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I gave in to temptation

Posted by tmwilson524@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 108 comments

I gave in to temptation

So I have this old Goody "tortoise shell" barrette that is super 1980s that I still wear once in a while, it's a workhorse and I love it.

I was looking at Ebay the other night, looking for discontinued perfumes, and ran across this and I had to buy it! I had 3 of these growing up, yellow, green, and red, but more than anything I wanted the pink/purple one. Well, I'm 51yrs old and it showed up in the mail today!!! I also found another seller who had 2 packages of those tortoise shell ones and they are on the way too... I feel like a kid on Christmas over this!!! It's unopened and I can't wait to start on these!!! I wonder if I can start a trend with these, probably not considering I'm not on the TikTok and my YouTube is just personal stuff and all private, but I'm just going to sit here and make my barrette in peace.

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Ok-Sprinklez@reddit

I'm 58 years old and I just bought the single stand ribbon to tie in my hair. This is super fancy. You youngens got everything!!!

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Lonely_Storage2762@reddit

It's great when you turn fifty and realize you can buy anything you wanted as a kid. For me I decided I was going to start collecting and reading the original Nancy Drew books. None of the libraries had the entire series when I was a kid and I always wanted to read all of them. You will get so much enjoyment out of those barrettes now more than when you were a kid!

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weedy_wendy@reddit

new barrettes have razor sharp edges!! i don’t trust them…

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hundredpercentdatb@reddit

The coolest girl in second grade had these, she wore socks with her jellies

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NoGame212@reddit

I saw jellies in Target yesterday. They had insoles in them. 😂 I told my hubs that was cheating.

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hundredpercentdatb@reddit

Totally cheating. What next, fabric Mary Jane’s with arch support?

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larue555@reddit

I just saw farbic mary janes with comfort insoles! Granted they are like 80.00 to 160.00 vs 15.00. But they do exist.

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ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit

Hot Chocolate makes some really cute ones if you don't mind a $90 price tag

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nygrl811@reddit

Where?!?!?!

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larue555@reddit

The most expensive is what is stuck in my head.

https://rothys.com/products/square-toe-mary-jane-black

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frooootloops@reddit

I mean, I wouldn’t mind…

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nygrl811@reddit

My dream!!!

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OnceMostFavored@reddit

Cons have a little bit of arch support, and my new knee-highs have zippers up the back.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Absolutely that's totally cheating! These new generations are so soft sometimes.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

She probably didn't have the blisters!!

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CharismaticAlbino@reddit

That's why you wore the socks!

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SuzIsCool@reddit

Please tell us you have a daughter! Or a niece.

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Separate-Project9167@reddit

Can you comment with a pic of the instructions please 😂

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Yes! I planned on it, but it wasn't in this package. I have another set of 5 coming so hopefully at least one of them will have it!!

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kareninthezoo@reddit

I 💯 hope that you’ll wear them too! If I saw you out & about, it would MAKE MY DAY!!

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TheCrowMistress@reddit

I thought I was Olivia Newton-John, in Xanadu when I wore mine!

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dctune@reddit

Girl, you’re gonna be ready to catch that Tiffany concert over at the mall now!

And just think how cool that’s gonna look under the black lights at the skating rink!

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Hahaha! I don't think I could skate if I wanted to, maybe I'll try again.

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dctune@reddit

It’s been that once you put these in your hair, the power to skate returns. But only to those who lived through the glam metal years.

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Substantial-Art-482@reddit

I've been searching for this spell for years! Years I tell you! (I miss skating so much 😫)

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Kind-Passenger-3935@reddit

My kid is on the skate team and they practice at the Olympia down the road. They haven’t changed anything in 40 years. Same carpet, same vinyl covers on the walls of all the coolest new artists (Madonna, Michael Jackson, George Michael, etc). It was wild when I went in the first time. I expected some updates 😂

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

May the skate gods give me the ability!!! 😆😆😆

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

It won't let me edit for some reason! Thank you all for the wonderful memories and stories!!! Once the others come in, they have instructions, I'll get to work on them!!

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wtfw7f@reddit

At first I thought someone was going to Frampton out to Feel Like I do. I was disappointed by barrets. I wanted mouth harp.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

I actually missed a Frampton concert to hang out with my new guy... we've been married 17yrs now. He took me to see Frampton a few years ago and it was wonerful!!!

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DevonianD@reddit

I had a cottage industry with my neighbor making and selling these on the bus.

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UnhingedBlonde@reddit

Me TOO! We had several minor industries on our bus lol. The gum/candy boy, me (the barrette girl) and the cinnamon toothpick girl.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Cinnamon toothpicks!!!! My God, I had forgotten about them! Just reading it made my mouth water!!!

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Smart! I wouldn't think to do that.

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nygrl811@reddit

I had a ridiculously large collection, and a stuffed "head" with long brades to store them!

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Moonsmom181@reddit

I made my own and sold them in the 80’s. Thanks for the flashback!

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Maude007@reddit

Memory unlocked

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MissySedai@reddit

I spent HOURS with my bestie in middle school weaving these!

I think my granddaughter needs some...off to eBay I go!

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LassieDear@reddit

Wait, does this mean my mom actually braided mine, because I sure didn’t

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Probably, but I remember them being on sale at a lot of church bizarres and school fairs, maybe she bought them already made. So maybe both!

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BetMyLastKrispyKreme@reddit

*Bazaars 🙂

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MissySedai@reddit

...but really, a lot of church craft fairs were pretty bizarre...

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LassieDear@reddit

I asked her and she said she definitely didn't make them either, so they probably were from a craft fair. I loved them and got a pink and purple bike to match

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caught-n-candie@reddit

Who had the feathers that were actually roach clips? 😂

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MissySedai@reddit

DOZENS! A clip for every outfit!

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TT_Mouse@reddit

I still have some! Got mine at the State Fair along with those small mirrors with band logos on them!

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HairRaid@reddit

My grandmother gave me a purple-feathered one! She had no idea what it was, but "the young girls at work" were wearing them. My parents, who actually did smoke pot, laughed when they saw it.

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radishgrrl@reddit

I wore those! My older brother told me what they really were but I didn’t care. I thought they were fab.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

In my area only the older "pot heads", as they were called back then, had the feathers. Wow, I hadn't thought of that in a very long time! 🤭🤭

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mcas06@reddit

I’m wearing jelly shoes right now …. They’re made by crocs tho, don’t rip up your feet.

I loved these barrettes!!!!

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liand22@reddit

Loved these! My beloved older cousin made me a bunch of them. My favorites were ivory ribbons with rainbow beads.

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shedwyn2019@reddit

OMG! OMG! I had forgotten about those until now. I loved mine!

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DesignNormal9257@reddit

This was such a wholesome trend.

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MiMiinOlyWa@reddit

When were these popular? I think I missed them. My hair was always thick and stupid so maybe I didn't pay attention to them because they wouldn't work

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

I remember having mine in 2nd-4th grade, so '81-'84, maybe. I'm sorry your hair wouldn't take them, I'm honestly not sure my hair is thick enough to wear them, but I'm going to try!!

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Radiant-Maple@reddit

1980-1982? If I’m remembering correctly.

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iamasturdlevinson@reddit

Yes sister! I loved those! Remember these too?

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HaloTightens@reddit

Owww, my knuckles!

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cocktail_maven@reddit

The pain when one of these would snap.

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iamasturdlevinson@reddit

And these?

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

I loved these, but I lost them all the time.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

My head hurts just thinking about those!!!!

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HaloTightens@reddit

I actually had this set as a kid!! I didn’t have diddly crap in general, but somehow I did get one of these. I braided them and wore them and they were beautiful. 🥰

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HumpaDaBear@reddit

I had those!

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Sad_Jellyfish4394@reddit

I always wanted those. But we be poor and my hair is fine texture so when i used my cousins they would never stay. Congrats on the find and have fun.

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Few_Policy5764@reddit

I loved mine, pink / white braid. The other was purple and white. I wore them all the time.

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ohkatiedear@reddit

I had the purple and white ones. I loved them so much.

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Massive-Ant5650@reddit

I loved these back in the day 😍

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Responsible_Row1932@reddit

Oh! I had a green and white one I wore to go with my Girl Scout uniform.

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msn110@reddit

Nice! I suspect a couple of sets could be in a childhood box around here somewhere yet (blue/white and pink/white).

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Historical-Kick-9126@reddit

Omg, I used to love these☺️

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moxiemoon@reddit

Always wanted these but never got them!! I had those style of barrettes but not the ones with the ribbons. Lucky!

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Hello_Hangnail@reddit

I've been wearing the same barrette for 25 years! I thought I lost one of them last week and it felt like my dog died for a minute

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

I would die if I lost mine!!!! I keep it in my jewelry box when I'm not wearing it.

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RVAgirl_1974@reddit

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I absolutely LIVED to coordinate my outfits with my ribbon barrettes and had a full on barrette organizer wall hanger thing.

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-Blixx-@reddit

You sound like the type of person who wore kaepa cheer shoes just to change the triangles to match your outfit (and didn't cheer)

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Ha! I was a wannabe more than anything else in grade school, by Jr High my dark heart started to win the fight. I had just heard The Smiths and The Cure the summer going into 7th grade.

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painterlyjeans@reddit

Me too

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RVAgirl_1974@reddit

Nope! But multiple pairs of Tretorns. 😉

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Yes!!! I wouldn't wear them if they didnt match perfectly!

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painterlyjeans@reddit

I miss these but my hair was to fine

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radishgrrl@reddit

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I so wanted to be Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu, so rocked those on the regular. Now I want some! Well done you!! 💜

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RandyBeaman@reddit

My mind went right to Xanadu when I saw this post. Of course it's one of my favorite movies.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Ha! Memory unlocked!!! I can't believe I didn't remember this!

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Passenger_08@reddit

Me too and this was the first thing I thought of.

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Electric-Dandelion@reddit

let me know if you find bumblebee bobbie pins, circa 1975

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Ohhh, I'll be on the lookout for you! I've seen butterfly ones, but not the bees!

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fullmetalmonster7@reddit

Please post your results here!!!! I had these when I was little. I'd love to see how it turns out! 🤩

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

I plan on it once I have them done!!

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Mysterious_Row_@reddit

😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Guilty-Pen1152@reddit

So cool! Where’d you find the kit? I bought some ribbons and beads but haven’t found the right kind of barrettes yet.

Please post pics when you finish making them!

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Ebay! They sell them in singles and in bundles! Make sure you look around because the pricing is all over the place!! I paid $10 with free shipping because I wanted these so bad! I also got a 5 pack for $13.87, so just shop carefully! I've seen singles over $25!!

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Guilty-Pen1152@reddit

Thanks so much!

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OtherwiseWafer1269@reddit

Get to weaving those ribbons! Make sure you put beads on the end! 🎀

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periodicsheep@reddit

my mom made me the best hair clips. ribbon, beads, plastic canvas. i was totally tricked out in the hair department.

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pickleball_bender@reddit

My grandma and great aunt used to make these for all the girls. We had so many colors! I have no idea what happened to them but think about them often. ❤️

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IamGypsyStarr@reddit

The perfect pink and purple ! I had this one back then! You’ll rock it and get others talking for sure! I still have the large hand size combs that work sort of like a banana clip but so very much better, when I wear them it’s almost like a long Mohawk. I still have fairly large hair. I love those things.

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Lucky you!!! I wish I still had my teenage hair, I'm so glad you do!!! ❤️

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Abject-Cantaloupe637@reddit

I made myself a pair of those for an 80s party a few years ago!

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tmwilson524@reddit (OP)

Radical!! 🤘🤘

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tmmao@reddit

I made those, had several pairs. Long lost now…

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DudeSpiders@reddit

Worked at Rite Aid in the 80s. Had an entire section of nothing but Goody products.

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lonerstoners@reddit

I could never figure it out myself, but thanks to mom, I got to rock these beauties

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3yl@reddit

Wow - what a memory!

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Vast_Cantaloupe1030@reddit

Omg!! The things we store in our brains that we don’t even know are there!!!

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dctune@reddit

“the TikTok”

😂 I love it. We’ve finally made it to the age where we can slap that definite article before any destination. We’ve arrived, yall.

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cacecil1@reddit

Cool!

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Gamergrrl72@reddit

I remember those! 💕