Cake Fiasco

So Monday I went to order a cake for Kayla's Birthday on Tuesday, yes I know I shouldn't have waited till the last minute. but in my defense she was supposed to have a skating party on the weekend with her friends and those plans fell through Monday afternoon so Super step mom had to come up with plan B. So I went Monday night to the local Food Lion to order a cake and pick up some steaks to try out the new grill. So as I am walking up to the cake area someone else does as well and I let him go ahead and order since I want to look at the options available in the Tinker Bell design... apparently I thought I was at some sort of upscale bakery that would have more than one, if any, option for Tinker Bell cakes. So after 20 minutes of listening to this guy and his wife and their 3 screaming kids order some stupid star wars cake it is finally my turn. So I say to the guy in the apron, presumably he works there, that I would like to order a tinker bell cake. here is how the discussion went:

"I would like to order a Tinker Bell cake"

"um what's a tinker bell?"

"you know Tinker Bell, the Disney character, she is a fairy, she has little sparkly wings" at this point I am physically acting out the wings

"uh ok is she like a princess?"

"NO, she is a fairy... you're book has a picture of Tinker Bell in it."

"yeah we don't actually have most of the stuff in that book"

"so what is the point of the book?"

"yeah I don't know... but I am not really the cake person so I don't know if we carry belle"

"not Belle, Tinker Bell, ok never mind you know what where is the cake person?"

"oh she's gone, but I could take your order and if we don't have it she can call you and tell you that"

"so when she comes back tomorrow she may or may not call me to tell me that you do or do not have a Tinker bell cake?"

"yea sure"

"so what if you don't have that cake, what will I do then?"

"uh I dunno"

that's when I completely lost it and said FORGET IT and left the store. Did I mention this kid was like 15 and had on baggy pants and unruly hair... not the guy I want working around my baked goods.. or deli meats for that matter.

So on my way home I call the local Wal-Mart and the very polite young lady assured me I could have a very lovely Tinker Bell cake ready for me the very next afternoon... I didn't even have to go into the store to order! Tuesday evening on my way home I went it grabbed the cake... paid the very affordable price and this is the cuteness I received!

ok so the handwriting is a little squished, but it is SO adorable. Thanks to Cake Wrecks I was certain I would have a disaster on my hands but it was too cute for words! I will be a Wal-Mart Bakery customer for life!

Be back next week with pics of Kayla's party oh and a look at the new love of my husband's life!

Kristen