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Warm up your Friday shopping with Kate Spade Saturday—they're giving out free hot chocolate to anyone who comes to their Spring Street store (as in, you don't have to buy something, but you probably will anyway). So it looks like the second coming of the polar vortex has its benefits after all. [RackedWire]