Not Exactly Frugal
There is a reason I don't buy packages of cookies or other junk food at the store. There is a reason that even though I like to bake, I don't do it very often. The reason being that this family has no self control!
In a moment of weakness I ordered four boxes of cookies from a Girl Scout we know. What was I thinking? I think the plan was to help a good cause, and to freeze some to ration them out. Yeah right.
Tuesday I exchanged $14 for my four boxes of cookies. Do you know how much I can buy at Aldi for $14?! Not a single cookie made it to the freezer. All that remains this morning is half a sleeve of thin mints. Yes, the six of us demolished those cookies.
Of course buying Girl Scout cookies is not exactly frugal, but it does help a good cause. So the only regret here is that we have no self control when it comes to those little and expensive cookies. I've done my part. I will buy no more. If I do I may have to look at investing in home gyms, and that I certainly can't not afford!
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6 comments:
Isn't it funny how in the moment we'll spend money on something with the best of intentions and only later say "wait! for that $25 on pizza, I could've gotten 4 days worth of groceries!" Buyers remorse sucks but somehow I have selective memory and keep doing the same things over and over.
Now I want GS cookies. I love peanut butter patties.
Why didn't you put them directly into the freezer out side woman!?!
I meant to take that last pack with me this morning, but I forgot. moo.
I don't know how I managed to do this - but I didn't buy a single box this year! I was a girl scout once, and every year I give in and buy a couple of boxes. Somehow, not a single Girl Scout came into my line of sight this year, though. bakingbites.com has some great looking homemade versions (Especially the Samoas - YUM!) that I think I'll try - it'll sure be cheaper than those prices! :)
I resisted this year and let me tell you, it is hard when you are part of a mom's group and everyone's kid is a girl scout :) I did mooch out of other people's boxes though :)
I ate my entire box of Lemonades by myself.. half of it was gone by the time I got home and the rest was gone by the next day. Matthew ate a couple but I finished the rest myself. [blushing]At least I only ordered one.
Stephanie,
I bought a couple boxes in a moment of weakness myself. I love those Caramel Delites!
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