What a long week! I have been so so so tired over the past few days and yesterday I woke up all dizzy and weak feeling so I stayed home from work and took it easy. It's amazing what a nap and a cup of tea with honey will do for you!

  

It's been a while since I shared some Friday Favorites with you. Take a peek at a few things I've been enjoying online lately:

First of all, I have to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your overwhelming support and kind words regarding this post yesterday. Sometimes it can be a little scary to be that honest.

Geena Davis Wants to Give Hollywood a Heads Up That Female Characters Need Way More Speaking Roles
(Thanks, Betsy, for the link!)

I love how interactive the issues of Beautiful Layers are. Have you seen the Fall Issue yet?

Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Blasphemy. I adore every word that Sherman Alexie writes, and I have a soft spot for anthologies.

I need this dress. You know, for work! Or this one.

Who watches Boardwalk Empire? I'm so excited for the season finale! I know we're in Season Three, but how cool is this video which shows some of the work that goes into setting the scene for us? I love it.

Make a friend or two this weekend: meet Sarah and Tammy.

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My old roommate sent me this--High Fashion Disney Princesses. Be still my heart.

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It's back to Northern Virginia this weekend for the first of two in a row! It was nice to stay put for Thanksgiving weekend, but it will be nice to get away a bit, even though I'll be driving back up there next Friday, too. The things we do for love!

What are you up to this weekend?

What a week! The days really flew by quickly for me. No matter what the results end up being, I always find elections exciting and I love watching the whole thing unfold. It's been cold here in Roanoke, and dark! It takes me a little while to adjust to the time change--I've been in bed well before 10:00 PM this week, and it has been so awesome.

[5:30 PM. It's dark out. Welcome to winter.]

Check out some of the things I've loved this week. There are some really good ones!

This interview with Maurice Sendak made me miss him more than ever.

Sixth Grade Women--such a beautiful piece.

I'm so excited about Instagram's web profiles!

I just really need this dress (in Cream) for the upcoming holiday season.

Pretty much everything Ben Gibbard does makes me love him even more than I thought I initially did, but I can't get over how awesome I think it is that he is so open about his support of gay marriage.

I feel lucky to have such a positive blog friend in Tammy, but those pumpkin chocolate chip brownies she made aren't helping me!

I've only heard good things about The Paris Wife and I really can't wait for my copy to arrive!

11 Things Everyone Needs You to Know

I love this piece on The Rumpus--it made me even more excited to cast my vote on Tuesday.

Reality Check: Two Years on Food Stamps. I'm proud to be able to say that I know the author personally.

Have you guys checked out Beautiful Layers yet? Such a gorgeous blog and magazine.

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Tonight after work I'm having dinner with some awesome women from around here, which is so special to me because I feel like a lot of the time I dash out of town right at 5:00 on Friday evenings, and a lot of the time I miss fun things. Then I'm heading to Farmville to hang out with my brother and meet Rob for the weekend. It should be fun--I always love being back at my alma mater!

What are you up to this weekend? 

What cool things did you read this week?

This week has felt so strange to me--I felt so anxious! I even thought about turning my car around yesterday on the way to work so I could go home and get back in bed. I just felt like taking naps. But I worked through it and even managed to run really fast and for a long time a couple afternoons this week, and I made a recipe I was really proud of, so I can't really say that I've had a completely off week. Is it a full moon or something? I even had only one cup of coffee yesterday!

Either way, I wanted to share a few things that made me smile this week. Hope you enjoy them.

[Rocky is totally in his element when on a boat.]

Fairy Tales for Twenty Somethings. The Tinkerbell one is especially good.

Robyn is such a world traveler--sometimes it kind of takes my breath away!

Did you know that foxes love marshmallows?

My friend Jenna introduced me to Audible, and now I'm actually looking forward to driving four hours this evening!

Please look at these photos of these sweet dog friends.

I love getting a little peek into the lives of my blogger friends, like this one from Eliza.

I've been using my Cuppow! this week and it's awesome.

Another gorgeous post from Sam--On Hope (And How).

I'm off to see Rob in Northern Virginia this evening--I haven't actually been there at all this month, so it will be nice to get away. We're going to a Halloween thing on Saturday, which will be fun because we actually met at a Halloween party four years ago! What are you up to this weekend? Happy Friday!

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