The title says it all.
Every time my kids eat one of these:
I eat one of these:
Hello lover.
No matter how hard I try to deny myself at the McDonald’s drive thru I ultimately succumb to temptation. See, I used to be a lot stronger…or more selfish, well, you decide.
Back when my will was more my own, I used to order that Happy Meal and deny myself. That was until I’d pull out of the drive thru and inhale ¾ of the small fries, leaving only ¼ left for my child. Yes, I did that…more than twice. Enough with the interrogation already! Fine, I did it all the time. The worst part was that my son actually thought that only a few fries came in that nifty little pouch because I was so covert in my thievery. So I’d steal the fries, be mad at myself for eating them and then feel guilty for having stolen them. This was just too much emotional drama for a fast food run so I broke down and made the conscious decision to just start ordering for myself because, hey, I deserve more than ¾ of a small fries order. And oh yeah, because stealing is wrong.
Come to mama.
I have grown (and grown) into the fine Mommy Friend you see before you today; full of class and style, not to mention a sophisticated palette.
And because I know fast food isn’t good for me, I always order a Diet Coke just to balance things out.
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Agreed with the fries, my goodness!
As for Gary and Bill, obviously we were irresponsible Betta owners…either that or there was something frightening in our water. Funny that our experiences with Bettas are so radically different! Thanks for visiting our site, hope to hear from you soon!
Hi – just visiting via ThetaMom’s retweet. So glad I stopped by – I love your blog. I, too, find myself weakened in the drive through. Before I had kids, I don’t think I’d eaten McDonald’s in a decade. Wish I could say that’s still the case, but no. I think there’s crack in those fries.
Loved your post about Gary & Bill. We have a Betta (also purchased for longevity – what was I thinking?), and that thing will not die. I mean, yeah! Such a healthy fish… for me to take care of. 😉 Your son sounds so cute – he handled Bill’s death very well.
I’ll be back to read more (and congrats on the award nominations)!
I love this post! My husband always orders a diet coke with his super sized gigantic meal. It makes me laugh 🙂 I too am guilty of stealing fries!!
I know right! I do the same thing and I promise myself I wont but then when we are sitting at the stop light, I find myself sneaking a few fries. They just smell so delicious!!
Hey Mommy Friend! Love the post! I do the exact same thing- order a diet coke with a juicy, delicious, calorie-filled McDonalds burger (Big Mac for me)! I love your posts and just recently subscribed.
Hysterical! That picture of you eating – you look so guilty! And, really, it IS too much to ask to sit in a car and smell those fries without, you know, helping yourself to one or 17. Today we went to In-n-Out and got the kids shakes – and an order of fries, which they didn’t even know about because they were just for me!
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Oh my gosh I TOTALLY could have written this post!! I always have best intentions until I get to the speaker and then french fries, cheeseburger, and sweet tea, spews out of my mouth. Oh well. We can’t all be perfect mommies!!
I used to be that way with McDonalds. The fries are honestly the best in the fast food world. And I love fries.However, now the only place we really “frequent” is Chick-Fil-A. My biggest problem is that Turtle is somewhat anti-fry. So what to do with his leftovers??? It’s a pickle.
ah the things we do for out kids. ;o) I used to help finish my daughter’s food when she was little all the time…but then she went through this phase where she would make the remaining part of her meal disgusting! I know she wasn’t doing it on purpose, but it sure made me too ill to eat it. I’m not sure if she did me a favor or not. hummmBody by McDonalds!
i always give my daughter only “half” the fries in her meal… i sure as heck don’t want HER to eat all that junk… i’ll sacrifice and eat it instead.
OMG How hysterical- I’ve so borrowed a fry or 10 from my kids meals too!but you are seriously a stick figure (from what Ive seen on here) so you can eat 3 angus burgers…. you go girl!
So True! It doesn’t help that things are just a $1! Teaching preschool also makes me fat with two snacks a day!