1st time ordering my food in french..... without help :P

well.... it may sound boring to some, but then it's so exciting for me. Today we went to macdonalds & i actually went off to buy food without practising what to say with my wife in french... anyway i try to figure out some sentence in french which the counter gal did understand me :P hee... but she talked alot which i hardly understand :P hee..... anyway me very exciting about the french course next week... can't wait to start my course soon :)