Coach shoes are worth buying if you are going to use them a lot. I bought a pair and I love them. I wouldn't get expensive rain boots if I was only going to wear them in the rain, but if they go on sale, treat yourself!
Sometimes, Coach shoes go on sale at Lord and Taylor or Macy's. I am not sure if rain boots go on sale, but I have seen other designer rain boots at outlets. Like I said before, coach shoes like sneakers or flip flops SOMETIMES go on sale. But if you wear rain boots ALOT when it rains, you should buy a pair... If you them!
The Coach shoes do go on sale at the Department stores. I've seen them at DSW too but I think you can get a better deal at the department stores.
When I used to work at Coach and when most of the stores carried the shoes, they would go on sale at the store as well. I don't know now, I haven't checked lately because the store I worked at stopped carrying shoes.
Coach had their shoes on sale about a month ago (the newer ones). Didn't coach just have a big sale to get rid of all last seasons shoes like 50% off or something like that?