How to Beat the Winter Blues

Parties! Inspirational speeches! Michelle Obama's wardrobe changes! 2009 started with a bang. But 600,000 jobs have been lost since New Year's, and, oh yeah: it's freezing. Suddenly, we're stranded in...February? Whether you're struggling with finances or just suffering from an unexplainable case of the blahs, we've found four surprising ways to survive the mid-winter malaise.

—Jessica Adamiak