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Lesson learned!

I drove through the golden arches to grab a cup of coffee this morning and the ever-freindly recorded voice asked me- Would you like to order a such and such to get a monopoly game piece?

HA!!!! NO thanks McDonalds! You might have sucked me into Monopoly last year but not again! Nope, not stringing me along this time. Not collecting tiny squares of vinyl coated paper. Not allowing myself to imagine myself on the billboard jumping with joy at having won a million dollars. Not collecting saturated fat pounds on my hips, nope, and this year....I spare my gallbladder the vicious onslaught of grease. I will remain poor but victorious in my restraint.

Take that to the fat farm, McDonalds!

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  1. chinamommyOctober 12, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    hahahahaha! i'm glad to see you're showing such constraint!

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  2. Sharon TomlinsonOctober 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Yea for you. Good job. And funny too.

    I'm enjoying reading. Wish I had more time to just sit back and read it all. At this time of night, the computer puts me to sleep faster that the couch/tv.

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  3. C.October 14, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    Sharon- a treat for me during the day is going to your blog to see what you've created recently! If you want a funny one of mine read "bras freak me out". Take care!

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