hmmm...

that's weird. got a comment from jennkitty indicating that the links to the boots didn't work. i'm not sure why that is, but she correctly identified which boots i liked and which i ended up with -

the ones i liked are the Diamond Peak, but those were the ones that dug into my toes, so i ended up with the Bonanza Peak. the color of choice was the darker brown.

so let's see if just putting the links here will work:

Bonanza Peak (the winners)
Diamond Peak (the non-winners)

thank you jennkitty.