A walk to Starbucks...but not just an ordinary walk...

Last beautiful Sunday afternoon, my friend Jen & I took a walk to our friendly neighborhood Starbucks. We suited up our strollers with our kids, diaper bags, & gift cards(the only way we can afford to go to Starbucks these days...SAD!), and headed out for an walk/adventure. We enjoyed the amazing 60 degree weather the month of January had to offer and just chatted away. After 5 or 6 blocks, we came to a busy intersection where we had to cross a major street(Wadsworth). We raced across safely and soon found ourselves at Starbucks. BUT OH NO! I looked down and saw that one of Zane's shoes were gone. I left Zane with Jen and backtracked to see if I could find the shoe. AND YEP....IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY STREET. One by one cars zoomed by and made the shoe jump like a grasshopper. Each and every time my heart hurt for the little shoe getting pummeled by the mad crazy cars on the street. I pushed the walk button, however it seemed like an eternity til it would allow me to cross. So I inched out into the insane street. I saw a hole and dashed toward my prize. I lunged, grabbed the shoe, and raced back to the safety of the sidewalk. I had won. (If I had a picture I would have wanted to insert it here.) I inspected my prize, Zane's shoe, and saw only minimal black streaks. I waved the shoe like a victory flag as I rushed back to my party waiting patiently at the coffee house. We celebrated together, returned the shoe to Zane's foot then started toward the door.

Now it was such a nice sunny day out that we didn't want to go into a stuffy building, so we decided to go through the drive through with our 2 strollers. They have wheels...right!? So we pulled up to the ordering post and waited. And we waited and waited. We waved our arms and jumped up and down(b/c we thought that they would know we were there b/c of our weight). That wasn't' working, so I asked the lady behind us to move up a bit so that the weight of her SUV would activate the ordering 'thingy'. As I was moving toward the SUV, and as the lady was giving me a very queer look, the Starbucks employee finally asked us what we were doing. (or insert a picture here!!!! lol) We answered with a simple, " we would like to order please". Well that didn't work and we got reprimanded by the lady. She said that we would have to come in and order...seriously! That sucks. So we 4wheeled our strollers over the curb & grass and into the Starbucks. The lady just shook her head at us and said 'Nice try'. Whatever! It was a great idea. Well we learned 2 new things. 1. You can't walk through the drive through b/c it is a liability and 2. weight doesn't make them know that you are there. Metal sensors do! So we ordered our cool drinks, took them outside and enjoyed our time together. The walk home wasn't as near as eventful. That is probably a good thing. We had a great time and...hey who knew that our walk to Starbucks was no 'ordinary' walk.