I hid the Samoas.
It was well within my rights, you see. I’d bought a box of Trefoils, Thin Mints, and Samoas. The Thin Mints are always the first to go. The sleeves dwindle quickly. Full in the morning, nearly empty by mid-afternoon. It’s like crack to them, especially William and Steve. I don’t like Thin Mints (or York Peppermint Patties for that matter. Or really any dark chocolate and mint combination of candy. Is that strange? Peanut butter and chocolate though, pass it over.). So, I don’t eat any. But when the Thin Mints are gone which is invariably within about 24 hours, they move onto the Samoas. My Samoas. It’s really just a sugar rush they’re looking for, but to waste it on the coconut-caramel goodness that is Samoas?! It wouldn’t be right. By the time I noticed, there were five left. I allow myself but one or two a day. I have incredible self-control with Girl Scout cookies but I entirely credit this with the fact that Girl Scout cookies come around once a year so it’s best to savor it, that brief moment in time when the little scouts come a-knockin’ hoping you’ll fork over the big bucks (and we always do, don’t we?!) to stock your pantry. They run a smart business model. So as I was saying, I hid them, because the rest of my people freebase them, handfuls at a time. They barely know what they’re eating, throw a sugar cube at them and it’d have the same effect. The cookies were practically begging to be hidden. Here, slow and steady definitely does not win the race, or at least any of the cookies. But sneaky does.
Plus, we’ve had something like ten snowstorms the month of February alone. So if I need to hide the last five Samoas behind the canned goods then that is what I’ll do dammit! We have a plethora of canned goods, mostly chick peas and black beans, so really I’m just relocating them to a different spot behiiiind a few things is all.
This week-long-break-in-the-middle-of-the-winter wasn’t nearly as rough as I prepared myself for. William and Lindsey were not at each other’s throats like I assumed they might be–a teen and almost-teen housebound for a week, you know. And Parker soooort of kept the tantrums at a minimum. We did manage to squeak out a few things on the to-do list too. An enormous Trader Joe’s run that had the check-out person saying, “You sure you don’t need help to your car?” Plus an orthodontist appointment (broken bracket!) and a haircut. Oh, and a nice winter’s walk, though the whole awe-filled “this snow is so pretty!” routine can only last so long and at this point, most of us are over it. At least, I’m pretty sure of that fact. We all trudge, boots and hats, a bit zombie-like from car to grocery store to CVS to yoga to the library with these dead-eyes that definitely communicate “give us summer.” I even took a few pictures of the snow storm while I was out running errands in it (and definitely not seeing out my back window but where was the ice scraper when I needed it?!) and thought, “Instagram? No.” No one likes a whiner, so it was something of a “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all.” Those pictures remain in the archives. You’re welcome.
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So, while I mostly hate this break (how about getting out a week earlier in June, schoolboard?!), because a trip is always out of the question–Steve doesn’t have off, and even if he did, we pay for diapers and braces instead of vacations–it wasn’t as rough as it might’ve been. Yes, we did sit around some, staring at each other or out the windows at the dirty snow piles, while friends were skiing or sunbathing. (I try not to let my jealousy get the best of me, such an unattractive trait.) But we didn’t kill each other and that is a win. We still have the Trefoils too.
Mmmm, Samoas and Thin Mints have been getting the best of me all day!
My weakness is a box of Tagalongs! Love the sheer honesty in this post!
This is all so familiar sounding… Except we don't have Girl Scout cookies in Alaska yet!! But once we do I will be hiding them from myself. Nothing like finding a box of tagalongs you thought were all gone!!
terrible. those girl scouts need to move north. a whole untapped audience!
If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all has been my mantra these last few months as I swear the internet is full of meanies.
People who don't respect the Samoas definitely don't deserve the samoas.
you should melt some coconut oil with shredded coconut and dip the trefoils in and top the whole mess with chocolate chips. your own samoas, lady!
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I hide cookies from the husband all the time. Generally the raspberry and chocolate Milano cookies I buy only when they go on sale. I need to find some GS cookies though, I haven't seen anyone selling when I go out shopping. This is a tragedy! Don't these girls know I'm having a baby in three weeks and I need to stock up now??
LOL, love your story about the Samoas because seriously they are like a little slice of heaven in that purple box….I mean no shame in hiding them cause I hide them too!!! My husband is a thin mint freak and he then to goes to the Samoas but not the last 2 years cause yeah he didn't know I bought any because yes I did hide them, ha!!!
Happy Friday!!!
My love runs deep for thin mints. I would bleed inwardly if they ever stopped selling them. I would have hidden the cookies in my pantie drawer. No one ventures into my drawers for anything. lol
The samoas are the best, I would have hid them too. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive.
ours are gone now. i'm jealous.
the cookie thing cracked me up!! my kids are younger tahn yours and they actually hate all things mint….sooooooooooo being the good mama I am if I have a treat I don't feel like sharing…I just causally tell them…"oh, you won't like this…it taste like mint." At this point in time they take my word…not sure how much longer that will last… I too would resort to finding the cookies : )
enjoy it while it lasts. they'll wise up eventually!! 🙂
Where did you score your fiddle leaf fig tree from? I am in connecticut and have yet to land one!
just a local nursery! but i've heard home depot carries them, and ikea too!
Thanks! Yours is stunning. Is it hard to keep alive?
it's not! like it's really not. though when i look at pictures of it when it was new, i think it's a little more bare now than it was, but it also loves humidity and for the most part it's been dry this winter. so, i think it'll perk up come summertime. but if that's it looking "unhealthy" i'll take it! a trick–water it once a week, NO MORE. it likes being thoroughly dried out then soaked well. and i just started spritzing it with water (and dusting its leaves) which i think it likes. ha. that might've sounded high maintenance, but i promise, it's easy!
You can have Girl Scout cookies all year long…I think it's Keebler that makes a pretty much exact replica of Thin Mints (Grasshopper cookies) and of the Samoa's. They are DELISH! Check them out!