Day off and looking ahead

Above photo credit: Ralph Skjering.

Been awhile since this happened.  The door to the weekend is open.  Here’s to hoping you get to sprint to it a little earlier than normal.  Here’s what’s coming up next week:

• A real big giveaway starts on Monday.  Yes, starts.
• A style battle might unseat a 100-year-warranty item as the favorite for many of you.
• Paul, our tech correspondent, runs down the best values in tech so far this year.
• The mailbag.  Man… it’s been too long.

And now, time to leave.  Which Christina Hendricks is awfully good at doing…