Size matters

Its that time of the year again: time for Girl Scout cookies!  Although I like them all, my favorite 2 are 

Do-Si-Dos (peanut butter sandwich cookies)

and... 

Tagalongs (chocolate covered peanut butter cookies).

I've been ordering and enjoying them every year for as long as I can remember.  Girl Scout cookie time should be a holiday in my opinion.  Click this link to see all the Girl Scout cookie varieties.

But this year my joy was tempered a bit when I noticed that the cookies appear to be shrinking in both size and quantity.  Is it just me??  

The Do-Si-Dos come stacked in 2 cellophane sleeves in the box, and the box seems smaller this year, no doubt due to the smaller size of the cookies.

The Tangalongs come in a plastic tray with separators between the cookies, and the separators now take up as much space as the cookies.

I remember paying $2.75 per box years ago, and I know that nothing stays the same price forever, but the cookies are now $4.00 per box.  I guess I'm feeling like the flavor pay-off is getting harder to justify with the smaller cookie size and the increasing price.

But the truth is that I will always order a box of Do-Si-Dos and Tagalongs every year because its my thing.  I do it every year, and I really do enjoy the cookies.  But that doesn't mean I won't complain a little.

Asshole behavior

When our friends Kerry & Hugh were visiting recently they were in the kitchen as I opened up the cabinet where we keep the peanut butter. Hugh asked "How many jars of peanut butter do you have in there?" I rolled my eyes and replied "I'm not sure; let's count them" as I pulled them off the shelves.

"One, two, three, four. We have four jars of - wait a minute! I think there's one in the fridge, too." Sure enough, I produced yet another jar of peanut butter from the door of the refrigerator.

"It appears we have 5 jars of peanut butter, all of which have been opened." I confirmed.

As the laughter subsided, Kerry asked if they were different varieties, like chunky and creamy.
I confirmed all 5 were creamy.

Anticipating their next question, I cut them off at the pass: "No, I don't know why we have 5 opened jars of peanut butter. Its really bordering on asshole behavior, isn't it?"

"Asshole behavior... what's that?" Kerry asked with a chuckle.

"Asshole behavior is the actions or behavior that would commonly be associated with someone considered to be an asshole" I defined, to even more laughter. "Wouldn't you agree that opening a new jar while the previous jar still has peanut butter in it could be a mistake once, but that doing it 4 times is dangerously close to asshole behavior?"

We laughed more and more as all 3 of us got into it by coming up with additional evidences of asshole behavior:

• Using the last of the toilet paper and/or paper towels and not replacing the roll
• Putting an empty container back into the fridge
• Pulling a bunch of stuff out of a closet or cabinet while searching for an item, and not putting the stuff back
• Going for a walk with someone and not stopping when they say "I need to tie my shoe"
• Leaving the isle with the grocery cart while someone is reading a label/making a selection
• Filling the sink instead of the dishwasher with dirty dishes
• Not answering when someone asks you a question

Can you add anything to the list of asshole behaviors?

Totally unrelated side point #1: Today is Feb 11 and it is currently warmer outdoors than it is inside our house.

Totally unrelated side point #2: This week's weigh-in was heartening, as I lost the 2 lbs I gained last week from eating all those french fries. So now I am back to where I was 2 weeks ago.

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