Gobble gobble; it's time to talk turkey! Use the resources below to help you create a Thanksgiving meal that is delicious and easy to manage. 

Have a fantastic recipe for Thanksgiving? Share it with Every Busy Woman to enter to win two tickets (value $100) to Chefs' Kitchen Tour with Charleston Culinary Tours where you'll get to meet some of the chefs behind some of Charleston's greatest restaurants and gain insight into their ideas, methods and creativity. Prize drawing will be held November 15.  
 
Thanksgiving Tips, Hints & Checklists     

Preparing for the Feast 
  
 
Use this weekly checklist to start your holiday prepping so that you can enjoy your day. Includes a cooking organizer chart, cleaning checklist and more. 
 
Waking up at 5 am to start cooking is a good way to feel grateful for the day to be done! Space out your cooking by prepping items ahead using this guide to reheating. 
 
Everyone knows the bird is the word on Thanksgiving, but do you know how many pounds/person to buy? Get answers to the most-common turkey questions. 
 
Recipes 

 
Decorations 

You don't have to spend a fortune to make your table setting look like a million bucks with these holiday centerpieces and place card holders.  

Casey O'Dell of O'Dell Landscaping gives 
step-by-step, illustrated instructions for a surprisingly easy yet stunning Thanksgiving arrangement using a pumpkin and succulents. 

Stress-Free Option 

Looking to gobble up Thanksgiving without the stress of preparing dinner for a crowd? Cru Catering's Thanksgiving Dinner Pick Up Menu is for you at just $35/person.

Check out this menu if you're ready to start getting really excited about the feast that awaits!

Place your order by noon, Saturday, November 23 and pick up the day before Thanksgiving with reheating instructions. Delivery and a la carte options are also available. Call 843.534.2433 or email Aileen Mancini.
 
 
Mind Your Business...  

  

Wrapping up year end business?    

Perform a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis   

Update your business plan   

Set goals for year ahead that are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely)   

Set a budget for the new year, plan for capital expenditures and create a debt strategy 

  

Further Your Goals! 

 
November 11
12th Annual Networking & Speed Coaching Event
New this year - pre-select two topics of interest to you and register for those tables, joining 10 people and a subject expert coach who will provide guidance and information, facilitate discussion and help you form a personal action plan. Each session begins with table members introducing themselves and exchanging business cards.

November 16
BarCampCHS 5
A user-generated fUN-conference where attendees determine what will be presented. Sessions, discussions, demos and interaction occur from everyone attending, not a pre-selected panel of speakers giving local area techies, developers, designers, entrepreneurs and more an open environment for learning and sharing.

November 19
Intro to Quickbooks
Charleston County hosts the SC Women's Business Center Workshop to provide small business owners with skills to use this comprehensive software that makes it easy to manage your company's financial matters. After the course, you can set up an appointment with a business counselor to discuss your specific business needs.
 

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Mark Your Calendar 

November 6 - 7 
Holiday Festival of Lights
Fun Run/Walk

November 8 - December 31 Holiday Festival of Lights 

November 8 
Hoodoo Moon
the Halsey Institute's Membership Celebration  

November 9 
Lowcountry Hoedown 

November 9 
REDUX Annual Art Auction

November 10 
Second Sunday on King Street 

November 10 
The Charleston Cup 

November 11 
Veterans Day 

 November 13 
An Evening With Sebastian Junger 

November 13 
Kids Tours: Charleston Museum 

November 16
Colonial Trades and Harvest Day Charles Towne Landing 

November 19 - 24
Music to Your Mouth Festival

November 21
Make Your Holidays SHINE Holiday decoration crafting at the Brown Bag Lunch at the Center for Women

November 23
Pat Conroy at Blue Bicycle Books 

November 28
Thanksgiving

November 29 - 30
Middleton Place Holiday Market 

November 30
City of Charleston Christmas Tree Lighting

December 1
City of Charleston Christmas Parade 

December 1 
Hannukah in the Square