The Bow Belle

Today is no special day in particular, so I dug out Keroppi. Mama gave her stamp of approval; she likes frogs as long as they don't jump on her.  But then I think that's all of us!  I'm not afraid of frogs, but I'll scream if one surprises me. In other news, my manicure gave out last night, and when that happens it's time for a change.  This is Carter, one of Zoya's Pixie Dust colors. This one was kinda hard to work with; y'all can probably see how sloppy my cuticles are.  It took three coats to get the shade and opacity that I wanted, but it was worth it.  My nails could sing " Hush " now, LOL.  For the record, "Carter" and Zoya's other Pixie Dust shades are textured, which is new territory for me.  I've never had nail polish that wasn't smooth...until now. Cheers,  RagingMoon1987

It's Keroppi's birthday today! If Keroppi were a real little frog he'd be my age, thirty-six.  He was released in 1988 to celebrate Japan's rainy season that year, and I guess the public liked him.  In 1990 he'd outranked Hello Kitty herself as Sanrio's most popular character, but he's dropped off since then.  Keroppi is one of a set of triplets and has a girlfriend (all their names are a play on the Japanese word for "frog"). Truth be told, if we're gonna do Sanrio, Aggretsuko is my girl.  She's a red panda (I love red pandas), and she's very, VERY relatable.  Retsuko's birthday is Novenber sixth, but I've yet to find a hair bow with her on it.  This New York Times article lists Spottie Dottie and Pandapple as Sanrio's biggest flops, so I'd LOVE to find one of them on a hair bow.  I'll make my own if I have to!  Shame that Spottie Dottie was a flop, because I think she's cute.  Build-A-Bear apparently agreed ...