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Graffiti on my coat

It’s one of the hallmarks of city-living: graffiti.

It was all over the car of my train as I hopped on the El to head to work yesterday morning. Since I happen to enjoy the smell of wet paint, I thought “this isn’t such a bad way to start my morning,” and promptly sat down, fumes swirling every time the doors opened and closed on a new stop. I closed my eyes and let the train car rock me into a doze.

Unfortunately, I didn’t notice the silver writing on the wall of the car right next to my seat (it kinda blended in), and I proceeded to lean up against it for about 15 minutes.

Enough time for the paint to rub off on my coat and mark me forevermore with silver lines and silver splotches. I tried to cover it up by drawing on my coat with permanent black marker–but it doesn’t look so hot. Any ideas from the cleaning geniuses out there?

From the recesses of the freezer . . .

Guess what my husband had for dessert the other night?

He’s been steadily consuming these for quite a long time . . .

Yep, it’s those delicous No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Bars.

And yes, these would be the ones I posted about in May but made in April–the self-same batch.

Remember how I said that they keep forever in the freezer, and they’re great because dessert is always on hand?

Well, I spoke the truth. These are no worse for the wear.

They even survived the freezer purging that my husband did last month (with the strict provision that he would have a 100% free hand and that I would not interfere–I was more than glad to comply). Check out our current situation!

So much better than the many months of battling for ice cream space, chronicled here and here. 

If you haven’t made these delightful bars, I highly recommend them.

When there’s no fresh dessert around and someone gets a sweet tooth attack, these could very possibly save the day.