I recently purchased two tools that I use all the time.  The first is a blog reader, it takes RSS feeds and combines them for easy viewing.  It's awesome.  It's called FeedDemon.  It's just under $30 and well worth it if you read a lot of blogs.

The second tool is BlogJet.  In fact I'm using BlogJet to create this entry.  It just makes adding entries to your blog much faster and easier.  Take a look at my previous BlogJet post for more information.