Late to the party

I am a new admirer of Audrey Hepburn.  I saw a video depicting her life story and was very impressed with all her accomplishments.  I am late to the party I know!  She had a tough childhood in Europe during the war, then of course became a famous movie actress.  In later life, she supported humanitarian causes. Sadly, she only lived to age 63 passing from cancer.

We tried curbside pickup at McDonald's last week, we liked it.  You order on their app, it senses when you arrive at the restaurant, you pull up to a curbside location that you specify, confirm and pay on the app, then your order is quickly brought out to you by a masked employee.  It had been so long since with had their burgers and fries.

The Walking Stick

I was in McDonald's one day getting a $1 iced coffee (an any size special on all summer, but I will try to  limit this due to the extra calories).  An the older man in front of me told the cashier that someone had left their walking stick behind. Hopefully they will come back for it, it looks like a nice one.

Mobile Ordering

McDonald's has a promotion on to kickstart their new mobile ordering system. I was planning to meet a friend for coffee and she asked if I had the McDonald's app loaded onto my phone. She said we could take advantage of their $1 egg McMuffin offer with our phones. When I got there she helped me process the order so that it would be delivered to our table, number 2. She noticed they even had the number on the table plate in Braille, although the characters barely seemed raised up.  But the order worked and was delivered to our table number 2, kind of neat.  The offer can be used once a week until a certain date.  You can even get a big Mac for a $1.

Coffee promotion

Until Dec 10 you can enjoy any size McDonald's coffee for $1. Maybe this promotion has replaced the free coffees they have been offering twice a year. Pictured above is the extra large coffee I purchased. I got it with 2 creams instead of my usual 1 cream as it is a very large cup!

Soda Tax

Play a Coke and McDonald's Canada have teamed up to give the kids some fun. These specially marked cups and bottles can be used to play Spotify music once you download a free app. I forced myself to watch son K download the app on his phone, then point the phone at the cup and all this current music magically starts playing! He loves it anyway. We are in such a different world these days.

Ironically, I heard that Philadelphia will be the first city in the U.S. to impose a soda tax. It's all about the fight against sugar/obesity and promoting healthy eating. Good for that city.

Too Good to Be True

We had a bit of a setback. Son K left his new job after only 5 days. It was too fast-paced with unreal hours of work. He tried his best but has learned from this experience and he will keep looking. We should have known it was too good to be true. Now on with today's regular post!

free mini-pastry

McDonald's restaurants run a coupon book event several times a year. I noticed this new coupon where you purchase a small coffee and get a free mini-pastry, so I had one for breakfast the other day. There are 3 flavours, maple, chocolate and raspberry, so I chose raspberry. It was good, and being a mini-pastry, it shouldn't be too bad on the calorie-count!

Sensible Saving

L told me her friend at university is very careful with her money, as a student should be. In fact, she never goes to McDonald's for a meal without first printing out a coupon. You see, she saves her McDonald's receipts, and on the back of them, there is usually an opportunity to participate in their survey of your recent visit. Upon completion, you will be able to print out a coupon for a free medium fries or side salad and a medium soft drink with the purchase of a large sandwich! How neat is that? Of course, I tried it with my receipt as I'm a regular customer anyway. Guess what K got for dinner that night!  We were just having leftovers, so that came in handy for him.  You know, I don't normally check the back of my receipts, do you?