The #SpecialK30 Challenge

Special K is 30 years old this year, and they have challenged bloggers to look at how they've changed in the last 30 years since 1983, so this is my entry for the Britmums/Special K "How I've changed Linky Challenge"

That's me, with my brother and sister, aged about 10 or 11. My sister is the serious and sensible one and I'm the one who looks like I'm a foot too tall for my trousers! White socks were all you could get back then and hair had to be brushed until it was as close to an afro as humanly possible. I don't need to tell you that brown was all the rage and a patterned carpet hid the crumbs.....

1983 was a big year for me. It was the year I started Secondary School. School wasn't my favourite place that year, it's very hard being 11. I turned 12 in the November and I remember having a party for some friends at my house, but we were all very grown up and didn't play games. My Grandparents took me out to a 'restaurant' for my tea at the weekend, and it was an incredibly special occasion because it was the first time I'd ever been out for a meal. Looking back, what I thought was a posh hotel in the countryside was in fact just a large pub in the outskirts of Derby, but I still grin whenever I get the opportunity to go past.

I was about 25 when I first tried Special K, and I've eaten it ever since. My little boys think it's Mummy's special breakfast and it's called 'K', and they also love it. I was genuinely intrigued by the new recipe because I hate it when gimmicky things devalue something you like, but I didn't need to worry. It is really tasty. 

New 3 Grain Recipe Special K is made with wholegrain flakes of rice, wheat and barley, so it now contains more fibre plus all the other wholegrain goodness you'd expect. The taste is different, you can clearly taste the wheat and barley, and it has a more bran-type taste. It's very nice, and has had the thumbs up from me and my lot.

So this is me now, with two of my sons, my oldest child at 19, and my youngest at 3. The way I've changed most over the last 30 years is that I am no longer someone's child, but I'm very definitely someone's Mum! (And I don't possess any white socks....)

I was sent a box of Special K to try in order to take part in this challenge.