(k)West for the (k)Wala

The happy meal toys right now are Teenie Beanie Babies, and are absolutely adorable. Since Chris was five, he has had a Koala Beanie BUDDIE, and when we saw that they had a Koala TEENIE Beanie, of course we knew that we had to have it!

Today Brett worked in Lindsay, so Chris and I went up to have lunch with him and have Chris' eyes examined. The nice restaurant that we wanted to go to was closed, and so we went to McDonalds instead! :) At the counter we asked if they had any Koalas available but they didn't, so we got a cute Polar Bear instead.

After the eye exam, when we were driving home, we were talking about it, and decided that the days of Teenie Beanies must be coming to a close and that we HAD to have a Koala!!! So we stopped at another McDonalds on the way home. When the cashier asked us what we wanted, I said "We're on a quest, call me Don Quixote. Do you have a Koala?" They didn't have a Koala or a sense of humor.

We stopped at another. This time I said "We're on a quest. Do you have the Holy Grail or a Koala?" They didn't laugh this time either. Are McDonalds employees just not that bright or am I just not that funny?!?

I stopped making jokes, but we were still unlucky at the third McDonalds. At the fourth, they had a Panda Bear which was Chris' second favorite, so we decided that we would get a happy meal with a Panda.

After that, it was getting late, and so we agreed to stop at two more before we arrived home. Fifth time, unlucky again. At the sixth and final one, there were no Koala's but there was a Flamingo that I had been eyeing. Another happy meal later we headed home Koala-less, but satisfied with our new friends.

Fate however, was not satisfied. We passed one McDonalds on the road home, and as you could guess, we thought we should at least take a look. And HURRAH!!!!! We found the oh-so coveted koala. Now our quest was complete. I guess seven is just a lucky number. Hmmm.... Was it really seven??? Oh, dear.