I've decided to pick up some window forms skills. I had a little play with it when I first downloaded vs2005 express and was quite relieved to see how different to MFC it was. I'd always avoided MFC like the plague and did a little Win32 programming, just enough to get by, but I've always wanted to know a little bit more.

I picked up this book:Programming Microsoft Windows Forms

and I've had a quick read through and it's quite good! It's not as meaty as some other books but it's also not just a reference which is exactly what I wanted (I've got MSDN for that and so have you!)

I'm planning on building a little application for work to start with that should cover all the components I need and then hopefully I'll be able to build tools a lot more quickly.