It's that time of year when you will be seeing Girl Scouts and order forms popping up, pushing Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Patties and all those other sweet treats.

But at $3.50 or $4 a box, some people think the cookies are overpriced. And yes, I know they are a fund-raiser. And yes, I buy them.

Cookie-lovers can usually find a bag of Chips Ahoy or Oreos on sale for $2.50 or so at grocery stores.

I order cookies every year from a friend's daughter, and I'm sure I will keep doing it as long as she's selling them.

But once she wraps up her Girl Scout years, it's likely I'll wrap up my Girl Scout cookie-buying years. And no, I don't buy cookies from the kids stationed outside the grocery store or big box store or car wash, either.

Do you buy Girl Scout cookies for the cookies or to support a worthy cause? And what do you think about the price -- just right or too high?