Once a year, I eat at Jack in the Box just so I can get my grubby hands on one of those adorable antenna car balls. It's the one time I give up my habit of eating healthy whole foods. There's no thinking about the skinny jeans. It's all about getting the ball and enjoying my combo meal.
My boyfriend, bless his heart, remembered this fact today, and surprised me with a trip to Jack in the Box where he bought one Large combo meal #6 The double cheeseburger with fries and a Diet Coke. We split the meal, but I got the antenna ball. This year there is a choice of three balls, and I chose the Snowman in top hat. Go get your Jack in the Box ball...
Yes, I admit to getting completely sucked into this marketing ploy to buy Jack's fast food delicacies. I eat at chain fast food MAYBE 3 times a year. Watching the movie "Supersize Me" was the last nail in the coffin for me when it comes to fast food. Now being realistic though, I can't give up fast food all together because let's face it, this is America where we live hectic lives with little time, so there will be the times when the only food in sight when you're famished is from the golden arches or south of the border. Then every holiday season there are Jack's holiday balls.
The best part of today though was not getting the snowman antenna ball, it was the fact that Mattie remembered this yearly treat of mine all on his own. We took our meal and ate it at a picnic table at the marina where he launches his kayak when he goes for a ride around the San Francisco bay. It was a very intimate time together. It was one of those happy moments you remember when you come to place where you question why you are together or when you simply remind yourself why you love your man. Today was a beautiful day with my sweetie.
