About a week ago, I got an exclamation point-y (6!) message on Twitter from my brother, asking me to help get Despicable Me 2 minion toys for him from McDonald's. After some research, I learned these toys were only being released in select countries: apparently, Singapore isn't on the list. Points for the Philippines!
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| They ARE cute. |
As family and close friends know, I don't really like eating fast food except maybe to appease (haha, monster?) an occasional craving or sudden hankering. Not surprisingly, I've never ordered a Happy Meal in my life, but at the rate I was going this past week, I can now recite all Happy Meal options and their SRPs (with fries and without) in one breath - in fact, I just did this with friends over dinner last night.
Tom was the first toy I got for Ahia and there wasn't really anything difficult or extraordinary about my first purchase. I was all, okay, I can do this. This isn't so bad.
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| Chose him first because I like the word "googly" |
On the second day of my quest, choices drastically dwindled to only 4 toys in the Happy Meal magic box - and all were purple! I went home with the Noisemaker and a little bit of bewilderment. I swear that box was so full yesterday. Surely, today's paltry offering was a fluke.
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| Hadn't paid attention to the evil minions before this |
At this point, I was getting sick of eating Happy Meals for lunch and was really looking forward to getting all those darn toys so I could go back to being the food nerd that I am. NOT eating the Happy Meals wasn't an option for me since I didn't want to be wasteful (a.k.a. kuripot). I decided to go to a different McDonald's branch because the one I used to go to only had the evil minions left. Bad decision! This one was completely sold out! WHAT?? I must have seemed like a crazed woman, whizzing out of that line and McDonald's branch like a tornado and brisk-walking to the one inside the mall. My heart was beating fast and my adrenaline was pumping, signs that something big was about to go down. The place was packed with the lunch crowd - all around me, I could see adults lining up with their officemates. Lo and behold! Service crew members were busy passing around a box FULL OF TOYS. I don't know why I felt so paranoid, but I KNEW everyone was there for the minions so I acted fast...and bought 2. Yep, I ate it all.
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| Oh the things I do for you |
Luckily, my sister and my mom had Happy Meals for breakfast the next day, which for me, meant a bit of relief (no, I do not want to get Supersized). Because I don't like not working on a task, I had 2 more Happy Meals for these cuties:
It started feeling normal, buying 2 Happy Meals for just me -_-
I did beg my sister to be the one to get the final minion, since the McDo-filled week for me was a bit too much. On one hand, I started feeling bloated and sluggish and it didn't help that J and I skipped 2 days of exercise because of work. On the other, the competitive and achiever side of me was all GO GO GO FINISH ITTTTTT.
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I tease my brother that this is how he knows I love him - great sacrifice immortalized in plastic fun thingies that are waiting for him when he gets here.
Ahia, please don't thank me by treating me to a buffet!
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| Dear God, no. |
Extra Nuggets, Please:
- Can't believe June's over - the months are going by so quickly! Next thing you know, it's Christmas!
- Went to a live instructor-led Zumba class yesterday after such a looooong time and had fun! I was a bit skeptical at first (setting my expectations low because my Zumba instructor in SG was the best) but Winston was funny, energetic, encouraging, and nagTatagalog pa!
- Ponyo Ponyo Ponyo fishy in the sea! Been watching Japanese cartoons by Hayao Miyazaki (of Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away fame) lately.
- Totally enjoyed Monsters University! Just what we needed after World War Z (stress! J is back planning a la Doomsday Prepper).
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