sometimes).
These Eddie Bauer rain boots are stylin' enough for me to keep them on during talks (much to the amusement of a senior faculty member, who exclaimed about their orangeness). They also seem to match anything....today it was a blue skirt, black v-neck and pearls. Yes, pearls and rain boots.
Do you have rain boots you'd wear to medium-dressy functions? Would you like to see me rocking these with pearls?
By the way--the link on ginger beer will give you a step by step on how to make it--it's actually not that difficult and you can adjust the ginger and lemon to your liking.