It’s a been a while since I had an entire afternoon to spend alone with the boy. We used to run this town before the girl came along.

We had playdates, we went to lunch, we saw movies, we went to story time, we played at the park, we went shopping, to petting zoos, to any and all kid function in the tri-county area. Ok, we don’t live in a tri-county area but you get my point. We were BFF’s. Then the girl came along and the boy went to school and now everything is all topsy-turvy.

But every once in a while we get the opportunity to do something, like this week we took my SUV for a much needed and way overdue detailing. I’m talking sticky cupholders, ground up goldfish and various Disney World vacation detritus in the carpet, ya’ll. While the boys at the carwash were cleaning my ride (for over two hours FYI..it was that dirty) the boy and I walked next door to McD’s for some lunch and play. I don’t really enjoy eating at McD’s so I was tickled beyond pink that there was a ..wait for it…STARBUCKS...two doors down. Mommy heaven, Life source in a cup..whatever  you want to call it.

The boy got bored at McD’s quick because there were no other kids there to play with so he happily escorted his momma to the Buck for a brownie. He remembers what sweets every single restaurant has..and also where the bathrooms are.

I had just seen an announcement that Starbucks had lowered the calorie count on the Turkey Bacon & Egg English Muffin so I jumped at the chance to try one. With a Skinny Vanilla Latte please. :sigh: I get all gooey just thinking about it.

For 320 calories and 7 grams of fat you get a very healthy and filling whole wheat english muffin with a few eggs whites and two fat turkey bacon strips. It gets a major thumbs up from me. I normally eat the Spinach egg white feta wrap when I am there but I think I liked the english muffin better.

I’m not sure the middle-aged men on laptops trying to look busy were too pleased that me and my chatty date took over the sunniest corner of the joint…but we cared not. The Starbucks girls were fawning all over my little man and his hip glasses and a stranger even told me to get him in commercials..stat! It was a good day.

It was the tastiest fast food I’ve had in a long time, then again maybe it was just the company.