Dream Log: In the Fashion District

I go shopping rather often in my dreams. But there is one shop in particular that I've visited a number of times. It isn't a large shop, squeezed as it is between two streets. They often have weird or interesting items for sale.

Last night they had brightly colored rubber tee shirts. The different colors seemed to be molded into them rather than being painted on and were halfway translucent. The various things on them were also raised or sunken into the surface, rather like the way metal lunch boxes have embossed shapes to give added definition to the characters. These designs were not terribly detailed, mostly just outlines of things, but I thought these were so very cool and so I tried on a small and then an extra small one. The latter was my size and had sort of a gundam wing mecha outline in addition to the other bright fluorescent colors. I was going to buy it, but I was waking up. Maybe I'll be back there tonight.

Frances' Brown Sugar Cookies

1 C. butter (I suppose you could use shortening, bleh)
2 C. Brown Sugar
3½ C. Flour
¼ C. Milk
2 eggs
2 C. nuts
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. vanilla

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, mix. Then slowly add slowly add mixed dry ingredients, alternating with the milk. The cookies are generally better if the nuts are softer. You can add up to a cup of chocolate chips, but this causes them to spread out more. Scoop tablespoon-sized balls onto a cookie sheet and flatten to about finger thickness. The original instructions called for baking for 10 minutes at 175°C (350°F), but I found this too short. Let them stay in until the browning starts creeping up from the bottom side pretty well. They tend to be moister than I care for if they come out after just ten.