Holiday Help Week 5: Halloween is Here!

Finally, Halloween is here, we are excited to see how many trick or treaters we get in our new neighborhood this year.  We are totally ready!  It did require a extra trip to the grocery store last night.

So, how did you do this week? 

I did pretty good. 

I set my menu for Thanksgiving, I went very traditional.  I will be sharing some special recipes over the next couple of weeks.

Turkey

Mashed Potatoes with Gravy

Green Bean Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole

Homemade Stuffing

Fresh Cranberry Sauce

Rolls

Sweet Potato Cheesecake

Pumpkin Pie

Cherry Pie

 

 

My mouth is totally watering  as I type this. 

 

So, we took a picture this weekend at the Shedd Aquarium (side note - on any visit to Chicago, this is a MUST see), and I thought it would turn out funnier and we could use it for our Christmas card, but now I'm not sure.  Thoughts?

 

 

 

So, what to do this week?

Wednesday - Have a Great Halloween, take a ton of pictures, post them to Facebook for all your    friends to see.  Eat LOTS of candy (interesting fact:  the average adult will eat 2.5 lbs. of candy on Halloween, wondering if that counts the weeks leading up to and after)

 

Thursday - Hit the Walmart, or Target (or both!) on way to work, at lunch, or after work to stock up on Halloween decorations for next year and candy to use in your holiday baking.

Rest of the Week:

Take your Halloween decorations down (by Saturday) and decorate for Thanksgiving.  I have a few crafts I'll be sharing this week to help you.

Put together your Black Friday wish list.  Also, if you have signed up for alerts (as stores release/leak their ads) at BlackFriday.com  - also now is a good time to assemble your team (more on this next week)

 

Next week, it will be time to order Christmas cards, get busy on your designs!

 

 

Ok, that is alot.  Enjoy Halloween.  I'll be back later this week with some great fall crafts and some awesome recipes to get use that Halloween candy for!

 

~Cyn