When you can walk outside without a (light) jacket, you know it’s time.
It’s the time to head to supermarkets because little girls are afraid of foreboding old-looking apartment buildings. Or because I live in the Mission where almost everyone is never home.
I found my thin mints. The last box. Melted and all stuck together. At the local Raley’s. But I gladly paid $3.50 for them. Then we went to Safeway and found a troop closing up. We sat in the car while they delivered it to us drive-in style.
When I was a girl scout, I am not sure if I learned many lessons. I can recall giving the order sheets to my parents. And they would come back with many orders from their coworkers. I would ask my neighbors. But would they buy them out of guilt? It was $3.00 then. So were they willing to give a small donation for cookies they really didn’t want? Or did they really buy it for the sweet award? Regardless, I don’t think I ever sold the most cookies in my troop—just shooting for average.
I rarely ever go to a store to buy cookies. Perhaps once or twice a year usually for a party. But I make an exception for Girl Scouts. It is the sweetness of innocence. And besides, the feeling of being satisfying sick from eating a whole box of cookies is enough.
What do girl scouts do exactly? I know they are famous for their cookies, but what else do they teach? I’m sure a lot, but I’m just not familiar. (I shall google it after I submit this comment.) It’s weird though. I have an idea of what the boy scouts do — camping, learn how to tie knots, learn how to build fire, etc. but no clue as to what girl scouts do. Sad to say, I start conjuring up all these horribly stereotypical, anti-feminist images of different crafts and homemaker skills. See, I told you it was horrible. I’m sure I’m wrong though. I’m sure they teach stuff like self-empowerment and self-respect.
Anyway, my other comment was going to be that I thought people loved to buy girl scout cookies? I thought they sold like hotcakes. Maybe only where I’ve seen them or were they just over-hyped? You know where I think the prime spot to sell the cookies are? College campuses, especially during finals week. Everyone loves to snack during midnight study sessions and who can forego that classic taste? I’d probably advise them to stock up about 1/3 of the thin mints though. Okay, I shall conclude this huge comment now. (Please forgive any syntax or incoherency. It’s been a long day, and I can’t guarantee my mind is working fully. I know it isn’t.)
haha. I agree. I kinda wanted to join Boy Scouts instead…seems like they did more.
Girl scout cookies have been going through my building…the early starters getting their relatives to post sign-up forms. Then the previous weekend was a last-minute profusion of them at the farmer’s market, on the streets, just everywhere… My friend stopped to ask them if they were going to switch to organic anytime soon….so much partially dehydro-oils…>.
We got our hands on some Girl Scout cookies when we went to Stacks last weekend in Burlingame. It’s easier to pick ’em out away from the city!