My mother gave me these pink bead and sequin slippers by Sweet and see, I didn’t run away from her. I still call her a few times a week. She bought them maybe five years ago in Chinatown (Los Angeles) for about $3.00. They’re kind of nice, right? The beads form the stems and leaves and the clusters of sequins make pretty flowers. Various Chinese brands started making the same slipper in a great assortment of colors and they really caught on. Then mall stores started selling them with at least a 300-500 percent markup. Ridiculous! I’m glad mine were a gift from my mama.