It's a twist... I think.

Last Thursday I made a quick run to Target, (one of my most frequented haunts), in search of a birthday present for a sis-in law when I came upon these: At first, my reaction was disgust; how could any respectable woman dare to don a pair of see-through jelly slippers? My judgement went on: these were obviously for some pre-teen with big feet or a 40 year old mother trying desperately to look younger by dressing like her 8 year old daughter... and then I put them on. Don't ask me why, I honestly think I was trying to prove to my imaginary friend with whom I go everywhere (yes it's true, I have an imaginary friend, but to everyone else it just looks like I have a bad habit of talking to myself all the time. This friend remains unnamed though, as to give the appearance of looking like I'm just talking to myself. ;-)). Anyway, back to my putting on this plastic slipper... So I slipped it on and lo, it was really quite cute. I was shocked, in disbelief and really beside myself with how something so hideous off of my foot could look so cute on it. Often, in the past, I have seen an item of clothing or even a piece of furniture and thought it hideous at first sight but later have witnessed the item in a different context and absolutely loved it. Come on ladies, you've had this happen to you before too, I'm sure!

I decided to carry them around with me while I finished shopping to think on it and in the end, I decided to get them. I later decided that they were a good purchase, albeit, an odd one for me as I normally stick to, how shall I say this, less see-through or pre-school type items of footwear, but got them because they are flats (which I LIVE in) and because they are my style but with a twist. And who doesn't love a twist in the ordinary every now and then? Certainly I do, and besides, I'm not still young enough to pull of such a bold option for footwear and I did get a complement on them the very next day... sure, she was a 3 year old girl but she liked my shoes nonetheless!