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"Sure, flowers are starting to bloom and the weather is changing but the true marker of spring&amp;amp;#8217;s arrival for me has always been&amp;amp;#133;Girl Scout Cookies! I know they&amp;amp;#8217;re not exactly the healthiest snacks around, but since they&amp;amp;#8217;re such a seasonal treat, I indulge a little. They do freeze beautifully. These aren&amp;amp;#8217;t all mine, though I kind of wish they were! A few boxes are for pals without Girl Scout connections. A good friend recently became a Daisy Troop Leader. She&amp;amp;#8217;d been active in Girl Scouts all the way up to college and she finally has time to give back to the organization now that her career is in a good place. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s so admirable of her. The Girl Scouts do such amazing things for young women. I only wish that my commitment to the organization had been a bit stronger. When I was in second grade, I was a Brownie. I loved our troop meetings; we&amp;amp;#8217;d make crafts or sing songs. But I hated, and I mean hated wearing the uniform. Looking back, of course, I&amp;amp;#8217;m mortified. My 7-year-old prima donna self gets a huge bratty F in the manners department. I remember my Grandma and aunts telling me if I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t wear the uniform, I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t participate in troop activities. One of my most vivid memories is when I finally put my L.A. Gear foot down and said, &amp;amp;#8220;Brown and orange don&amp;amp;#8217;t match. It&amp;amp;#8217;s ugly.&amp;amp;#8221; OMG. I want to crawl into a hole every time that gets brought up at a family dinner. Are you buying any Girl Scout Cookies this year? What&amp;#x27;s your favorite cookie? Were you a Girl Scout? And what marks spring&amp;#x27;s arrival for you? Your garden in bloom? Spring break? Receiving wedding invitations in the mail? For all things spring&amp;amp;#133; * 5 things the beauty department loves about spring. * Spring&amp;amp;#8217;s most wearable trends. * 37 adorable and affordable shoes to wear for spring. More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Chris Johnson"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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