45341 Black Friday 2016 Sales to Shop Man Repeller Feature - Black Friday 2016 Deals: What to Buy, Depending on Your Needs

Since you’re reading this with the help of an internet connection, it’s safe to assume you’re aware it’s Black Friday. If you don’t already know via several flashing pop-ups about deals!and!sales! and a barrage of junk emails featuring gifs of gifts, you’ll certainly know thanks to us. We may have mentioned it a time or two:

We talked about where you can steal these deals and how to conquer your shopping paralysis.

We talked about what you should ask yourself before you do so and what to buy once you’ve answered those.

We also talked about Thanksgiving burnout, which, after a little internet prodding, I feel confident in diagnosing as The Real Deal. Did you know the term Black Friday first referred to the workforce calling out sick in droves the day after Thanksgiving because companies didn’t used to provide it off? That was 1951. (Thanks, Snopes.) Maybe that means the burnout we feel is baked into our bones and has less to do with 2016 (imagery team: can we add animated flames to the word 2016? No? Okay fine) than we thought.

So let’s give in. Let’s call today a sick day. Let’s allow our brains to slow to a crawl. To help, we’ve sorted through two billion (ish) shopping pages so you can fill the wintery holes in your closet and save some money without bottoming out the last of your energy stores. Rest up, chicken little, 2017 is going to need you. For now, let us help:

If you really really really need a coat to stay warm this winter…