One of the hardest things to adjust to freshman year is, undoubtedly, dorm living — and (ew) shared bathrooms. While the bathrooms I frequented in Clara Dickson some years ago were pleasantly clean, you still couldn’t have paid me to shower without some protection between my feet and the shower tiles. Thus, for once, cheap rubber flip flops became a new wardrobe staple. My flops of choice? Personalized, bejeweled white Havaianas, weighing in at a cool $98 back in 2006. They lasted about three weeks before gathering enough soap residue to force their retirement. The replacement, $18 plain Havaianas, lasted about as long before the thong came apart from the sole. — $18 to $98