girl scout cookies any cave yet?

I've eaten 3 boxes in the past few weeks. Maintaining as planned.

I'm Canadian so the cookies are different, but I used to be a leader and I always, always buy them whenever I get asked. I think the little girls who sell outside the grocery store can tell I'm an easy target but every time I see them I'm already opening my wallet to figure out how much cash I have on me to give it all away.

We usually have a few boxes in the freezer and right now there's three or four in the pantry but I don't actually like them so they get eaten by other people in my house. I love cookies but only freshly baked, I'm a total princess.

I ordered 3 boxes, ate about 1/2 of each flavor and threw the rest out. I always work them up in my mind to be spectacular and they fail to deliver.

kgeyser wrote: »

I ate a whole box of Samoas on Saturday, it was delicious.

Me too! Well, it was earlier in the week, but I did eat a whole box of Samoas, and I enjoyed every last one of them.

I am pretty sure the girl I used to order from moved away a couple months ago so I may be out of luck. One of our vendors sent us up a couple boxes but they were Samoas and I can't stand coconut so I was disappointed. I really want to try the new ones (don't care they are gluten free but the ones with the toffee bits sound tasty - toffee bits in cookies are so awesome) and will be sad not to have any tagalongs but maybe I will be lucky and I am wrong about who moved (I can't remember which house she was in - either she moved or her neighbor moved). I know they sometimes sell outside grocery stores here but I have never been lucky enough to time it right.

spacequiztime wrote: »

I bought this my first day back home last week. Does this count?

I really want some Thanks-A-Lots or some Somoas but according to the website, I have to wait until this Saturday to buy some at Krogers. My sister bought a lot from her students but she gave "bad foods" for Lent so I'm not sure what's going to happen with those. She'll probably leave them at work.

I love this bear!

I've eaten Thin Mints. 4 of them in a serving. I think it said 160 calories. Not every day, I think that I used them as a treat to myself twice since I started MFP a month ago.

I bought 12 boxes. Some going to my BF, some to my mom, but most are for me. However, I am ordering from a friend who lives on the other coast because I want to support her little girl. A case of GS cookies is 12 boxes, so I wanted to make it easy for her to ship.

We ordered three boxes and my husband has strict orders to slowly ration them to me ....or I will eat them ALL!

Josalinn wrote: »

Sadly, I think the cookie recipes are changing and getting worse. Plus with the cost rising It is getting harder for me justify buying them. If they go up again I won't be able to do this again =/ When I was a GS I remember when they cost $2 a box and the bitching and moaning that happened when it went up to $2.50

Are they still around four or five dollars?

Josalinn wrote: »

Sadly, I think the cookie recipes are changing and getting worse. Plus with the cost rising It is getting harder for me justify buying them. If they go up again I won't be able to do this again =/ When I was a GS I remember when they cost $2 a box and the bitching and moaning that happened when it went up to $2.50

They are $3.50 here.. Yes the recipes are definitely changing. Hubby and I always loved the peanut butter patties (tagalongs) but this year they came out and had half the peanut butter in them and just didn't taste anywhere near as good. I don't think we will buy as much next year. We bought 6 boxes this year... We'll probably buy just a couple boxes of thin mints next year.

My story:

O.K. everyone, this is very important to everyone on My Fitness Pal. I was watching the news tonight and saw something very disturbing that will affect us all on here. It's due to hit our area in about 2-3 weeks. I like to call it G.S.C.S.!!!!
Now before you start go to google it, I will explain what it is. It hits every year around this time. Its not the cold of winter, or anything to do with the super bowl or even the dreaded taxes coming up soon. It's far more disturbing to all of us on here. What is it? It's Girl Scout Cookie Syndrome !
Yep, they are back. And this year, its going to be even worse. This can set us back for weeks!!
Who can resist the “ Mr, would like to buy a box of girl scout cookies? In one part of my mind, I am thinking, sure, support the girl's and troops, but in the other side of my mind, the dominant side, I am thinking, boy, those cookies are good and what if I don’t get them today? They may run out or they may not be here next week. Then what? I wont see them again for a whole year!!!
So next is what do I get? Of course I have to get the Thin Mints, they are my favorite. And of course, I do like those Tagalongs, as I like peanut butter. Then there is the problem that I like shortbread and maybe I missed it last year, but this year they have shortbread and chocolate chip shortbread! Can you imagine?
Then, the next problem is who came up with serving sizes? Really? 8 servings in a box of thin mints? Maybe for a 4 year old! To me, they are packaged the way they are for a reason. When you open the box, there are 2 cellophane packages inside. That’s done for a reason. 2 packages in a box, 2 servings, 1 for today and one for tomorrow. Any adult know that. If it was meant to be 8 servings, it would have been packaged that way.
Then there is the guilt of the purchase. OK, so I want 2 thin mints, 2 tagalongs, 2 shortbread and oh well, throw in 2 chocolate chip shortbread. Well I cant walk away with 8 boxes of cookies. And besides, it would be pretty embarrassing asking if they take American Express. So I of course say I am getting some for my family. I can see that little girl looking at me like, yeah right, you didn’t get that fat from giving away cookies and in her mind, I know shes thinking, see you next week.
So will I get them? Of course. I have to support the little girls. LOL
I just want to thank My Fitness Pal for preloading all the nutrition info in already, and yes I did look and bet a lot of you will too! Just type in girl scouts, they are all there!!

There’s no avoiding it. I am thinking of doing my shopping at midnight while those little girls sleep. That’s the only way I think I can win.

I bought 2 boxes and had the girl scouts send them to the troops overseas. Win, win, win...

I'm a Girl Scout Troop mom and my house is full of cookies. It can be pure torture, but I've been strong so far and have only indulged in a few thin mints. :-)