I was recently (recently = ten minutes ago) lamenting the fact that despite my better efforts I have yet to find a Girl Scout to sell me my necessary two boxes of cookies: one box of Thin Mints for me, one box of Samoas for my husband. Back in the day both B and I used to get care packages from our Moms with our favorite cookies inside, but then we laughed and told them how overloaded we were with cookies and now neither of them send them AND THERE ARE NO COOKIES AT ALL. Something about looking a gift horse in the mouth I suppose. I no longer work in an office with coworkers who have Girl Scout member children, and now we are alone, with no cookies and just memories.
Speaking of Girl Scout memories, I was a Brownie for a few years. My troop was very….non-traditional, in a Troop Beverly Hills kind of way. We never went camping or earned badges for things like archery, but man if we didn’t have a wait list to be in our awesome troop. We ended every meeting singing that silly song, make new friends, but keep the oldddd, some are silver and some are gold…. which I think all troops did (do?) but to this day, the refrain pops into my head at odd times. We could make a spaghetti dinner with the best of them and we were amazing cookie sellers. In particular I was an amazing cookie seller. This was due in large part to the fact that my Dad was a fighter pilot, and I basically had an entire fighter squadron of hungry men order all their cookies from me. The bachelors were the best, they ordered lots of cookies, and as a result, I sold lots of cookies.
Ahhh to be young again. Capitalism at its finest!
Back when I was young (and walked uphill both ways to school, in the snow, and also telephones had cords and were attached to the kitchen wall…..) it was still acceptable to sell cookies door-to-door (is this practice still allowed?) and I did pretty well in my neighborhood if I could beat all the other young hussies Scouts to the doors. I could count on most neighbors for a few boxes and had all my lines memorized. “Oh, we understand that you are watching your figure, which is why I’d suggest a box of Trefoils- lovely little shortbread cookies!” These “lines” worked well for me until I came upon a neighbor that said “Sorry, no cookies. My husband is allergic to eggs.”
I had no response for that nonsense, but damn if I wasn’t concerned about his ability to eat hardboiled eggs, a childhood favorite of mine, for some time. Also, life with no cookies? I could not fathom it. To this day I think of that blue house and the sad man that lived inside with no cookies or eggs.
As I got older I discovered that some of the cookies have had name changes (say what the WHAT?) and I don’t care what you say, they will always be Samoas to me. I also discovered that in SOME parts of the country, when you open a sleeve of Thin Mints, the sleeve is made of silvery plastic, not the clear plastic and when this happens to me I get a silver plastic box, I am sad. That is just not how things are done. Everyone knows Thin Mints come in clear plastic sleeves so you can properly count your remaining Thin Mint stash with one quick glance. Of course, this brings up the age old problem of Thin Mints, Why You No Make Me Thin? …..but whats a girl to do?
Now if only I could find a Girl Scout troop….
have you tried http://cookielocator.littlebrownie.com/ best of luck. I would be devastated with out our annual binge on Girl Scout Cookies.
OK, Thin Mints have always come in silver sleeves. At least here in Texas. I used to sell the heck out of those cookies as well! Also, remember how you used to take orders and then deliver later?
This year, we actually did have a little girl come to our door and even though I had already purchased from my niece, I bought from her anyhow since she went to that much effort.
This year, I had a real issue with the girls being out selling one week into January. One, it’s cold and gets dark early and two, people are trying to keep resolutions. I think we used to sell in March. At least I remember it being Spring outside and not Winter.
Hope you find your cookies; all the girl scouts have stopped selling here.
second to the cookie locator — i can’t speak to the door to door thing, but they are selling ALL OVER Chicago nearly every day of the week.
CLEAR packaging on your thin mints?! get out! mine come wrapped in the foil-esque material. I second you try the girl scout locater, because my coworker is a troop leader and has already thrown her ‘end of cookie sale’ party. I hope you find some!!
Yup. Clear packaging FTW!
Hold the phone… samoas aren’t samoas anymore? That’s a travesty.
“Caramel deLites”
I was a girl scout from 1st grade – 7th grade. That’s a lot of cookie selling, ha! We did tabling, but it was almost all cold door to door selling. That’ll knock the shyness right out of ya
Also, yes. Clear sleeves. All the better to ration the thin mints.
Not being able to find Girl Scout Cookies is an absolute travesty. Particularly since they are seemingly rampant here – the awesomest GS ever selling cookies EVERYWHERE that I am – the grocery store, the mall, even the Town Dump!
I was a Girl Scout from 1st Grade through 7th Grade and then dropped out. I was a nerdy jock so school and sports took over my life from there out. :-/
I live near one of the Girl Scouts Headquarter offices that sells cookies all year long – if the mood strikes you, I can always mail you some…
Apparently each region has different names/packaging. Even between Dallas and Fort worth there are difference. DIFFERENCES I SAY. How can I keep up? My Thin Mints have been in clear packaging.
Those girls have been everywhere lately. Lowes, Home Depot, grocery stores, my office, school…oye. And they’re so damn friendly and cute that I just HAVE to buy a box from everyone. I’m stocking my freezer for summer. Cold Thin Mints on a hot summer day will be heavenly!!!