Installing a lot of stuff... just for the weekend

This is what I hope is a very simple question: I have 2 MacBook Pros at home, mine is used as part of my music-rig. I am thinking of using my wife's laptop as a backup. We do regular backups on our Time Capsule. This is what I want to do:
- Install the gigabytes of stuff I need to install in her computer on Thusrday
- Be sure this new version of her computer is backed up.
- Go through the weekend having that version of her computer as a backup
- On monday, restore the latest backup before I installed it all, so her computer goes back to its original configuration. If I ever need this again, I will bring the copy I backed up back from the Time Capsule.
Do you see any problems with this? Please let me know, thank you very much!!

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