Girl Scout cookie sales begin in South Florida on Thursday January 20 2010

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida are getting you into the cookie buying spirit, but you'll have to wait a few days before you can actually start ordering and buying them.

Each Girl Scout council across America has a different cookie selling period. For example, the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida , which includes Miami-Dade county, started selling cookies on Thursday, January 13, 2011. Sales have been underway in the Orlando area since January 7.

But the Girl Scout Council of Southeast Florida , which includes the counties of  Broward, Indian River, Okeechobee, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie do not start selling cookies until Thursday, January 20, 2011.

For more information about the cookie sale by the Girl Scout Council of Southeast Florida click here .

For more information about the cookie sale by the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida click here .