Texas Wants Out and Black Friday Shoppers Go Cray [Current Events Cheat Sheet]
Happy Monday! (That was semi-sarcastic.) I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of delicious food and low on family awkwardness (hey, a girl can dream). This week’s news is dominated by Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, but I did my best to dig out the other stories. Read on!
Skipped Black Friday? Try Cyber Monday
I love online shopping. You don’t have to go to a store and fight crowds. You can shop naked if you want to.

The Best Cyber Monday Deals of 2012
To some people, Thanksgiving is just a warm-up for the real event: Black Friday shopping! But for the rest of us? I know I’ll be passed out cold as soon as I finish my turkey.
Discover FatWallet’s “Black Friday Deal Finder” [Web Spy]
Whether you like to get up early in the morning the day after Thanksgiving to score the doorbuster sales at your favorite shops or you’d rather surf the web for the best deals, it’s hard to beat the prices you find on Black Friday.
All The News You Missed While Your Family Was Driving You Crazy
• Someone had sex with Piers Morgan. 9 months ago…judging by the fact he has a baby now.
• A LOT of college freshmen dumped their high school sweethearts. #notshocking
• According to the Huffington Post, J.Lo celebrated Thanksgiving with Casper
Black Friday Madness [Photos]
If you’re reading this, you’re smart and safety conscious. It means you’re not standing in line at 5 am to get your hands on this years newest Wii console or whatever it is the youth are buying these days. To reward you for sensibility, here are some hilarious images of people in stampedes, endless lines, and fights. All probably happening right now at your local Target, Macy’s, or Best Buy.
5 Best Apps For Your Black Friday Shopping
If you’re crazy enough to leave your house on Black Friday and enter into a mall, or any form of store you need to game plan your assault on the box stores. Gear up with these five apps and make the most of your Black Friday suicide mission.

Around the Web

Dear America: Let us Actually Celebrate the Holidays!
Alright, here’s the deal: Target, Macy’s Inc., Gap Inc., Kohl’s Corp., Toys “R” Us Inc. and Best Buy Co are all opening on Thanksgiving to boost sales. Target employees will have to start their shift at 11 pm, meaning in order to survive the Black Friday madness they have to sleep in the afternoon.
Which Commercial Makes You Want to Jump Out of a Window Faster?
If you’ve had the misfortune to hear the K-Mart Christmas commercial at all this past week, I’m sorry. On behalf of the human race, I’m very, very sorry. It’s not only annoying, but it’s catchy…which only makes it MORE annoying. (Buzzfeed agrees with me.)
Mommy Buy Me This! Ten Toys We Needed as Kids
Because everyone would rather talk about getting up early to “beat the rush” and save money instead of figuring out ways to save room for another piece of pie, let’s remember all the things Santa had better have gotten his jolly ass in line for when we were kids.
We’ve All Been There: After-Thanksgiving Stress
In order to maximize your Thanksgiving break, you took the last flight back to campus. You lugged your oh-my-god-why-is-this-so-heavy luggage – now overflowing with clean laundry, Black Friday goodies and Gladwear filled with leftovers – from the airport to your house/apartment/dorm room.
Body Blog: Love and Health
I’ve recently come across tons of articles telling us how important love is. MSN even cites a University of Pittsburgh study that showed women who were in a healthy marriage had lower risks for cardiovascular disease. Another study states that in a good relationship, participants were shown to have less anxiety, lower blood pressure and even a longer life.

Your Black Friday Survival Guide
Because I’m usually a sane and rational human being, I never dared go out on Black Friday. Until last year, when I saw a killer sale on something I really wanted. It was a scary, adrenaline-rushing, almost death-inducing experience that I survived with success. So I’m here this year to give you the ins and outs to getting what you want, (without being trampled), on Black Friday.