I have passed the turning-into-my-mom stage and gone straight to plaid, apparently.
Let me tell you, she loved, LOVED those cookies. But we seldom got to eat any because she got to them first. And then came the disappointment as we sneaked into the kitchen and found the tin under the cabinet, and opened it to find needles and thread. Or tape and pencils. Or ANYTHING BUT COOKIES.
And now guess what?
I can’t wait to finish the cookies so I can use the tin to hold my crap.
*sobs uncontrollably*
At least I get cookies out of this 🙂
Sithy Things 
November 26th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
My mom saved those to put Christmas cookies in. No disappointment here, except when my brothers polished them off and there was nothing left but crumbs.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Good repurpose of the tin, for sure 😀
November 26th, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Poor, poor Aggie. If it makes you feel better, at least no one’s making drums out of the tins in your house.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Who says they don’t??
November 26th, 2013 at 10:39 AM
There are worse things that you could become…like a machete-wielding zombie killer…oh, wait. Nevermind…
Most of my tin collection comes from candy, not cookies. 😀
November 26th, 2013 at 5:55 PM
I may have some of those tins….
November 26th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
At the holidays, the cookies in the tins were usually the last ones to be munched on. Mom, her sisters, Grandma, and GREATgrandma, were either making home made taffy (in the basement), various pies (from scratch) and other cakes and cookies by the score!!! I wish I had a picture of the Christmas goodies mom used to set up on an old (very small) cast iron stove she set up in the living room. The only boxed/tinned items…were the “Marshal Fields buttery thin mints” or Fanny May candies. Or the occasional short bread cookie tin.
On the other hand, I can understand your frustration. In our house, it has to do with ice cream. If you don’t grab a bowl of your favorite flavor with in a day or so after it arrives home….the boys will have wiped it out, cleaned out the carton, and long since placed it in the trash. Or worse yet….they eat all but about 3 spoonfulls…and when you go to get some ice creamy goodness…there is nothing but a “tease” at the bottom of the carton.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:56 PM
I just gained weight reading this 😉
November 26th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Come to the Dark Side… We hoard cookies?
November 26th, 2013 at 5:56 PM
No, just tins 😀
November 26th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
You’ll be fine, Aggie…you just need some gunpowder therapy, followed by a strict regimen of machete-time.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Scheduled!
November 26th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Congratulations. You can now officially say such thing as: “Are you in my way?” or just bump into anyone you like, while shopping at any grocery store, or Walmart.
You earned it, and make sure you don’t leave any pins or needles at the bottom if you happen to place hot cookies in the tin. They might stick to the bottom of a cookie and your holiday could be ruined by a trip to the emergency room.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Way ahead of you!
November 26th, 2013 at 2:30 PM
I still have some of my grandmother’s tins lol 🙂
November 26th, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Glad I’m not the only one!
November 26th, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Went straight to gran ma ma stage eh? Well than I guess its ok for you to add “Get Off My Lawn” to your lexicon. : )
November 26th, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Already do 😀
November 26th, 2013 at 3:07 PM
I was just digging around in my tin of sewing stuff last night and thought “I really need better sewing stuff.” So I went on Amazon to get more/better sewing stuff. I guess now I’ll need to get a tin of cookies to have a bigger tin to keep it in.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:59 PM
It’s a vicious circle, isn’t it??
November 26th, 2013 at 4:08 PM
I apologise for us all…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/its-thanksgiving-so-we-asked-some-brits-to-label-the-us-stat
November 26th, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Funny how they know where Texas is 😉
November 26th, 2013 at 5:40 PM
The trade off here is a delicious one, however. *You* get the cookies this time. 🙂
November 26th, 2013 at 10:25 PM
EXACTLY!!
November 27th, 2013 at 9:10 PM
I might be a little ahead, but anyway:
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28th, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Thank you 🙂 And to y’all as well!
November 27th, 2013 at 9:57 PM
You’re pushing the season. Those are Christmas cookies. Eat pie tomorrow. Cookies season starts Friday–like deer season.
Have a great Thanksgiving, L.C.
November 28th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
Heretic. Those cookies are for EVERY DAY!!!
And may you have a great Thanksgiving :*
December 3rd, 2013 at 8:08 PM
Those cookies and a glass of ice cold milk are all the bribery required for me to help: bury bodies, fight small wars, and direct small children in bathroom-cleaning exercises.
December 4th, 2013 at 7:08 AM
The first two are a piece of cake compared to the third 😉