Waiting in line and pushing through crowds is for people without smart phones. Forget what the 6 o’clock news says about Black Friday: with these 5 genius apps, you’ll be breezing through checkout like a pro.

1. Determine if the Black Friday deal is in fact the best of the year with LetShop ($1.99). Track prices over long periods of time, get real time alerts, scan barcodes and get notified when the prices drop.

2. The Daily Shopper is a free app that brings all of the deals from the big box stores together in one place. Perfect if you’re really only interested in hitting Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy but can’t deal with the crowds.

3. Get an email from Pricegrabber (free) when the prices of your holiday gifts drop. So you can actually have a life.

4. Don’t fall into the trap of buying stuff you don’t need: Santa’s Bag ($1.99) helps you keep track of who needs what AND tallies your budget.

5. If you’re dead set on hitting the mall, make sure you download FastMall, which gives turn-by-turn directions so don’t get lost.

Check out the best sales and deals, best find of the day picks and our guides to the best stylish rain boots, trench coats, leather jackets, military jackets and bright handbags, too.

June Cleaver wishes she had these gadgets.

Thanks to the advent of The Food Network, now, everyone’s a critic, even your formerly tastebud-challenged family, who will soon be gathered around the Thanskgiving table at your house. Don’t start panicking now: just get smart. These 5 cheap genius kitchen gadgets will help you fake your way to a nearly perfect Thanksgiving and silence all of those newly minted food snobs. Bonus points: nothing is over $30. This way to the perfect turkey…

Check out our survival guide for what to wear to Thanksgiving, plus all of this week’s best sales and deals.

It’s this year’s take on our other favorite wine-related invention: the Wine Rack, a genius bra that you can fill up with an entire bottle of wine, filling up your top…and topping off your buzz.

Get it for $56 here.

As my chiropractor can attest, my back is all screwed up from carrying heavy laptops around every single day, to and from work. Well, here’s the solution (it’s 50% off!)

This Alternative The Scout Woodsman backpack ($69 from $138) in vintage army green is not only cool, it’s actually functional, too. Bigger than a mini backpack of the ’90s and in a light canvas material, it’s lightweight and has enough room for a small laptop. So stop throwing your back out–just grab one of these babies. You can even bring it to the beach or on your summer picnics. Pretty cool, huh?

Pair it with our favorite summer dresses, white jeans, oxfords and flat sandals.

Get one for yourself: The Shirt by Rochelle Behrens is available in select Bloomingdales stores for $90. (And it’s totally worth it.)

Check out all of this holiday weekend’s sales and deals,  more of Oprah‘s favorite things, like CJ by Cookie Johnson jeans, our guides to shapewear, bras for big busts, and our guides to other classics, like white jeans, nude shoes and summer dresses.

File this under “First World Problems:” we just discovered (via Fashionista) a bra that rids its wearers of cleavage wrinkles. Is this really a problem? I guess with Botox and other wrinkle inhibitors, women don’t want to have a trace of a wrinkle, well, anywhere.

Where there’s a sartorial problem, there’s a solution–and this one is La Decolette, a strange frontal bra contraption that offers absolutely no support, but comes with a serum developed by a hospital medical director in the Netherlands, La Creme de la Decolette, which is great if you’re especially paranoid about cleave wrinkles, because it now comes as a set for $100.

Check out more designers on crack features, best bras, and Spanx, of this week’s sales and deals.

I’m going to credit my recent concern with getting trapped on a desert island to my new obsession with LOST. (I know, I’m so behind, but I’m always captivated by how many wardrobe changes the cast goes through. Kate, I’m looking at you.) Regardless, we’ve all been stranded somewhere with only one pair of jeans–whether an airline loses your bag, you end up at an impromptu sleepover, or a hectic week leaves you with no time for laundry day.

Solution: Bleulab jeans ($158) –they’re reversible. Yep, you can turn these babies inside out and in no time you’ve got yourself a new pair of jeans–even the zipper goes both ways. So next time you can be prepared. Now you have no excuse.

Follow the author of this post on Twitter @shefindseileen — no LOST spoilers, please!

Check out our guides to the best fitting jeans, black jeans, and skinny jeans, and then don’t forget to peruse our sales and deals so you never pay full price (we’ve got TONS of them)!

Don’t Let Flash Thunderstorms Ruin Your Accessories

1. One moment, it’s sunny, the next moment, you’re drenched. Throw these Shoe Slickers in your bag and whip them out to protect your leather heels and booties.$4.99 is a small price to pay for peace of mind.

2. Drop your iPhone/watch/camera/cell phone  in a puddle, or the pool? Turn off your gadget and put it into the Bheestie Bag ($20). The beads inside will absorb the moisture and it’ll be as good as new.

Don’t Do Battle With Your Pinching Sandals

3. You shouldn’t have to wear strappy sandals and peep toes in pain. Band-Aid’s Friction-Block ($7.49) is a portable solution – just glide it onto your feet and it’s like you’re wearing invisible tights–no more unsightly blisters.

4. When work is over and you can finally take off your heels for the walk to your car or the subway, you’ll be glad to have these Pocket Flops ($22). They come with a pouch and fold up so you can tuck them into your purse.

Don’t Wilt In The Heat

5. Ponytails are cute and practical – a definite go-to hairstyle for summer. Scunci’s The Evolution hair ties,  ($3.49) actually keep your hair up without pulling it out. So pull back that luxurious mane and brave the heat with confidence.

6. Sweat is inevitable, but the look you want to aim for is “healthy glow,” not “dripping puddle of makeup.” Skindinavia’s Cool Flash Makeup Finish,  ($29.00) chills the surface of your skin so your makeup won’t melt off. So genius.

See all of our beauty roadtest posts for more solutions, and then grab yourself a pair of  no-fail, best-fitting jeans and a little black dress, and you’ll be smooth sailing ’til fall.

Seriously Celebs: Put Some Shoes On Your Kids

We get it–little feet are adorable. But so are little shoes. People would look at you funny if you were walking around your city with no shoes on–hello, remember Britney Spears circa 2008–so why should shoes be optional for your child?

Acne-Fighters For Adults

Finally, a solution for stressed out skin, just in time for summer.

Baby Shower Decorations In A Box–Genius!

If you’re stuck with the chore of throwing your friend’s baby shower, this trick will make it super easy.

See all of our celebrity style posts, plus the best summer dresses, nude shoes, and summer hats for all of those parties you’re invited to this summer.

We’ve written about the Invisibelt before, but with the continuing boom in loose-waisted boyfriend jeans, the annual onslaught of beachwear diets and cargo shorts that tend towards just a bit past slouchy (oh-and let’s not forget those stretchy jeggings that creep down with every step)–we all have that problem at times. Or at least, those of us who don’t actually enjoy hitching our pants up by the beltloops like Farmer John, or resembling Plumber Joe from the rear.

Check out more with our guide to cheap underwear, the best bras, and cheap swimwear. Don’t forget to check out Spanx swimwear, too – another genius invention we can’t believe we once lived without.