Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Things I have learned while eating Girl Scout Cookies

Don't worry, I haven't eaten all of them. Yet. And in case you missed it, I'm doing a cheesy little commenter appreciation/100th post contest here that you can still enter. I'll be picking the winner on Friday morning.

So yes, I have eaten quite a few, and because it's much more fun to blog in list form, here are the lessons learned:

1. 9 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies (retail value $31.50), sounds like a lot of cookies. At least I thought so when I was writing a check for $31.50 for cookies. Until I finally did the math and realized that there are five cookie-eating people living in my house. Now I have learned that 9 boxes is not nearly enough.

2. Two of the five cookie-eating people in my house wake up every day and begin asking for Girl Scout cookies before breakfast.

3. Samoas are the greatest thing in the world.

4. I am normally mistrustful of the "new and improved" cookies they come out with every year, but the Lemon Chalet Cremes are the 2nd greatest thing in the world. Too bad I only bought one box.

5. One should never eat Girl Scout cookies while performing other activities. The attention should be kept solely on enjoying the cookie. Otherwise, one could look around after reading a few blogs and discover half a box gone and not remember eating them. This is a sad, sad waste of one's only box of Lemon Chalet Cremes.

6. It is never advisable to read the nutrition information on the side of a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Just concentrate on the girls on the front of the box, their faces glowing while they achieve great things through Scouting.

7. While it seems exciting to watch one's daughter become a successful saleswoman, learning entrepreneurial skills, gaining confidence in herself, and achieving the level of cookie sales that will earn her not only a patch, but a bracelet charm and a pack of Samoa-flavored lip balm, it's not so exciting when one realizes that one has to actually go and deliver all of those cookies.

This concludes my final post on Girl Scout Cookies. I'll never mention them again. Except for Friday. And maybe once or twice after that. We'll see.

13 comments:

  1. I agree...very sad to eat cookies (yummy Girl Scout Cookies!) and not remember!!!

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  2. we still have 200 boxes to sell and like 90 that are sold and need to be delivered. i will be soooo glad when this is all over. i feel ya!

    lemonades are my new fave!! but my hubby agrees with you on the Samoas (now known as Caramel deLites here)

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  3. I ate 6 boxes of cookies in a week and a half. I feel like this is a safe place to admit things like that.

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  4. Are you one of the two who would like cookies for breakfast? Also, you did say that you "would never mention them again" which I thought was pretty funny since your last post was titled "Never say Never". hee hee

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  5. Becky, this is a safe place for all cookie confessions.

    And Wendy, the girls are the ones who are asking for the cookies, but you know I'm thinking it. Just 2 minutes ago, Katie started asking me for "a snack of Fin Mints." And it's 8:45.

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  6. mmm, I've ordered mine but haven't received them yet. I'm sure my kids will eat them with wild abandonment.

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  7. No one I know sells them. So I read all of your posts about how great these are, and I have never had one of any kind. Is that weird?

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  8. Oh, and I didn't ORDER ANY of the lemon thingys. Because I always stick to the traditional ones. But now I want some. Are you reading this Debbie? I need lemon thingys.

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  9. You crack me up! I love it! This sounds like me. I just got my cookies today and my boys have already eaten half of them. I am CRYING!!! It is so hard for me to share them. I only get them ONCE A YEAR!!!!! ACK!

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  10. Hey Girl Scout kindred spirit. I came over to say hi and saw this post. How funny.
    I think your Lemon Chalet cremes are our Lemonades. Tagalongs are PB Patties. Wonder why they are different. Do you use ABC baker?

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  11. This was such a funny post. I ordered 10 boxes this year, and I plan to hide 5 for myself.

    Thin Mints are my breakfast of choice.

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  12. Never had Girl Scout Cookies? That's no way to live.

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  13. Did you say Samoa flavored lip balm? Where do I find that???

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