My younger two children would wear their muck boots to the library if I didn't stop them at the house door! Years ago we picked up a pair for everyone à la "Yours, Mine and Ours" at the feed store and we keep them in a clean Rubbermaid trash can when they are not drying out or in use. Along the way we have been given assorted rain boots and they just don't hold up as well. You need traction in the mud between November and March/April depending on the year. It was quite an adjustment from Southern California (barefoot year round).
I want muck boots SO bad. SO bad. These are the ones I want: http://www.bogsfootwear.com/shop/style/60153-001.html Though, as usual, I do wish they'd take the women's line as seriously as the men's and make really warm/sturdy/comfortable-for-standing-walking-all-day work boots for us, too. I guess women deserve tired/cold/crushed feet? (I'd get a pair of men's boots, but I want the handles at the top.)
I do not know why I deny myself this pleasure, but I do.