Dieters beware: It's already Girl Scout cookie time
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Posted by Tamara O.
I am weak. I admit it. I can't resist sweets.
Since I've watched the numbers on my digital scale climb throughout 2009, like many busy moms I know I've decided to start yet another year off resolving to lose weight. I'm seven days in. So far, so good.
So wouldn't you know it, the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, in some supreme wisdom, kicked off its annual Girl Scout cookie sales this week.
Imagine my 10-year-old Girl Scout, with her big beautiful blue eyes, visiting my dieting friends and family with a sheet showing off those yummy globs of fat producers and in her sweet little voice asking, "Would you like to buy some cookies?"
I can almost imagine the scenario: My little Girl Scout, with me supervising of course, trudging through mounds of snow, clutching her cookie order sheet to her chest lest it blow away in the below zero wind chill, and knocking on my friends' doors. They open it with a huge smile, happy to see her, until a look of horror overtakes them when they see the order sheet. Suddenly they begin to crave Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos and Trefoils. Before they know it, they've ordered a box of every kind, maybe even more. Order complete, they slam the door and begin foraging for anything sweet before we've even stepped off the porch.
I feel a little like a drug dealer in a crack house, like I will be single-handedly responsible for derailing diets all over creation just so she can earn a new badge. Of course, to help her sell the minimum 50 boxes for the badge, I know I'll have to buy multiple boxes-and I simply can't resist Girl Scout cookies sitting on my kitchen counter.
Ah, the ongoing trials and tribulations of parenting. Maybe I can just start my diet in June.
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GSC StashBy Walter B. on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 I too do enjoy the occasional GSC cookie binge. Although you just totally blew the wholesome Girl Scout image with the whole "drug dealer in a crack house" comment, but it's true! When my daughter sold them, all she had to do was just ask "do you want to buy some Girl Scou..." and it was like ordering at McDonalds. No need to look at the list, they just knew what they wanted. So I guess it's time to score my Girl Scout cookie stash, before it's too late! |
Too LateBy Nancy S. on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 June is definitely too late. That's bathing suit-shorts wearing season. :) |
Director of Integrated Marketing and Communications, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest IndianaBy Julie Somogyi on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Healthy living goals are certainly important, and as an organization Girl Scouting agrees that cookies are definitely a treat which should be eaten in moderation along with healthy foods. However, I would like to congratulate you on giving your daughter an opportunity to learn some really important business skills at her age. Since 1917, girls have practiced setting goals with their peers and have worked with adult mentors to understand how to count money and make change in this real-life exercise. Believe it or not, people contact us all year long in anticipation of the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program. You also can encourage people to support Girl Scouts, without sidetracking their resolutions, by buying boxes of cookies that girls can donate to the military overseas or to local food pantries. We're grateful that you're helping to support all the programs offered by this nearly 100-year-old organization by encouraging your daughter to participate. Nearly 95,000 girls in this region alone thank you and everyone else who purchases cookies for supporting Girl Scouting. |
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By Kim on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Now all of my friends' daughters are 1st graders, and I have lost track on how many boxes we've bought. I can assure you that they will be stored in the freezer in the garage...where I can't find myself eating a sleeve of thin mints. They are both a blessing and a curse!