Monday's Mood: Cupcakes and Coffee

  Monday's Mood color is Toffee. Why is that? A number of reasons. As, you pretty well know. I'm really embracing fall right now. Tonight, I was on a excursion with my mother looking for black pants for work. Pretty simple task no? Nope, more like impossible to find the right fit. Too baggy or to tight. So, here I am feeling a bit like Goldilocks. Oh, well, it's time to take a break.  Hello Starbucks my old friend!  Haven't seen you in a while. What's new? Ooh, many people know of Starbucks fall staple the Pumpkin Spice Latte. I looked up at the sign and  the words "Toffee Mocha"  seemed to be glowing and well, I decided that mom needed to try this special coffee. I have admit, it even intrigued me so I asked permission for a sip. I wasn't expecting much but when I took my first sip. Yummers! Cue the choir "ahhh". Yes, Toffee Mocha is a delightfully delicious flavor. It is my humble opinion that it is simply perfect for fall.

 Before this I was thirsty and mom a bit peckish so we head to the Chik Fil A.  We all know their hot fresh chicken is the best. No brain er really. But what I'm loving is the kids meal toys.  Something I've been on my soapbox about for a while now is how cheap they have been as of late. So you can imagine my surprise and delight to see that Chick Fil A was giving out nice little children's books from the Laura Numeroff series. I pulled open the plastic and what was revealed was a decent sized little book. I opened it up expecting cheap pages and majorly cut down artwork. But there wasn't any. The pages weren't magazine like but real paper! We received "If you give a cat a cupcake"   I mean, finally, a kids meal toy to rival the days of when we would get cool stuff (IE 80s/early 90s) You know the days when you'd get real Lego's and my personal favorite trick or treat buckets your meal came in.
*Sigh* I'm soo glad to see this please keep up the good work Chik Fil A! Fyi: They also have board books for the under three crowd. :)

 Another trend I'm happy with is that just about at all kiddie meal places you have the fruit option. Wendy's has it mandarin oranges, Chick Fil A has a fruit cup (not sure this is as healthy as the rest but it's certainly better then the fries)McDonalds has apple slices, Burger King has apples as well.
You are able to substitute milk or juice as well. I'm not always successful at getting munchkin my niece to get the fruit when fries are available. But I've been successful in replacing her usual request for "brown soda" with apple juice. So, for this I'm happy. Now, if McDonald's would just bring back those great pumpkin buckets. lol

                                                           Wishes from Wonderland

                                                          ~ Alice