Executive Summary | Links for your weekend | 01.28.11

The Big Boss brought in a bagful of Ferrero Rocher chocolates the other day. My fave. I ate about six. It think it's payback for my candy bowl and the dark chocolate brownies I brought in a few weeks ago (his fave).

Happy Friday! Let's just take a second and take a deep breath. 

Ok, just one more.

Whew. 

It was one of those weeks.  Not one of those weeks, but one where I felt like I could never catch up and could never take a breath (until now that is). The difference between those weeks and these weeks is that stuff got done. Quite a bit of stuff. I've still barely breathed, but I can see the light. How many weeks until the President's Day holiday?


Now that this week is over (just about--biggest deadline was yesterday), I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend.  On the docket is celebrating my friend Beth's birthday tomorrow (mermaids!), putting a big dent in my book club book (550+ pages to read in the next 2 weeks), and catching up on some blogging. 

I also want to start using up all my craft supplies instead of just letting them sit for years. So starting whenever I get around to it (hopefully this weekend or next), I'm ceasing any purchase of craft supplies (not to be confused with craft tools) and doing at least one project each weekend to use up the supplies I already have. I don't know at all what this weekend might hold, but I've got plenty of projects to choose from.

Just a few links for y'all--I must confess I've barely touched the style and fashion blogs on my Google Reader this week. Maybe a double-dose next week? 

• Academichic: What to wear to a conference banquet
• Apartment Therapy: Small closet updates that make a big difference
• Apartment Therapy: A peek into celebrity closets [drooooool]
• Lifehacker: Increase your chances of getting a raise by asking at the right time
• Ms. Career Girl: 7 ways to earn more respect and influence as a young professional woman
• Simply Stated: H&M online shopping is on its way [slowly but surely]
• Serious Eats: The world's easiest homemade donuts [had these on NYE--so gooooood]
• Already Pretty: Successfully deploying your tights
• Kristy Elena: The 10 commandments of building a loyal blog readership
• The Well Appointed Desk: You've got mail
• Pretty Young Professional: Work getting you down?
• I am Style-ish: How to walk in heels
• The InternView: 10 pieces every intern needs in their closet

What are your plans for the weekend?