{RECIPE} 10 Ideas for Tasty Turkey Leftovers

After Turkey Day, we always seem to have leftovers. LOTS of leftovers. Are you the same? Check out these 10 Turkey Leftover Recipes if so!

Thanksgiving Leftover Salad via The Craving Chronicles

Turkey Sandwich with Cranberry Sauce via Closet Cooking

Turkey Pot Pie via Bonnie Stern / National Post

Turkey and Guacamole Quesadillas via Karyn's Kitchen

Turkey Tettrazini via My Recipes

Turkey Cobb Salad via Martha Stewart

Crock Pot Taco Chili via Redsie

Turkey Minestrone Soup via Paula Deen

Turkey Pizza via Better Recipes

Chicken and Cheese Lasagna Roll-Ups via iVillage

YUM!!!
xx Well to Do

For additional recipes, click here!

{GUEST POST} Have Yourself a Debt-Free Holiday!

List in hand and holiday cheer filling your adorable, overflowing heart, you head off to your favorite boutiques for some shopping. 

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With the best of intentions, you get a bit distracted by all the cute things that you know no one will buy for YOU. Maybe you could add just a few items for you to your purchases... 

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And then there is the immediate discount that can be had if you just open a charge card at this cute shop. Wouldn’t that help? After all, there really isn’t any money in the dreaded BUDGET for all the gifts you want to get…

STOP this craziness! 

The holidays are definitely not about is who can buy the biggest present or who shows the most extravagance. You will never be able to demonstrate how much you care about someone by how much money you spend. And if it’s real love, all anyone wants is your presence, not your presents.

So my best advice for your money, and for your general happiness, is for you to have a joyous holiday season with many happy and wonderful memories and to have January 1^st not stink when you open your credit card bills.   

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How can you shop and not have regret? Don’t add debt, and then you’ll have no regret! 

Here are some tips:

#1. Prioritize your spending. There are cute dresses to buy for parties, gifts for friends and family, and money to set aside for evenings out. Friends around you may be spending like crazy, but you don’t know the scary, underbelly of their bills. Break it down into manageable bits!

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Outfits: Is there anything in your closet that, combined with the purchase of an adorable scarf or sweater, can be refreshed so money can be spent elsewhere this season? That adorable pencil skirt or those wool pants that make your butt look so cute, could certainly work for Christmas, yes?

Gifts: Start the necessary conversation to select only one person in your clan to share a gift exchange at the family party, instead of everyone having to buy for all. 

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#2. Make something. Can homemade or more simple, less expensive gifts — sometimes more thoughtful — be given instead of the more expensive alternatives? 

#3. Rethink the pressure. What difference does it make what ‘everybody’ else is doing? Take control of your life and simplify your world, baby girl.

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Evenings out: Have some really fun and stylish holiday dinners at home and ask everyone to bring a dish.  One can bring the margarita mix, another that fabulous, chocolatey confection, and another can bring the fondue pot, and another friend all the fixings! You’re not the only one of your friends balancing the many demands of their money at this time of year. Lead the way with your clever and oh, so classy dinner party by candlelight in your beautiful home and on the cheap. Be proud to be frugal! 

Have a strategy for next year: Make 2012 even more awesome because you planned. Begin a Christmas club at your local financial institution in which you deposit a certain amount of money each week for next year’s gift-giving. You can even save enough for a few new outfits, dinners out and gifts. (Figure out the amount you generally spend on everything holiday related. Divide that amount by the number of weeks you’ll be saving. That is the amount of money per week you need to set aside for maximum coziness.)

Take your holiday shopping season firmly in hand and focus on what’s really important.  You’ve got what it takes to squeeze the most out of a dollar and the style to make this season stunning and debt-free!

Marion  Syversen, MBA, owns Norumbega Financial. She appears every Tuesday on WABI-TV5, Bangor, Maine’s CBS affiliate. She is the author of Real Deal: Making Big Changes with Small Change available on Amazon.com. Read her weekly blog atFinanceWithChocolateSauce.com. Send questions or feedback toMarion@norumbegafinancial.com or visit her website at www.NorumbegaFinancial.com. 

Only securities and advisory services offered through Wall Street Financial Group, Inc. Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC. Wall Street Financial Group, Inc., Norumbega Financial and all other entities listed herein are separate entities, independently owned and operated. Information herein is the opinion of the author and not that of Wall Street Financial Group, Inc. 

{DEALS & STEALS} Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon

Melissa & Doug want you to tell them which of their educational toys you think is the best! Just click on the image below to place your vote in the North "Poll!" You'll get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon** to use at MelissaAndDoug.com just for voting!

xx Well-to-Do

*$25 coupon is good for $25 off any purchase of $25.01 or more at MelissaAndDoug.com through 12/31/11. Coupon cannot be applied to shipping charges or sales tax. This coupon is specifically for you and can be used only once. It is not redeemable or valid with any other promo code.

{DEALS & STEALS} Mini Burlap Stocking Advent Calendar

I know it's only the first day of November, but the holidays get me anxious and excited, plus I'm a little bossy. Which is why I am about to tell you that I think you need to add this stylish Mini Stocking Advent Calendar to your holiday decor.

This charming advent calendar comes to us from Tiffany Hewlett of Making The World Cuter. Grab yourself some holiday cuteness for only $25 plus $5 shipping ($10 shipping to Canada). Normally retailing for $45, you can turn homemade into have-to through this exclusive offer!

Each set includes 24 mini burlap stockings with 4 assorted ribbon colors and embellishments. Also included are 24 distressed and numbered clothespins with jute to hang them on. This banner is handmade and will add just the right amount of style to your decor collection. Hang them over a mantel, bed, entryway, in the kitchen, down the hall and up the stairs. You can fill them with candies, scriptures, or holiday activities. Buy one for yourself or give as a gift!

There's nothing like anticipation at the holidays!

xx Well-to-Do

For purchase, click HERE or any of the links above. 

*Deal ends on Thursday, November 3rd at 11:59 PM MST
*Orders are open to US mailing addresses only for the $5 shipping fee
*Canadian orders will be required to pay an additional $5 shipping fee
*All orders will be mailed on or before November 20th

This post was sponsored by Broadcast Bloggers. 

Green Your Halloween

Halloween: Ranks right up there with Christmas for hating on Mother Earth. With a little creativity, though, you can still par-tay and also reduce your carbon footprint. Here are three tips to make this year's Halloween more EEK-O-FRIENDLY! {Sorry, couldn't resist}.

MAKE YOUR OWN COSTUME

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Since you probably already have your kids costumes picked out, let's talk about you. You and your closet. Believe it or not, you probably have a costume just waiting to be put together. Click here for Audrey McLelland's genius suggestions for DIY costumes!

OPT FOR REUSABLE BAG

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Cloth or canvas shopping bags, or even pillowcases, make perfect alternatives to paper or plastic bags, or to the molded plastic jack-o-lanterns. Reusable bags are also more durable!

DECORATE NATURALLY

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Instead of buying decorations made of synthetic materials, decorate with natural materials like pumpkins, hay, straw, flowers, and leaves.

See, it's easy being green!
xx Well-to-Do

Organic Halloween Treats

Since handing out raisins in my neighborhood totally wouldn't fly, I'll assume the same thing goes for you. But I have some good news: there are plenty of organic treats you can pass out this Halloween that won't get your house egged. Here are three of my favorites...

angell organic candy bars

Crispy Cat organic candy bars

Yummy Earth organic lollipops

Here's to a "healthier" Halloween!

xx Well-to-Do

DECK THE HALLS

You’re handy enough to sew on a button. And perhaps even hang a picture. But when it comes to putting together holiday decor, you’ve yet to see the light. We suggest you leave the decorating to the professionals at Worcester Wreath Co. 

The gifted team of dad and sons {Morrill, Mike and Rob Worcester} has your holiday decor covered — from wreaths to centerpieces to trees to garland to swag. 

From mini and monograms wreaths...

To classic centerpieces...

And twinkling tabletop trees...

A gift from Worcester Wreath Co. makes perfect "scents!"

Worcester Wreath Co. balsam products are made in Maine which means quality. Best of all, when the season is over, they have year-round designs to replace your holiday ones. How about something patriotic?

Or go Black Bears?

In a gesture of holiday generosity, Worcester Wreath Co. has offered *two* centerpieces for the well-to-do holiday giveaway!

For entry:


1) Like our status on Facebook or comment below about why you'd like a Worcester Wreath centerpiece plus
2) Fan Worcester Wreath Company and Wreaths Across America on Facebook and
3) For an extra entry: tell us your favorite holiday tradition!

*Two* random, lucky winners will be selected Friday, December 9th. Good luck!

xx well-to-do

Images courtesy of Worcester Wreath Co.

HIT THE ROAD

Add some cheer to your morning grande no whip, skim, double-shot latte with hand-painted fun from Dusty Road Gurl. Whether you want to sip your coffee or tea from a hand-painted “His” and “Hers” mug or chug your beer from a custom etched beer stein, Dusty Road Gurl has just the drinking glass for you and your mate. 

While most children were begging Santa for the latest GI Joe or Barbie, Dusty Road Gurl was on her best behavior hoping for a paint by numbers artist set or a crafting center. She's translated her creative talent into her career as a graphic designer, but still craves crafting a handmade, hand-painted design.  

Dusty Road Gurl offers you the opportunity to drink your favorite coffee or tea from a hand-painted mug…

Set, $18

Set, $18

Or bottoms-up with a hand-etched beer stein or hand-painted wine glass.

4 for $30

4 for $24

Dare we suggest those who drink together stay together? We think Dusty Road Gurl would agree. Think you and your partner could use some morning cheer? This "Romeo" and "Juliet" set of mugs is up for grabs in today's giveaway!

For entry:
1) "Like"our status on Facebook or comment below this post plus
2) For an extra entry, tell us the name of your favorite couple {can even be you and your partner}.


Winner will randomly be selected on the morning of December 1st!

Dusty Road Gurl: Making couples smile from here to Camelot.


xx well-to-do


Images courtesy of Dusty Road Gurl