Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A Little Slice of Heaven (cameo by Megan)

Aaaaahhhh, July 30th finally arrived! I had seriously been counting down the days until July 30th. Why, you ask? Because Nathan would be home from a business trip? Nope, that's not until tonight. Because the new Stampin' Up catalog made it's debut? Nope, that's not until next week. Because it was the Kenny Chesney concert? Nope, that's still a few weeks away. I had been waiting for July 30th because on July 30th The Cheesecake Factory was selling slices of cheesecake for only $1.50!! Sure, it's limited to 1 slice per customer, but I have 3 kids--so that's 4 slices of cheesecake. You better believe I was going to take my kids and have them each choose a different kind of cheesecake.

Alison chose the Oreo cheesecake. She LOVED it! (Although when she ate the leftovers today she commented "It tasted better when it was standing up." I thought it was alright, but I won't ever order it at full price. It was too much cheesecake, too little Oreo.

Kaitlyn chose the Brownie Sundae cheesecake, and it was DIVINE!!!! I loved, loved, loved it. That's right "I." Apparently, Kaitlyn didn't love it too much. I think she was expecting just a brownie. So, this cheesecake was pretty much fabulous, and I will certainly order it in the future (hopefully in the near future:).

And I ordered "Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple" cheesecake, as suggested by the all-knowing-about-cheesecake Michelle McCullough. It was, of course, incredible; and I will purchase it again, but not before I get the Brownie Sundae cheesecake again.

Now, I'm sure you're wondering if I got Max a cheesecake. Well, I didn't. I couldn't keep a straight face long enough to order my 10-month-old an entire slice of cheesecake. But, I really should have, because I think he ate more cheesecake than anyone else. He especially loved the whipped cream.
I invited my friend Tiffany to come with us, and she ordered the Banana Cream cheesecake. It was okay, but I really have a difficult time mixing fruit with dessert: if I'm going to spend my calories on dessert, it's going to have chocolate in it, preferably, a ton of chocolate...but this idea could really be a whole different post in itself.
Anyways, this was our cheesecake experience. Although, none of you got to experience it in real life, I hope you felt a special love of cheesecake while you read this post.

7 comments:

Nathan said...

Wow, your description of this momentous event not only made my mouth water, but it also made me virtually taste the cheesecakes. Mmm...virtual cheesecake.

Camille said...

I'm with you on the chocolate being the way I like to get my junk food calories, but once I tried the key lime cheesecake, and loved it! Why the special $1.50 occasion?! Who knew July 30 would be so momentus! Love it!

P.S. This was another great post, Megan, you should post more often! Then we can know what you are up to twice a week! Yessss.

Michelle said...

Megan, I love you. I love that I'm friends with someone who would make a post about cheesecake. I only wish I had gone - what a great deal! Alison is so beautiful. Kaitlyn is cute too, but Alison has made the transition from little kid cute to beautiful grown up little girl. I miss you guys.

melissa said...

yeah for chocolate. I think the Godiva chocolate cheesecake is just about the yummiest thing I've ever had.

Chad said...

Thanks for the reviews. I always want to try different kinds but end up getting the Godiva cheesecake...now I know it's safe to order the Brownie Sundae! Hey, I just thought of a great new flavor: The Cheesesteak Cheesecake.

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy that you got your cheesecake. And sad that we weren't able to partake also. But those sound like divine selections to me! Your girls have good taste, as does Max. (Tyler ate most of my key lime cheesecake the last two times we have been!)

Bruce and Mary Lee said...

Megan:

You have such a clever writing style and it was so much fun to read about your adventures not to mention your frugal strategies to maximize return on your investment. You are great.

Love,

Dad and Mary Lee