In Shopping and Gift Giving and Receiving

• You ring your husband while shopping to tell him about a great answering machine on special and you think we ought to have one. And he says buy it if its got call monitoring and he doesn't have to answer all those 'Guide' calls before our meetings on a Thursday night
• If you need a new car, you only look at the ones that will hold seven or more people (plus luggage rack, of course). (and there only three people in your family)
• It's hard to wheedle a book token out of friends (and husbands :) ) for your birthday because "We want to get something for you - not your Guide book 'collection'
• You take along parts of uniforms to match the color and upholstery of the car!
• You notice that ALL your clothes in the closet are blue or green
• Shopping at the council shop, you think "What here could be a future collectible?"
• You have everybody in your family searching flea markets, garage sales, antique stores and auctions for old Girl Scout memorabilia
• You get excited when you get an old, rusty Girl Scout First Aid Kit for your birthday
• After buying a van for Girl Scouting you announces that you need a trailer for the camping equipment so you can put more people in the van
• A Girl Scout rings your door bell to sell you Girl Scout Cookies and you show her the 20 cases your daughter has in the hall, but you buy a box anyway
• When buying your car last year, you demanded to know if you could fit three tea-chests of Guide equipment and two tents in the trunk and still have room for my personal gear and the Guide case
• You can't walk into a craft or dollar store without purchasing supplies for your troop
• You find something that looks interesting or fun and think "Now what can we use this for? Will it help us earn any of the try-its?"
• You spend and extra 50 dollars to get a Girl Scouts Florida License Plate for the car.
• You buy a van just for camping trips for girl scouts
• You ask for a two room tent on your anniversary (and get it)
• You ask for a canoe for your birthday
• After fussing because your always busy doing Girl Scouts, your husband buys you a new sleeping bag for Christmas, and his idea of a vacation is definitely NOT camping.
• Your family comes home with great flea market and garage sale finds because they were sure you could find something to do with it for Girl Scouts. "I saw this bag of material they were practically giving away and I thought of you." "You did say you were looking for a food dehydrator didn't you?" "I found this whole bag of tennis racket presses for a quarter - can't you figure out a way to make flower presses out of them?" (And you did!)
• Every time you see a cute stuffed animal in a store you wonder "Would this make a great troop mascot?"
• You frantically look through gift shops for a souvenir patch or pin and get upset if they don't have any
• You are determined to get a council patch/guide badge from all over the world...no matter how much it costs!!
• You donate to AFG every year to make sure you can keep your collection of mugs current
• You shop at the council store for birthday party gifts
• You quickly take a Lifetime Membership for yourself AND daughter before the rate increases in order to save $$.