It's better to have loved and lost....
Posted 04-06-2007 at 07:27 AM by mycoupons
It used to be that February was my favorite month of the year.
Girls in green vests knocking at my door, offering up their goods were a welcome site.
I had it down to a perfect science. Three boxes of Thin Mints, four Caramel deLites, three Short Bread and some Peanut Butter Patties thrown in for good measure.
The recipe for a year long supply of Girl Scout cookies was born.
Come delivery day, which was always around Valentines Day, (Coincidence? I think not!) the first box of Thin Mints wouldn't see the light of day. I would devour the entire box in minutes.
The rest of the cookies would go to the freezer. Safe and secure, suspended in animation until my next binge would call.
Life was good. I had a stockpile of cookies.
Then, in late February of this year, there was a knock at my door. It was the neighbor's kid. She was selling cookies for her band. Did I want to buy some?
Feeling like I was committing adultery, I browsed her catalog of Otis Spunkmeyer cookies.
Knowing my freezer was overflowing with the goodness that is Girl Scout cookies, I decided to buy one box.
She's my neighbor's kid. She has an older brother who likes to Tee-Pee trees. I figured buying a $12 box of cookies from his kid sister would spare me and my trees the shame of being covered in Charmin.
She delivered the cookies yesterday. A big tub, containing three pounds of frozen, uncooked, pre-formed triple chocolate cookies.
Pre-heat the oven, place the cookies on a baking sheet, bake for 16 minutes and voila! Instant cookie.
I made a batch last night.
I am standing here before you to tell you that these cookies are the nectar of the God's!
Moist, yet crunchy on the edges. Sweet, yet not too sweet. Each bite was like a piece of heaven.
I saw the neighbor's kid today, I motioned for her to come over. When she did, I asked if she could get her hands on any more of the stuff. She could see my trembling hands, and the hunger in my eyes.
She was sad to report that the fundraising was over. There would be no more cookies until next year.
Broken and depressed, I went inside and ate a box of Caramel deLites.
They were ok.
But, they weren't Otis.
I have now known true love. I will never be the same.
I will be tying a yellow ribbon around my trees this week, and they will remain until Otis and I meet again.
Of course, those trees will probably be Tee-Peed soon.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
Girls in green vests knocking at my door, offering up their goods were a welcome site.
I had it down to a perfect science. Three boxes of Thin Mints, four Caramel deLites, three Short Bread and some Peanut Butter Patties thrown in for good measure.
The recipe for a year long supply of Girl Scout cookies was born.
Come delivery day, which was always around Valentines Day, (Coincidence? I think not!) the first box of Thin Mints wouldn't see the light of day. I would devour the entire box in minutes.
The rest of the cookies would go to the freezer. Safe and secure, suspended in animation until my next binge would call.
Life was good. I had a stockpile of cookies.
Then, in late February of this year, there was a knock at my door. It was the neighbor's kid. She was selling cookies for her band. Did I want to buy some?
Feeling like I was committing adultery, I browsed her catalog of Otis Spunkmeyer cookies.
Knowing my freezer was overflowing with the goodness that is Girl Scout cookies, I decided to buy one box.
She's my neighbor's kid. She has an older brother who likes to Tee-Pee trees. I figured buying a $12 box of cookies from his kid sister would spare me and my trees the shame of being covered in Charmin.
She delivered the cookies yesterday. A big tub, containing three pounds of frozen, uncooked, pre-formed triple chocolate cookies.
Pre-heat the oven, place the cookies on a baking sheet, bake for 16 minutes and voila! Instant cookie.
I made a batch last night.
I am standing here before you to tell you that these cookies are the nectar of the God's!
Moist, yet crunchy on the edges. Sweet, yet not too sweet. Each bite was like a piece of heaven.
I saw the neighbor's kid today, I motioned for her to come over. When she did, I asked if she could get her hands on any more of the stuff. She could see my trembling hands, and the hunger in my eyes.
She was sad to report that the fundraising was over. There would be no more cookies until next year.
Broken and depressed, I went inside and ate a box of Caramel deLites.
They were ok.
But, they weren't Otis.
I have now known true love. I will never be the same.
I will be tying a yellow ribbon around my trees this week, and they will remain until Otis and I meet again.
Of course, those trees will probably be Tee-Peed soon.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
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