Jelly Shoes/Jellies

Everywhere I go lately I see jelly shoes, a.k.a. jellies. Those plastic shoes from the 80's that come in all different colors. I've always loved jellies. I'm pretty sure still have a pair of see-through pink ones in my old closet in my parents' house I need to dig up! I remember being at the store with my mom as a kid and staring at a huge display of jellies in all different colors. They had white, yellow, red, bright orange, bright pink, bright green, bright blue, etc., etc. I stared at them the whole time my mother was shopping. She told me she wanted to buy me the white ones (which seemed a little boring to me) and that if I wore them, she'd buy me one pair of any other color I wanted. I couldn't decide between the bright orange and bright blue. I decided on the bright blue. (I want the bright orange jellies now!!). Well, I have no idea what happened to the white and blue pairs and it's hard to find the ORIGINAL 80's jellies now-a-days. The ones I see now have a design akin to swiss cheese with holes. Did you notice that the new ones in the stores now also seem to be cut HUGE?? I think I'd need a 5. Ok, so last night I was at the mall and found a pair of clear pink 80's-style jellies and they were a size 5 (they didn't have my size in the purple which I wanted) but they had a silver leather bow in the front and the straps from the bow were wrapped/intertwined around the whole shoe, which I'd never seen before. The girl working there said "You have to have the right personality to pull them off. You can't be walking around like, 'My life sucks but my shoes are cute'. " So, I figured I was in good shape since I'm pretty happy with my life these days...although I thought they did look a little too little-girly but decided to purchase them anyway since they were less than $8 and I don't give a shit what people think of me anyway. They were the super-soft kind too that actually were comfortable. I told her my husband would probably say they were cute (because that's what he says about my affinity for plastic Goody baby barrettes). He didn't end up finding them quite as adorable as I had thought but when I told them they were only $7 & some change he said, "You'll at least get one use out of them." (???). Well, I only need one pair of jellies with a bow anyway! I do, however, need multiple pairs of plain jellies and look forward to buying them in almost every color of the rainbow before the summer ends...

UPDATE: Called the store; they have these in clear & purple in size 5/6; think I'm exchanging them.

FURTHER UPDATE: Ok, so when I returned them I got the new ones for only $5 (on sale). Saw clear ones that look just like the real 80's deal at Target. Hot Topic has some nice opaque colored ones with stars on the sole. I'm obsessed!