in the great white north, instead of girl scouts we have girl guides. they both have cookies, but obviously in america they literally have nine more kinds of cookies than their canadian counterparts. and obviously i want to eat ALL the cookies. it helps the children you guys.
once upon a time, yours pauvre was a brownie - basically a junior girl guide/scout/whatever. i had a little brown dress and little brown knee socks and a little brown sash and i sold little blue boxes of girl guide cookies for fun and profit. i know, adorable.
i'm not really a saver of things, but for some reason i've held onto my brownie badge sash for the last 24 years. i like badges ok? most of my brownie badges are for things i still like to do, which is weird and spooky. you'll also notice i successfully avoided ALL of the camping/wilderness survival badges. what am i, some kind of animal?
paper dolls: friendship
birthday cake: baking
lute/mandolin/guitar/generic stringed instrument: music
palette and paintbrush: art
snowflake: "winter adventure" (i hate winter. it was mandatory.)
parchment and quill: writing
teapot: hostessing (for real.)
bee: rushmore beekeepers (it's actually the "thrift" badge. i don't know why it's a bee. i remember saving up to by a barbie and the rockers view-master to earn it. clearly worth rewarding.)
birthday cake: baking
lute/mandolin/guitar/generic stringed instrument: music
palette and paintbrush: art
snowflake: "winter adventure" (i hate winter. it was mandatory.)
parchment and quill: writing
teapot: hostessing (for real.)
bee: rushmore beekeepers (it's actually the "thrift" badge. i don't know why it's a bee. i remember saving up to by a barbie and the rockers view-master to earn it. clearly worth rewarding.)
oh my beloved badges, how i love you. if that sash wasn't the size of a headband i'd be wearing it RIGHT NOW as i work hard to earn my badges for cookie consumption, starbucks appreciation, and expert bloggery.
who wants to join the pauvre scouts?
love so pauvre
13 comments:
Oooh, me! I plan to badge in cartoon appreciation, blog commenting and bunny husbandry.
First off, dude... that scene from FMF is Sam's FAVORITE. He aspirates cheetos every time he sees it. It's hilarious.
Second, my mom joined brownies strictly for the outfit and then promptly quit, so I get your brown outfit appreciation.
I think your badge selection is the cutest effing thing I've seen in a while and you know what my kids and dogs look like...
i luh yoo so much.
OMG, I still have my sash too! My mother gave me a box of stuff last year, report cards, letters, pictures, etc. At the bottom, my brownie sash! I am keeping that FOREVER
ummm you can wear it as a headband!!! totally you must, that sash should be worn as often as possible! i was never a girl scout, don't know why. it isn't cookie time here you know what gets me, is that whenever they are around, i never have cash! they really need to step up their game and get a iphone app that can take cards! haha
xo,
cb
I love Fantastic Mr Fox!! Also, we have girl guides in NZ too (not girl scouts) and I was a girl scout and a Brownie Leader when I was a teenage, my leader name was "Brown Owl". I love girl guide biscuits, we used to only have plain flavour, but in the last couple of years they started to make chocolate coated & chocolate minis! Om nom nom - I'll send you some next time girl guide biscuit time rolls around. Also you badges are SO cute! I wonder where mine are....hummm...
we had a brown owl AND a tawny owl! <3
It won't surprise you to know I went to one Brownies meeting and quit. Bryabees was a Beaver...they camped, hiked, built fires...based on this, I joined the girls version, which was in no way alike. What, do girls not need to know how to survive if they got lost in the wilderness?? I guess they just better hope they have a former Beaver with them.
I was also a girl guide - please picture me at our camping trip, dying. It rained all night and our tent was SOAKED through, so we lay in puddles for 10 hours, then in the middle of the night one of my tent mates came to me in a panic after being stung or bitten by something and her face was swollen to the point of bursting. I couldn't see her eyes! I FREAKED OUT and had to stumble in the dark, rain drenched woods to find an adult to help this wretched child. Meanwhile, my dad (who loathed the idea of me camping) was circling around the campsite all night having mild heart attacks. Should have gotten a badge for not setting the campsite on fire.
of course tony was circling the campsite all night. i love him.
Please tell me you've seen Troop Beverly Hills?!? Its filled with badges and cookies and wilderness girls. Its heaven.
You know Tony was only ever going to circle the campsite all night if I had to be there. In his mind there were no other options. Haha.
i've VERY familiar with troop beverly hills and i'm still disgruntled that i don't have the gardening with glamour patch OR the sushi appreciation patch.
I went all the way to pathfinders then quit, once I was 13 that wasn't cool anymore!!!
This inspires me to find my sash!
<3
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