What are your workhorse shoes for a business casual workplace? ( dress shirt & pants, no tie or suit ).
I've been rotating between a black cap toe and a burgundy quarter-brogue, but the black cap toe has been getting like 75% of the wear because I feel the burgundy shoe doesn't go too well with everything.
I own a dark brown strand and a walnut mcallister, but feel that they are a little too flashy for work, especially the walnut color.
Here's what I currently have. What brown shoe should I get with a simple pattern to rotate in?

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Cross posting this from SF:
I've sorted them from most formal to least formal. I'm looking for 2 main solutions:
(1) I want a new brown pair of shoes to wear to work. I currently rotate in the J&M Aldrich's, but they don't fit me well, and they are also a burgundy color that feels too formal. I like the quarter brogue style (similar to the fifth avenue). The weird thing is, if I replace with with a fifth avenue in brown, then I end up having a very similar shoe to my strand. What would be a good light to medium brown colored shoe that would be a good workhorse shoe? ( business casual work environment - buttondown and slacks, no tie or suits ). The strand and mcallisters I own feel too flashy for my work environment. I'm thinking some kind of moc/apron toe here? Or another quarter brogue in a light to medium brown?
(2) For casual wear / dates, I have 2 nice options for dressier occasions (the strand and mcallister), but only the desert boots for more casual situations ( button down and jeans, etc ). What would be a good option for something dressier than the desert boot but more casual than the mcallister/strand? Maybe some type of boot?
I'm finding it annoying that I spent the most amount of money on the two shoes that I wear the least.
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