I'm glad to find tall, slide-on, ugg style boots for $30.  Can't beat the price, so that was my motivation for choosing this style (ribbon wrap) over the more dependable styles.

Pros - Great price. Versatile in terms of how tight or loose, how warm or ventilated it is.  It is great for California because as the day heats up you can loosen the boot to allow your feet to ventilate, and then as the day cools off you simply tighten them up.

Comfortable sole, warm, very cute with short skirts.

Cons - Almost too versatile.  The ribbons slip and slide all the time, so you have to find a system that works for you.  A bow-tie does not hold - a knot is definitely needed. I think a few well placed stitches will help with that.  Plus I intend to add a little loop at the top of the boot so that when you want the boot tight you can secure the ribbon to the loop.

The fir on the inside is synthetic and not perfect for my purposes.  One of the reasons I bought tall boots is to protect my bug-bit legs from more bites, etc. Actual sheepskin is soft and gentle on bites, synthetic is slightly itchy - not to regular skin, but to bug-bites.  No worries, band-aids work, but I thought it would be good to let potential buyers know.

Note: The color of the boot in the picture looks like a 'sand' color, but is in fact more of a 'dark tan' color.

Last note - I wear a 6.5 US.  I ordered the size 5 based on the recommendations of other reviewers, and I am glad I did. The reason for the size confusion seems to be a slight misunderstanding about US Men's to Women's shoe size conversion.  The box said US women's 5 - which is wrong.  But it also says men's 4 - which I feel is accurate, because a men's 4 is about a women's 6-6.5.  Just thought I would help clear up the confusion.

Over-all, I'm glad I made this purchase, but if I had another $50 to have spent on these boots, I would have chosen another boot because of the above mentioned reasons.