Honk if you love Cars

Today marks a wondrous occasion.....we no longer have to dine on McDonalds crap food.

I may have mentioned previously that my son's new found obsession happens to be the new Disney flick, Cars. We saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and, aside from one terror inducing scene involving a combine, it was a big hit. The stores really did their part in promoting the film because in the past month my mother has purchased: Cars cereal (two kinds), Cars tissues, Cars beach towel, Cars plates, Cars fruit snacks, Cars chapstick, Cars tee shirts, Cars underwear, Cars pajamas, Cars Leapster game, Cars bike helmet, and Cars yogurt (for a kid who doesn't eat yogurt). She did buy him one toy and he agreed to do chores and be well behaved to earn more. So he earns his money and we head off to Big Blue Yonder and Guess What? Cars is passe.....Superman is the hot item. They cleared the end caps and displays where the Cars stuff was and replaced it with....Superman? Isn't that an adult movie? The only Cars stuff they had left in the store was shoved on a bottom shelf in the back of the toy department, consisting of a few stuffed characters, a package of birthday party blow-outs, and a game of Cars checkers. So I figure, hey, Mr. Walton is fickle, and made the half hour trip to the TRU and find out, NOPE, the toy manufacturers are fickle because they had no Cars merchandise there either. So there dashed the hopes of my five year old of a Cars birthday party (in March) and blowing his loot on Cars. Then, the great living room orb flashed a Happy Meal commercial and we were off. Long story short, we have eaten Happy Meals every two to three days for the past three weeks. We have traveled to four different restaurants in a 30 mile radius to find the EIGHT cars we need. I have personally ripped a new one disagreed with teenage employees who inform me over the phone that I can have car x only to drive fifteen miles and get car y. I have found out that the local MickeyDs has a customer appreciation club, where you can get toys FOR FREE and before general public, but yet it's a mystery how to join. I have learned that you really do not have to buy the drink with the Happy Meal, they ring up separately, thus saving you money. I have learned that if you get one toy for one boy, you must buy same toy for other boy OR ELSE. Today we found toy number eight, AKA the last one. My big boy is pleased. He now has a "complete collection" and he couldn't be happier. I am pleased that I do not have to see those rude teenagers ever again. All is right with the world.....until the new fad comes along.

**Totally stole the picture from Shane's blog, thanks Shane**