McDonald's Happy Meal toys: The great quest

Ah, McDonald’s Happy Meal toys. Sometimes I’m like a kid and get into the quest for a certain McD’s toy.
But mostly I curse them. Usually the toys are characters my kids don’t like and the toys end up lying around the house until I toss them away.
But a few weeks ago, Lindsay and I were on a mission. I took her to McD’s as a special treat when Don and Skyler were out of town. The girl toys were cute, detailed little Madame Alexander dolls. Lindsay looked at the dolls in the display case and decided she wanted the Cinderella doll. But of course, when she looked in her Happy Meal bag, that’s not the doll she got.
Two days later she wanted McD’s again. I didn’t want McD’s, but I knew she really wanted the Cinderella doll and darn it if I don’t want to fulfill her wishes if possible. So I stopped and got her a Happy Meal (and we took it home so I could heat something up for myself). Again, no Cinderella doll. Not even when we asked if they had one.
A week or so ago Don got her a Happy Meal. Again, no Cinderella doll.
Now I wasn’t going to go all crazy like over getting her the doll, like I did several years ago when my son was young and we wanted the West Highland terrier Artlist Collection McD’s toy. For the month or so that they had the promotion, he and I (and me by myself) bought and ate many Happy Meals. We ended up with a bunch of Labradors and golden retrievers – which are still all over the house because they’re way too cute to toss out. We finally ended up getting the Westie about a year later, when we ordered Happy Meals and were surprised to find a Westie in each of the bags. I guess they just had it lying around?
Anyway, yesterday, Lindsay and I ended up at McD’s again. I immediately went into “Quest for Cinderella mode” and asked if they had any Cinderella dolls left. (They didn’t).
But Lindsay didn’t seem to care. She was perfectly happy with the Strawberry Shortcake doll that came with the meal, and she didn’t mention Cinderella once. And even more importantly, she didn’t look at the display of Strawberry Shortcake dolls and decide that she had to have one of them. Maybe we can eat somewhere besides McD’s for a while.