I think I'm really showing my age here, but when I was a kid, Strawberry Shortcake dolls were all the rage. For anyone under… I don't know, 25?… Strawberry Shortcake and her friends were a series of small plastic dolls named – and scented – after different desserts.

This is the one I had – Blueberry Muffin and her pet mouse, Cheesecake.

They smelled like their names, or the closest approximation that fragrance-impregnated plastic can be, I suppose.

But as I kid, I adored that fake kind of scent, just like all kids seem to love things like scented textas, scratch n' sniff stickers, etc.

To be honest, it's not a very attractive doll. Cute concept though. They tried to relaunch Strawberry Shortcake and Friends a few times over the years, but they never really took off again.

Maybe if I went to a Halloween party this year, I'd go as Blueberry Muffin all grown up, and keep everyone guessing all night.

How adorable are those green stripey socks with the blue shoes?

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Anyway, what does this have to do with my manicure?

Well, I picked up a bottle from a brand I've never seen before, W7 (what kind of a name for a nailpolish brand is that?) in Midnight Blue and I decided to give it a whirl today.

Even though this was the pure devil to work with – unbelievably gluggy (hopefully that's just this bottle, and not indicative of the brand) – I was absolutely thrilled with the glossy creme… and the colour.

Oh, this beautiful, beautiful bleu!

I would describe this as an almost smokey navy blue, that almost has a dark teal tinge in certain lights.

I picked Mr K up from the airport tonight (yay!) and asked him if he liked my nails, and he said, "I do. They look like blueberries". It's true. Hence the theme of this post

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I've always shied away from blues and greens, believing that I'd look like a big kid playing in a paint box, but with W7's Midnight Blue I believe I'm won over.

This is a very sultry, sexy colour that is anything but childlike.

I love discovering new colours, especially when they're something I've previously disliked.

I'm going to have fun finding nailpolishes in this palette that's now opened up for me

xx Kiki

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This blog causes me to reminisce a lot. I don't know why.

But I've had a lot of blasts from the past since starting this blog. Or maybe I just write about them now, rather than simply having them and forgetting them.

If you were one of my three siblings, or our friends growing up, the title of this post would probably cause you to start laughing.

At the memory of how much sour grass we used to eat.

And the excitement of spotting a patch of the stuff.

Like the patch I found the other day at Aunty M's.

Um, yep. We used to eat weeds.

I have vivid memories of climbing the fence between our childhood home and the two little old ladies next door, spotting all the sour grass in their yard, and jumping over like little monkeys to swipe some for a tasty snack.

Was it just us little weirdos who used to do this?

Surely those juicy, tender grass-green stalks tempted other kids as well?

I couldn't resist trying a stalk again, for old time's sake.

Om nom nom nom.

What does it taste like?

Well, it tastes like… um… sour.

It's not a citrus-y sour. It's not a real taste at all.

Just…. sour.

But not sucking-on-a-lemon, screw-up-your-face kind of sour. It's really quite pleasant.

I think my walk down memory lane was a little bit over-eager, though. I chewed 3 stalks. And got a tummy ache.

Kids must have cast iron stomachs. I'm sure I used to graze on this stuff like a little moo cow.

So, are you tempted to try it? Or do you think I'm stark raving mad?

If you didn't eat sour grass, I'm betting you did pick Jasmine flowers to drink the little drop of nectar out.

Remember how you had to pop out the little green plug on the bottom of some of them?

I remember standing in front of a Jasmine bush and practically denuding the whole thing!

Aren't those simple pleasures from childhood wonderful?

Reminders for us adults to occasionally stop and smell the roses, sip the jasmine and chew the sour grass

xx Kiki

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