I Know a Guy…
01/13/2010 in Guilty Pleasures, PSAs, Vendors by Lauren | 2 comments
Well, not so much a “guy” as a girl. Specifically, a Girl Scout.
I know what you’re thinking: the Girl Scouts is a truly remarkable program for young women, teaching them independence and self-confidence while cultivating natural leadership abilities and providing a sense of community. However, the likelihood that you would turn to one in any sort of emergency is pretty darn slim.
The truth is, you could easily find a more helpful scout if you were in a pinch. Eagle Scouts, for instance, are serious business. Let’s face it. If Girl Scouts today are anything like my own troop back in Mountain Brook, AL, you’d be better off calling Troop Beverly Hills.
But before you start turning your nose up at my excitement of knowing a Girl Scout, let me ask you this question:
How do you buy your Thin Mints?
Unless you have already moved to the ‘burbs and have precious little troopers knocking each other over to knock down your door, they can be pretty hard to find! In fact, as a high-rise dweller who rarely grocery shops during normal hours (missing the stands often found outside), I haven’t seen hide nor hair of a Trefoil in years.
Until TODAY. My co-worker’s niece is finally old enough to sell ‘em!
Obviously, everyone’s favorite is the Thin Mint. If you don’t know what it is, you are from Mars and I can’t help you. Sorry. I love me a Thin Mint, especially because at 35 calories a wafer, they aren’t THAT bad. (unless you eat an entire sleeve.)

My PERSONAL favorite is the Tagalong. Round cookie. Layer of peanut butter. Covered in chocolate. Bam.
However, for me, peanut butter is the gateway drug, so these are dangerous at Chez Lauren. A lighter GSC alternative is the Do-si-do: oatmeal cookie sandwich with a peanut butter filling. Yum.
Here are the other cookies (in no particular order):
Lemon Chalet Cremes (cinnamon ginger spice with a lemon crème filling)
Trefoils (shortbread)
Samoas (vanilla cookies, covered with caramel, rolled in toasted coconut and striped with chocolate)
Dulce De Leche (bite-sized cookies with milk caramel chips)
Thank U Berry Munch (hearty cookies with cranberries and white fudge chips and crispy rice)
BONUS: If you have 0 willpower, like myself, but still want to support the Girl Scouts AND send our troops overseas a treat, the Girl Scouts are now offering the opportunity for you to purchase cookies to be shipped to our boys overseas. Once you purchase, the Girl Scouts will ship them to the troops in your name.
The sale ends next Monday, so if you need your Trefoil fix, email me at thequickanddirtydirty@gmail.com and I’ll try to hook you up!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to talk to a man girl about a horse cookie…

xx, L
Tags: do-gooding, I'm just saying..., Things that are awesome..., very important people, YUM
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Lindsay on 01/20/2010 at 1:01 PM
i was a brownie and my mom was the cookie chair for my troop. please remind me to never do that when i have kids. thanks in advance…
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