It's that time of year again. Time for our nation's army of Girl Scouts to hit the streets and stores peddling their addictive cookies. To be honest, I'm not sure if it's my most or least favorite Girl Scout activity. This year, our council, in their infinite wisdom, made some changes to the program and are requesting that each girl order and pay for an inventory of cookies to keep on hand so they can immediately fulfill their customers' desires. On the surface, that sounds wonderful, and I'm sure the customers appreciate it, however, from the perspectives of the troop leaders, parents, and girls, this new system definitely has some flaws. Because of that, our troop decided to do things the way we always have, and our girls have been taking orders and filling them each week, so yesterday I went to our local "cookie cupboard" to pick up our troop's first order. It was only 12 cases, but let me tell you, that's a LOT of cookies! Yikes! So now I have a nice inventory, and all I need is for the rest of the troop to start selling them and picking them up from me, because I don't want our dining room table to look like this for long! LOL! But anyway, I'm using this for my Yeah! picture, because for most people, Girl Scout cookies are definitely good for a yeah or two!
oh boy the memories. I remember the year my daughter (a/k/a mom and dad) sold around 500 boxes and I was never so happy to be rid of cookies. Then I felt bad because she was one of the low sellers in her troop, but when I remembered my dinning room looking like a warehouse, the guilt just floated away.
ReplyDeleteMan, love those things!!! I remember selling (well, trying to....)them, and then passing the cookie torch to my DD, who ROCKED it.
ReplyDeleteWe're just getting ready to kick off on Friday...
ReplyDeleteMmmmm cookies!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh the dreaded Girl Scout cookies! I just now posted how I threw away a box I had leftover from two years ago.
ReplyDeleteI ordered three boxes this year and my husband ordered some too. I thought I was going to be able to give them to my daughter's drama group for snack time, but unless they come in soon the school play will be over and I'll have to figure out a different way to get rid of them. (I support the girl scouts, but no gracefully I tell 'ya!) :-)
Oops - that was supposed to say NOT gracefully! 'Cause I'm obviously lacking grace when it comes to those things. :-0
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