The thing to do with phyllo is to separate the sheets (3-4 to a layer) and brush butter between the layers. Not the healthiest crust in the world, but mmmmmmmmmmm.

It still sounds awfully yummy to me, Allyson, just for the apple mixture alone. Damn, now I'm craving apple crumble.

ION, I am at work and have spent valuable company time ordering a new purse.

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It's in sage green, if the link defaults to a different color. These bags are not very hip nor styling, but they are long-lasting, way easy to organize (due to the 80 bazillion different pockets they have on the inside), and you can throw them in the washer when they get dirty.

That's a really cool bag, Robin. I'd like my sugar daddy to buy me one in leather.

So if anyone sees a likely looking sugar daddy, could you send him that link?

That's my everyday purse, but in purple. Not leather.

It's really thoughtfully designed. I love that there are so many different-sized pockets and they are set so stuff doesn't fall out of them, even if you are the kind of person who tends to toss your purse around in a careless manner. Not that I would do such a thing, no way.

eyes present purse smushed under desk after disentangling the strap from my chair wheel.

Heh -- What Jack Bauer needs in his cell phone.

Woohoo! My rehearsal has been cancelled thanks to weather.

t off to put on another sweater and have some more tea

And from the comments of the link I just posted, Upcoming '24' Focuses on Jack Bauer Eating a Sandwich:

While Katz declined to get specific, he did share a few moments from the episode. As CTU searches frantically for Marwan and tries to uncover McLennan-Forster's secrets, Jack's SUV power-slides into an In-N-Out Burger in Van Nuys. He jumps out, dashes inside and hurriedly orders a Double-Double with no pickles, fries and a Dr. Pepper.

Naturally, the order goes horribly wrong.

The barely sentient cashier fails to enter Jack's order correctly, so the sandwich arrives with pickles anyway. He then tells Jack that the Dr. Pepper spout is broken. "Listen to me," Jack says, grabbing the cashier by the shirt. "I need you to take the pickles off now. There's no time to explain – you're going to have to trust me."

Hey! My landlord's name is Marwan!

Nifty.

WHERE ARE MY COOKIES?

I have gymmed and picked up prescriptions and have embarked on four sets of laundry, each picked up from its machine within mere minutes of a cycle ending.

The phrase "reward in and of itself" has lost meaning for me.