Happy Friday!

This is the first link love in what seems like forever, so I am excited to share the great reads I’ve found over the past month with you.

Since this is the first weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday, I imagine your weekends look a lot like mine—jam packed with fun holiday festivities and all of the errands those require. Luckily, I knocked my hardest final out earlier this week, and only have one left, so I can focus on the season and inspiring yours through this blog. Would love to know how you’re celebrating this weekend, so drop me a line in the comments, and have a good one! xx

PS. If you’re going shopping this weekend, don’t forget to check out my gift guides:

GIFTS FOR THE HOSTESS • GIFTS FOR THE COCKTAIL CONNOISSEUR • GIFTS OVER $100
GIFTS UNDER $100 • GIFTS UNDER $50 • GIFTS UNDER $25

LINKS I LOVED

• Potentially the most powerful commercial ever—and it might leave you in tears!
• Lauren Conrad’s Pent House causes major real estate envy. 
• Why people used to look so serious in photos but now have big smiles.
• Do you like Facebook’s new headquarters? Personally, I am overwhelmed just looking at the pictures!
• An interesting take on whether or not millennials make bad employees.
• 17 products every Bath & Body Works addict owned in the 90s.
• Common phrases you’re probably using incorrectly.
• Khloe Kardashian and I are kindred souls—just look at her kitchen.
• 25 things you may not know about Home Alone. (Kate McCallister was in Modern Family this week!)
• eBay built an awesome campaign around song lyrics.
• Balmain: the reinvention of a fashion house.
• An interesting/inside look at Obama’s social media team.
• The solution to lonely millennials?
• What the cast of The Babysitters Club looks like 20 years later. (Oh hey, Schuyler Fisk!)
• How great do these chicken parm meatballs look?
• Good news: Jenna Lyons wants you to approach her and ask for a photo.
• 7 great rules for personal productivity.
• One of my all-time favorite Ellen moments. 
• How top business executives spent their 20s.
• The Dutch teen maps who maps the Islamic State.

SALES & SUCH 

• Absolutely loving these black sequined pants. How great would they be for NYE?!
• The Banana Republic sweater I am wearing on Christmas Day is on major sale!
• Take advantage—LOFT is doing 40% off sale styles! 
• These Sloan Plaid D’Orsay Flats are to die for.
• This Michael Kors Jet Set Crossbody is on super sale!