The Shamrock Shake Experience...

As I had mentioned in my last post, Trev and I have been together for about 9 years now. At least 5 years ago, since we've both been in Brockville if not while we were still in Fredericton, we started what was to be a new tradition to commemorate our "anniversary": get a Shamrock Shake from McDonald's. Well, this tradition quickly became searching all over for a Shamrock Shake and being quite disappointed at not finding them anywhere! Every year, we'd drive to all the McDonald's in the area looking for the Shake and not find it. We had even talked about going across the river to Ogdensburg a couple of years ago to see if we could get one there. See this guy's post here - it's hilarious! Both Trev and I had the EXACT same reaction when we read it: we could have written it as it's so close to our experience!

Anyway, it turns out they haven't been available in North America for the last 5 years (so basically the same 5 years as we've been looking for them). Last year, we actually made our own and it turned out alright... This year, we actually saw the sign at McDonald's, so thought we should finally be successful in our quest. We even did some research online to see if it could possibly be true - we didn't want to be disappointed once again. Well, the word was official: McDonald's had brought back their Triple Thick Shamrock Shake for a limited time (end of February to end of March or something like that). Were we excited!

So we got all organized, put Christine to bed slightly early so that Trev could head out and pick up a couple of shakes for our favorite evening of sitcoms (we don't have cable, and Mondays are the only day that there's really anything on). He headed out and I thought it was taking him a long time... He was actually missing the start of Big Bang Theory, so he'd been out more than 1/2 hr (and it only takes 5 minutes to get anywhere in BrockVegas)! I thought maybe something had gone wrong and he'd driven out to Prescott...

Turns out the ice cream machine at the Brockville McDonald's was broken... so no Shamrock shakes for us - AGAIN! Believe it or not (for those who know Trevor), Trev actually went to Walmart to see if McDonald's there had them, but they don't make shakes. So he came home empty handed...

We did get our shake though on the 18th - not quite the same, but it did the trick. We ended up only drinking about half of it, it was really rich. Christine enjoyed her sips as well. Perhaps we'll be enjoying our St. Patty's Day treat on the 18th from now on!