I'm NOT McLovin' It.

Oh, don't get me wrong, McDonald's has the best damn fast food French fries known to man, but its not worth it to deal with this crap. To demonstrate my love/hate relationship with McDonald's, I must first go back a few years.

On a random trip to Wilmington, NC, Adam and I stopped at a McDonald's in Myrtle Beach for dinner, just passing through. When we showed up, I ordered my "usual" McDonald's treat, chicken nugget meal with French fries, sprite and plain honey for my dipping sauce. The girl on the other end of the speaker yells back, "We ain't got no honey here, we got honey mustard." Pffft!!! No HONEY?! What the hell?! I then tell Adam to just leave, we're not eating at a McDonald's with no Honey! (Plus, I had conveniently remembered there was another one about 5 miles down from where we were and we'd just stop there). Meanwhile, the whole way to the other Mikey D's, I was explaining how worthless the customer service in this country has become and how honey is a staple of McDonald's dipping sauces and its a travesty that they have taken it away!

So we stop down the street at McDonald's 2.0. I ran off to the bathroom, letting Adam go ahead and order for me. I walk out of the bathroom and Adam and the little guy behind the counter both look like I'm about to hurt them. Adam cautiously tells me that they don't have any honey, but that the guy heard my story and felt so bad that he didn't charge us. Fine. WHATEVER. I'll EAT THEM PLAIN!

Two weeks later, Adam bought me my own bottle of honey to keep in my purse/car just "in case". I wrote a letter to corporate and several months later I got an email explaining that honey is no longer that popular, so they had cut back. Did they send me a "sorry coupon", no, they sure as hell didn't.

But even before that, when I was rooming with my ex-roommate, Angela, we had an experience with the elusive McDonald's. Which ended up with us going to 4 McDonald's within a 10 mile radius JUST to find one that's ice cream machine wasn't broken. And P.S. why the hell do we need 4 McDonald's that close to each other anyway?! No wonder we're an obese nation.

Now....lets forward to this week. On the way back from our Thanksgiving trip, we stopped at McDonald's. Chicken Nugget Happy Meal please. Drove around to the front, and what sauce would you like? "Honey, please". NO HONEY! wtf? Adam drove off, I'm sure I looked like there was a bee in the car my arms were moving about so furiously!

Then today, I wanted a "pick me up" after shopping and thought, ooh a McFlurry would be on point! We stopped. The ice cream machines are broken!

Its a conspiracy against me, I swear it is! I mean, doesn't anyone else eat plain honey on their chicken & French fries?! Doesn't anyone else eat ice cream!? what the crap!

Also, by the sounds of this post, it looks like I eat a lot of McDonald's, but I really don't...especially now. If I'm going to eat fast food, its going to be Chick-fil-A, where they are actually nice and know how to treat customers! I would boycott McDonald's, but I think we all know that won't be happening. haha

Cheesy 80's movies....

Today as I was prancing around the house, I turned on the tv to see what was going on in the world of boring Sunday tv. One of my favorite 80s movies was on, "Teen Witch" and since I haven't seen it in such a long time, I figured I better stop what I was doing and tune in to what I used to love!

I was quickly reminded that Louise (the main character), is the sole reason I wanted to get a perm!! She went from a dorky nerdy girl, to finding out she had magical powers and wanted to be "the most popular girl..." so she could get a guy. Of course, all they really did was get rid of her glasses, change her wardrobe to the super funky 80s-ness that it needed to be and topped it off with a frizzy perm and a perky side pony tail and VOILA! POPULAR!

And apparently being popular also has its perks for breaking out in random rap whenever needed. Below are the cheesiest clips I could find. I never realized how incredibly cheesy this whole movie is, until now:





And I LOVE Louise's sidekick in this one, her little "Blossom" hat and all! haha


"Look how funky he is..." (gosh, with scenes like this, how did this movie NOT have a sequel?!)

and PS, can I just say.... the perm did NOT make me popular. If anything it hindered my social status right until college. thank. you. very. much.

Boy Meets Girl

And here ya have it... the story of me and Adam. Well, sort of anyway:



ps. I LOVE this program on my computer! I'm now obsessed with making musical picture stories! haha

During my afternoon trip to Wal-Mart today, I have finally figured out why Adam doesn't like for me to go there alone anymore. Here are just a few reasons why I should never enter the axis of evil (aka, Wal-mart) by myself:


- I get lured in by the "scrapbook" section. Stickers, glitter, glue guns, ribbon, paper and more oh my!


- I can spend a solid hour circling the same area trying to decide if I really DO need the $3.00 picture frame since its at a "rolled back" low price.



- Spend the next 30 minutes deciding if I need the 5x7 frame or the 4x6. Hell, their only $3.00, I throw caution to the wind and buy both!


- Go to the makeup section, "must get concealer, must get concealer, must get, oooh!! Maxfactor's new highlighter mascara!!!!! and whats this? a newly packaged purple eyeshadow..."


- I also have a knack for picking up several different languages while in Wal-Mart. For instance, "oye mamá caliente", to which I reply, "papi! Que lastima, Soy comprometido y usted no es mono".


- I browse over to the sewing section. My last attempt at sewing, I recall my Granny throwing a ball of yarn at me in frustration. All the pretty fabrics have me thinking, perhaps I'll pick up the art! If Stella on "Project Runway" can sew, then "sew" can I! hehe



- I skip over the shoe section. Lets face it, while I like rolling back prices, you do get what you pay for in most cases.



- I then head over to my favorite section..... office supplies. Its really my mini Mecca in the compounds of Wal-mart. I'm like a kitty with catnip at back to school time. I stare at all of the stationary longingly. I look over the pretty printer papers, the different types of envelopes, the clean, crisp notebooks! I quickly grab pink paper for my "pink polka dot confessions" - newsletter that I write my bridesmaids and of course.... the pink envelopes to match!



- Today I also found a new favorite section. Apparently, Martha Stewart has dumped K-mart and started hocking her Wedding Stuff at Wal-mart! ooh I love it! I'm contemplating getting the bubbles in little containers.



- To complete my trip, I glance at a few People-esque magazines.


- Look in amazement at how on a Saturday afternoon that there are 32 registers and only 2 are open.


- Look at the two bags I bought and wonder how the hell I just spent $60!



- Walk to car very quickly, I swear Papi is following me!, glance all around the car crazily, have key out and ready to gouge anyone that dare get in my way! - get in the car - lock the doors, start the car, leave parking lot, SHOOT!!! I forgot what I went in to get!!! Oh ..I'll just get it next time.


- Get home, see Adam, yell out, "como estan bitches?!"
Adam: "I see you've been to wal-mart..."