Damn Girl Scouts!!!

"What are you talking about J.? There's no girl scout cookies here! NONE I tell you NONE," Ephie said as she quickly hid two empty boxes and a mountain of crumbs beneath her covers.
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Yah. I'm with you. It's the damn mint ones that get me. And the scout's sweet little smiles. Now if they only looked like Rush Limbaugh, I MIGHT have an easier time saying no. ;-)

A few years ago they had the yummy tart powdered-sugary lemon-y cookie that I LOVED! If those came back I would buy a dozen boxes. Now I'm just trying to dodge those sweet girls at the grocery stores. Darn them for covering both exits.

Dang girl,
I'm with ya'
But considering I have already consumed a box of Somoas this week, I think I will be barred from the suit.
Bad bad bad that GS cookie week collided with PMS week.
ROFLMAO

I love this post. I am a GS leader going on 9 years. @Jim at Home Dad: guess what! I just downloaded an app that will allow me to accept charge cards at our next cookie booth sale! Ka-ching!

For those of you who just can't resist that cute little smile (and my 9th graders KNOW they don't cut it any more), buy a box for a US soldier. They so appreciate such a distinctive taste of home.

Viva la GS cookie! (Which were originally home baked by the girls themselves but for dept of health reasons, not anymore). And they are still cheaper than Mallomars-my all time fave!

For those of you who want Samoas, you need to find a council buying from Little Brownie Bakers. They have the copyright on that flavor and name.

PM me, if you are interested, for a link to a great PSA on Youtube about Operation Cookie Drop going on here in the Hudson Valley.

Thanks to you all for your support of this great organization, even if it costs you a few pounds and your marriage. =)

I wish I could "Like" this post - Facebook-style :)

I recommend the thin mint...

WITH schnapps...

Just saying...

amen.......now leave me in piece to eat my thin mint. :)

I don't carry cash or the checkbook, so that's my defense......
If they ever start taking cards, I'm DONE.

oh, too bad...I just bought some Samoas. Are you sure they don't make them? Or am I crazy. Nope, just googled 'em, they sell them here in Seattle!
I am always some kind of stealth grocery shopper when they are out....I buy 5-10 boxes and then happily say..."Oh, we already bought some boxes!" so I don't feel guilty.
L.

HEY How come Melanie is only paying $3.50 and we have to pay $4!!??? NO FAIR! :)

We've got Samoas in Virgnia! Sounds like you might need to take a road trip....

Just tonight my daughter and I put vanilla ice cream in the blender, dumped a whole sleeve of thin mints in there, and mashed it. I think I need to join your class action suit...

What will make it better, a glass of milk LOL! I recently heard that Girl
Scout cookies were calorie free! Eat them all and get it over with!!! It is
like Christmas; it only comes once a year.

I don't know what are you talking about, all my weight is "baby weight"....yes my baby is 3 year old, and so is my baby weight!!
Now shush! and pass the coconut ones with the yummy chocolate top.
=*)

NO MORE SAMOAS?! This better be a joke.

Is NOTHING sacred?!

(Best cookie ever made, IMO, only got three in a box but they weight 5 pounds each and took a half hour to chew up!)

:(

Well, those bi*ches kicked me out when I was a kid so sure, I am in!

Seriously, I did get kicked out and it was because I refused to sell the cookies because at that time your parents had to pay ahead of time for the cookies then you sold them and you were stuck with what was left - my family was not in a position to do so and they said I was not allowed to be a scout if I did not sell cookies.

I am fortunate -- I haven't seen a Girl Scout yet. (WHEEEWWW)

Going to hide now. ;-))

It's OK I've always believed the calories don't count because we are supporting a good cause....Right? I like the Peanut Butter chocolate ones.
Would I be a bad mom and wife if I bought Girl Scout Cookies at work and then left them at work, never sharing them with my family?? I'm not admitting to doing that... but ....
And yea it's 4$ around here!! (not that I bought any and ate them all myself)

LOL, love the title! Yep, I'm with you...
xo

GS cookies and french fries I have said "so long" to for a few years. Not touched a one! Its soooo hard. I love the mints! Those girls are in front of every store I go into on Sundays to do my shopping rounds! Stalkers!!

If you love the Samoa ones...I keep seeing a Pinterest recipe for home made ones?? Don't those have coconut? If so, Thats why I am not a fan!

Good luck with that suit! They will just put the powers that be in a cookie trance......

J., well you can always run off screaming, "Short people scare me! Short people scare me!" Bet they will leave you alone. :)

My official stance as a Lifetime Member is that I object MIGHTILY to your suit and will not join you.

Now, on to the real world...I am with ya, I too swear they are addictive, and for every pound you gain, I gain at least 2.

I say 2 million sound better.

Oh wait, I think GS is going to sue me for treason. Oh well.

My husband needs to join your suit!
I haven't eaten a single one. I don't buy the short bread ones because I would eat the entire box at once.

We have, well had some, they are gone this season, (Samoas) on the West Coast. Our Girls want to use their money to go Horseback riding and the rest donate to a horse rescue. Please don't sue! I would hate to have to tell the troop they can't go after all! ;-).

ETA: Disappointed where the money goes? The troop gets some, the baker gets paid and the rest stays in the region, most use it for the camps. ?? What else are they supposed to do with it?

I know! Those little imps are following me everywhere! First it was my nieces FORCING me to buy. Then, I was ruthlessly cornered in the pet store - TWICE! I though I was free.....but then there they were again.....at the video store! There is NO escape! Aaaagggghhh!

You're late, J.! Ours are here & gone already!

My troop does sell Samoas. I guess you guys have different bakers. We buy from Little Brownie Bakers. Oh.. I just repinned a delicious Tagalong Parfait recipe on Pinterest. It looks so yummy. One of my neighbors had such willpower.... she ordered 4 boxes from my daughter, but when we were getting ready to leave she instructed us to donate 3 of the boxes to military and only deliver her one of the boxes.

Aw J., just have a Samoa, you'll feel ever so much better....bwa ha ha ha!!!

Sooooo funny....I just opened up a new box right as I sat down. And I gotta say the new Lemon smiles are awesome!!!!!

Thanks for the laugh!

oooh J.!!! We haven't had Girl Scouts knock on our door this year!!

YAHOO!!!! Whew!!!!

They have Samoas in Georgia! I should know -I've eaten almost two boxes over the last two weeks ;-) I have had to run A LOT. For the last few years, I haven't had a huge taste for them, but I've really wanted them this year!

If you want an identical Samoa any time of the year, Keebler makes the exact same cookie -exactly in my opinion. I can't remember the name, but the picture is on the bag.

I only bought 2 boxes of thin mints so far this year. That was all I was going to buy until I saw a recipe for Tagalong cake bars on kevinandamanda and a recipe for thin mint gooey cake bars on picky-palate. Now I'm just waiting for tomorrow after 4 pm when my dd's troop gets more cookies in so I can try out these two recipes. I'm sure I will then have to buy more to freeze so I can make the recipes again.

AFTER READING YOUR SO WHAT HAPPENED: I think it is because they a so small you can fit ONE or more in your mouth at the same time.

When I finish my box of Thin Mints, I'll get back to you!

Like I said, I'm learning to love you.

I'm sitting here laughing hysterically while I polish off one of the 14 boxes of cookies I bought outside of sam's club last week LOL

I always support the girls by buying them. I was a girl scout and had it not been for the cookies I would have never been able to afford to go to girl scout camp. So I always remember that and do my part to help out the girls.

I just bought 1 box of every flavor last week...after eating 1/2 the box of almond roca and 1/2 the box of the thin mint ones ALL by myself I was smart enough to take the rest over to my sister's house and LEAVE them there! Ha!

There SHOULD be a class action suit, for mislabeling their product. They claim to be trans-fat free, but they're not! I'm a health advocate, and yes, a bit of a health nut, so every year when I see the girls and their cookies, I get mixed emotions; I would love to buy and support, but some of the ingredients in those cookies aren't healthy. It's a shame that an organization like the Girl Scouts doesn't make a healthier option.
http://theweek.com/article/index/211525/the-girl-scout-co...

I have not run into them yet this year. But the building I work in is HQ for the areas troups. And we are above the train station and they post them down there as well. I wonder if I can walk past without noticing them? Yeah right. Dream on. Those Lemon Smiles or whatever they are called are awesome--my girls sold them years ago when they were in scouts so I don't get how they are new. Sigh. And it is Lent so no cookies. Wonder how much a safe costs. ;o)

I resisted those cute little cookie pushers until the last weekend they were out selling them. Then I bought two boxes of Thin Mints. I managed only buy two boxes thankfully.

The boxes are in the freezer. I've only eaten one and a half sleeves so far. I'm never going to fit into my wedding dress for the vow renewal!

They DO make Samoas but you need to know -- different types of cookies are available in different regions of the U.S., so apparently in your region the baker has gone with some other flavor and not Samoas. We have tons of them here in Virginia. It all depends on which baker makes the cookies that your area gets! We lost our beloved Lemon Chalet Cremes (hugely popular around here) but it seems that the replacement, Savannah Smiles (also lemon but not a creme cookie) is also massive hot here this year.

Agitate for your Samoas! Start a petition! Thank you for making me smile!

We secretly call my daughter the cute crack distributor. You are right - there is something so very addictive to the cookies! And all of you who have the real Samoas - you're so lucky! The Caramel de Lites are not the same. :(

When my parents bought cookies this year, they went to go freeze some and found 4 frozen boxes in the fridge from last year. hahaha! We know where to go now when we run out...

I ordered $36 worth from my boss's daughter a few months back. I started the HCG diet 4 days before he delivered them to my desk! I bought the new lemon ones for me (no one else in my house will eat them). It would be wrong to let them just sit there right? I might have to kick this diet to the curb sooner than I had hoped. :) MMMMMMMMMMM............COOKIES!!

I'll pass. I'd just use the money to buy more cookies.

Hahah...I just read a very similar post from a friend on facebook. My boxes are LOOOONG gone! I told myself I could enjoy them guilt free this year since I'm pregnant :)

I'm with ya!

I usually buy 3 boxes of just the thin mints ( the only kind I really like! and I do mean really like) that way I know I will atleast get a full box ; ) .. .usually I hide one and only let the kids see the two and they know not to touch mom's box! Some day they will figure out I have two boxes that's how I managed to make a box last so long when Im always eating them lol

I bought 6 boxes from my niece only to come home and find out my husband bought 3 boxes from the neighbor. Evil that they sell right after Christmas cookie season!

This is the first year we haven't bought any in a LOOOONG time. Usually husband orders 2-3 boxes from someone at work who's child is a GS. And I usually order a few from a girl in the neighborhood (both in our old neighborhood and the one we are in now has had a GS living there). And usually, I end up buying at least one box at the table they set up outside the grocery store.
But this year--nobody had an order sheet at husband's work. The girl in our neighborhood didn't do GS this year. And they weren't at our grocery store. So we just missed the whole thing.

They're overpriced anyway,
lol

This the first year every box I purchased, I gave away!

Woo Hoo!

ROFL...I have to buy a case of a kind I don't even like to ship to my sister in law in the UK... so I'm in the clear! Sorry, my cookie budget is going overseas. Whew! Escaped this year :)

Ya know what I'm upset that the other night when I went out to the store and saw the girl scouts and moms out there I was not offered the possibility to buy any! Granted, I could have approached them myself however one of the adults was reprimanding a girl for not selling to those passing by. HELLO?! Had I been asked I would've dropped an easy twenty bucks. Granted that's not a lot of money but that's all the cash I had on ____@____.com time. GRRRR!

Yep, we've got samoas in Seattle! I'm mad about the lemon chalet cremes going away. My daughter is a daisy so we've been inundated as well. But now I have a good excuse to say no to the cute little cookie pushers at the stores! :)

Kind of bummed when we found out where some of the proceeds go. We don't even buy them, now.

WHAT?!?! They don't have Somaos?!?! Those were my favorite!!

We didn't buy any this year because Fiber One makes some that taste just the same but are so much healthier. And I need to drop a few...

I just have to write... I remembered when they were called caramel deLites, I still call them that... why change the name, and why make the boxes with so few... if I'm paying $3.50 for a box, but at least 20 in them...

We have Samoas here. If they ever get rid of them I will never buy a girl scout cookie again. LOL!!! I have $21.00 worth on the way and tomorrow is our local St. Patrick's Day Parade and they sell them there. SOOOO.... I will be buying more. I don't mind buying them cause I know that when my daughter gets in school I will probably be selling them too.

My fiance loves those things

I don't know why. I've never had one, and never will (If I do, I'll probably be on here with the rest of you! Lol)

I just can't have boxed cookies... Cookies are just one of those things that have to be homemade and eaten fresh out of the oven.

LOL!

http://www.motifake.com/72532

Also:
http://www.randomlolz.com/girl-scout-thin-mint-cookies-cr...

And my daughter's senior troop is winding down their sales. Finally, after 5 stints of booth sales, and schlepping boxes to high school with her for weeks! >.<