DISCONTINUED GIRL SCOUT COOKIES _ I told you a couple of weeks ago that the Girl Scouts will discontinue the “S’mores” and “Toast-Yay!” cookie flavors after this year’s cookie season. The decision comes as the organization faces financial challenges. Here are some Girl Scout Cookie varieties that have come and gone.
• KOOKABURRAS – Available in the early ‘80s, these rectangular cookies had crispy rice, caramel, and chocolate.
• GOLDEN YANGLES – Not really cookies at all, Golden Yangles — available in the 1980s and discontinued in 1992 — were cheddar cheese crackers.
• JULIETTES – Named after Girl Scouts founder Juliette Low, the Juliette (available from 1984 to 1985 and then resurrected from 1993 to 1996) was made of caramel and pecans covered in milk chocolate.
• UPSIDE DOWNS – In 1999, the Girl Scouts took on Little Debbie with an oatmeal cookie sandwich of their own. But, unlike Little Debbie’s soft Oatmeal Creme Pies, Upside Downs were crunchy.
• OLÉ OLÉS – A reduced fat cookie, Olé Olés were powdered sugar cookies with pecans and coconut and were available from 2001 to 2003.
• CINNA-SPINS – Hopping on the latest fitness fad, these crispy, cinnamon swirl cookies were sold in 100-calorie packs in 2008.
QUICK TIP TO IMPROVE YOUR 2025 FINANCES _ With 2025 underway, New Year’s resolutions are a dime a dozen. But study after study shows that annual resolutions are rarely kept. If your resolution is to control your money and save more, here’s an easy way to start: track one expense. A lot of people hate to budget, and tracking every dime spent is tedious and often unhelpful. Instead, develop the habit of tracking just one spending category. Pick an expense that you believe may be a problem area for your budget, and keep track of spending in just that one category. Once you get spending in that category under control, start tracking the next expense that’s causing you to blow through your budget.
WE FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN GOOD SHAPE ABOUT 9 TIMES A MONTH _ The average adult feels like they’re in good shape about nine times a month. Lack of sleep, heavy workloads and a lack of exercise mean less than one third of the year is spent feeling in tip top condition, both mentally and physically. Instead, the average adult will have three days a week where they feel tired or lacking in energy, and two occasions where they spend the day in a bad mood. More than one third of adults even have whole months go by where they don’t have a single day of feeling ‘in top form’.
