Lydia II Faux Shearling Lined Boot (Women)

Over the years, I've purchased 2 pairs of these boots. They've lasted me about 2 years each. At 1 point, the ties came untied. I was able to knot them and get them to stay they are tall but not too tall and super warm and comfortable. I'm considering a third pair as these are. My daily wears in winter, And they do get quite beat up. They clean up quite nicely with just a soft brush.

I got these in the tan color. I really wanted to like these boots. I still really like the look of them, they're very cute with the 'shoestrings' up the back, however, they're more of a thicker cord material, which doesn't stay tied together for more than a few hours before having to re-tighten them, which isn't something anyone wants to do. So, as another review mentioned, I'd likely have to use super glue to get it to stay in place, which would probably work but the thought of having to use super glue on a brand new pair of shoes is a little silly and not something I wanted to do. I already had a pair of Bearpaw boots that I purchased about 7 years ago (and wore about 6 months out of each year) and the quality was great and the only reason I started looking for a new pair was because the soles are finally starting to wear thin (because the soles were made of a soft foam material) I will return these recently purchased shoes because there are hidden pieces of plastic or some other very hard material inside of the shoes just below the ankle area in both shoes that kept cutting into my ankles every time I would try to walk in them. I'm not sure if it was just a faulty pair of shoes, however, as I waited on starting a return on these because I wanted to see if all of Bearpaw's shoes are like this now, I purchased a different pair, 'Boshie Hickory', and after wearing them for a little bit, I did start to feel that same feeling hitting into my ankles, but just slightly enough that it doesn't irritate them like these do. So I'm not sure what has changed over the years in their design but these just weren't comfortable to me, even though I liked the look and height of these a lot more and wish they would've worked out but don't want to risk them not fitting comfortably again. The fit of these also feels off compared to the Boshie Hickory shoes I purchased afterwards, these are very very tight when first putting them on, making me think I got a size too small, so I would recommend sizing at least one up.