My name is Shaun and I eat Girl Scout cookies. I eat a lot of Girl Scout cookies. Samoas are my favorite but any will do. I like a box row of them best just before bed. But anytime will do. They make me happy.
One year I bought 72 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. I did this using money I was paid to sing about a man who taught us to ask only for our daily bread. I forgot about him when the doorbell rang. Those Girl Scouts are like little ninja Zig Zigglers I tell you. They have mind powers. I’m defenseless against them.
Last year I only bought a handful of boxes. It was a baby step. But this year? I’m off the wagon again.
Becky and I teach 2nd and 3rd grade Sunday school. Well, I teach when I’m in town, which is about once a month. And that once a month, not long ago, was the one Sunday a cute little button named Brook listened intently as I told the story of the ten plagues. She made me a paper airplane. She told me she was going to have a little brother or sister soon. Then, with my defenses down, with me convinced she was just a cute little girl in a pretty dress and bows, she quickly shoved a folded Girl Scout cookie order form into my face. “Would you like to buy some cookies, Mr. Shaun?”
What was I supposed to do?
I bought cookies. Lots of cookies. And in the days ahead, more cookies from other little girls in dresses and bows. It’s. Not. Fair. Or my fault.
16 boxes of Samoas. 5 boxes of Tagalongs.
And four boxes of Thin Mints for Becky who, it turns out, has less than stellar taste in men and cookies.
We all have a vice. I have boxes of them. What’s yours?
a) This post is almost as cute as little girls dressed in ribbons and bows. Almost.
b) My vice? Besides twitter binges, it’s 75%-off bargains. I will buy ANYTHING if it’s 75% off. Strangest purchase? Little sugar/creamer packaged travel sets for a nickel (they were 95% off!!). I don’t even use non-dairy creamer, but I thought I could give ‘em to someone.
Funny thing is I hate to shop; somehow, my girl DNA was genetically mutated.
Shaun,
As a dad of a Girl Scout, don’t think of it as feeding your addiction/vice think of it as ministering to girls learning to be leaders. Your purchases helps the troop provide learning opportunities for many, so you see, buying girl scout cookies is a way to maximize personal ministry dollars
Personally I’m a sucker for Samoas and thin mints (frozen and crushed over some bluebell homemade vanilla)
ooooo Samoas. they are a little bit of heaven on earth.
Yours are still called Samoas? They changed the name to Caramel Delites here in NC. Whatever the name, they’re still delicious!
Dang. I want me a Samoa.
Like NOW.
I think they have crack in them.
Oh my gosh WHERE were you when I was a girl scout???
Tagalongs are the best.
THIN MINTS!
Mr. Groves, may I have my daughters call you next year at about this time?
Two Girl Scouts live in my home, which sits on a street with several other Girl Scouts, in a neighborhood teeming with Girl Scouts. Every single one of them has a goal of 75 boxes!
They used to make these cookies called All Abouts, with little messages like “Girl Scouting is all about friendship,” or “Girl Scouting is all about teamwork.” I used to change the massages to “Girl Scouting is all about Capitalism,” or “Girl Scouting is all about sales techniques.”
I jest; I love the program and it’s been great for the girls and, let’s face it, Girl Scout Cookies are ten gazillion times better than Boy Scout Popcorn.
My vice. Donuts. Krispie Kreme donuts. My mouth is getting all Bart-Simpson-droooly just typing the words. Mmmmmm…
Thin Mints, but they have to be frozen!! i know, i’m weird. since i haven’t been on staff, we didn’t buy any this year. it’s nice to be anonymous at church. soon to change as i head to East Texas for my new gig.
My hubby loves his Thin Mints and prefers them frozen. Me? Tagalongs all the way.
Personally, I sold probably 1500+ boxes in my 5 years as a Girl Scout (3 as a Brownie and 2 as a Junior Girl Scout). I figure I’m just completing the cycle by buying when so many others bought from me so many years ago.
AND…as a former GS, I have to say that I am so glad to see that they have returned to their REAL names. Did anyone else notice those few years that they went to very generic sounding names for the cookies? I was sad when the girls selling them didn’t know what a Tag-A-Long was! Sacrilege! At least someone at the headquarters saw the light!
Hi,
Thin Mints! So Shaun, if we tell our faves does that mean you’ll send us some?
Actually, I (Miranda) am a voice teacher when we’re not on the road. And, I have a student who is a brownie GS. I told her that when she sells cookies, I’ll buy some! I was a GS for a few years, and loved it!
Have a blessed weekend!
Love in Christ,
Andy and Miranda – In Him
Frozen Thin Mints for sure! Scott LOVES the Samoa’s too and I know I’m in big trouble if I don’t get them every year! If he’s deployed, I have to mail them.
*gasp*
did you eat the whole box?
Thin Mints all the way!
try a frozen samoa. it takes a little longer to eat, because you have to be careful not to chip a tooth. but ‘tis delicious.
good luck.
Oooooo…thin mints. I look forward every year to a box of those.
Oh come on, Shaun! Thin mints are pretty good.
And they were always a best seller when I was a scout, MANY years ago.
(Just did the math; I’m 30 now, and I quit when I was about 15, so that was half-my-life ago!)
And for the record, no matter how many boxes of Thin Mints I sold, I always preferred the Samoas (can’t forget what they were called over a decade ago, but it was a different name).
What are the Tagalongs again? They also had a different name when I was a kid.
Hey, don’t knock the Thin Mints! Mint is yummy!
And I love it that you still haven’t figured out a girl’s charm…
Haha! You make me laugh.
Hm, my vice? Anything chocolate. I’m addicted to chocolate. Tootsie Rolls do not count as chocolate though, ‘cos they are disgusting.
I was a junior gs for a couple years, but I don’t remember selling many cookies, if any. I think my group sold nuts instead or something…I thought that was kind of weird…
I noticed that your Samoas and Tagalongs are still called by their proper names, whereas ours (in West Texas) are Carmel Delights and Peanut Butter Patties, for reasons passing understanding. But from the comments, this sounds like a general plague, so perhaps the real names will reappear next year.
I hated selling cookies as a Girl Scout. I was soooo shy, plus NO ONE at church ever wanted to buy any. I, of course, buy from every little girl who asks.
Hi again,
Now that you mention it, when I (Miranda) was a GS about oh at least 10-12 years or so they were called Carmel Delights and Peanutbutter Patties. That sounds very familiar now.
Stay in touch, and have a blessed weekend!
Love in Christ,
Andy and Miranda – In Him
I have several vices… among them are girl scout cookies, and another that Brody hit on with a previous post – sales on music of amazing bands. I bought all 3 cd’s that Brody recommended and I could barely keep myself from buying Stellar Kart’s newest cd for $5. I swear, if I was a musician I would be even more broke than I am now!
YAY!! I finally remember the “old” names for Samoas and Tagalongs!
Thanks guys!
They were always Carmel Delites and Peanut Butter Patties when I was a Scout, so maybe some areas are going back the the old-school names. (Dunno if they had any names before the first round of Carmel Delites and PBPatties.)
So, for me, these “new” names are their “proper” names.
Su,
I’m also in West Texas (well if Abilene is West Texas) and the name is because of the bakery that makes the cookies. There are 2 bakeries that make GS cookies using the same recipe, but GS does not own the cookie names. The original names are owned by the original bakery so GS getting their cookies from that bakery sell Samoas and Tagalongs if the GS get them from ABC bakery, as West Texas does, they’re caramel delights and peanut butter patties. Thin Mints are the exception.
Wow, that post me laugh. Thanks. And they say that Girls Scout Cookie sales are suffering because of the economy, yeah right. Just send all the girls to Shaun’s house and the economy will be fixed in a jiffy!
Toby, thanks for clearing that up. I’m not from here, and I had no idea that GS cookie names were a regional thing. That’s just funny.