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Thanksgiving (and Christmas, for that matter) are holidays where my family tends to gather with grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, and nephews and share food, drink, and good cheer.

These gatherings often tend to be large ones and thus large meals are often prepared with lots of different side dishes. The end result? There are lots of leftovers.

Most of the time, families will simply eat the leftovers for a day or two and toss out what’s left. Guess what? That’s a pretty big waste of money and a waste of opportunity, too. If you’re smart about things, you can end up wasting virtually nothing from your big holiday meal and it will help you out throughout the winter.

Here are twelve strategies my family uses for handling the leftovers from a big holiday meal. Our goal is simple: minimize what we throw away without creating an endless run of boring “leftover” meals.

I’ll be honest: since about 2009, I haven’t left the house on Black Friday. Instead, I usually sleep in after a long evening spent eating a big meal and having a few glasses of wine with family members. I do get up and check a few online sales, but I haven’t found anything in a brick-and-mortar store that makes it worthwhile to actually go out there and battle the crowds.

That doesn’t mean I don’t utilize the bargains on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I usually do end up buying an item or two each year based on those sales (though they have usually been online buys), but I have a very specific strategy that I use to make this work.

Volunteering is one way to beef up your resume when you don’t have much experience yet. Photo: Texas A&M

Building a resume is a tedious task, especially when you’re still in college. But a solid resume can help you score a great internship or land your dream job (and help you start paying back those student loans).

Even though you might still be in school, with barely any experience to speak of, you can start building your resume today. Here’s how.

How Can I Get Experience?
Do an Internship

An internship is the ideal way to build “real-world” experience in your intended field before graduation. Even if that internship doesn’t lead to a job offer from the same company, you’ll have gained that experience for yourself and your resume.

Thankfully, you may not need to battle the crowds at 3am this Friday to get a good deal. Photo: Powhusku

Love it or hate it, Black Friday ain’t what it used to be.

Time was, you’d gather with friends and family on Thanksgiving to over-indulge in food and football. The next day, off from work, you might go buy a Christmas tree and then head to the mall to start your holiday shopping. Pretty simple, really.

Soon enough, stores caught onto the fact that everyone was out shopping the day after Thanksgiving. They began opening as early as 6 a.m. for the savvy shoppers and hardcore bargain hunters looking to pick up an entire season’s worth of gifts in one day, most at a good discount.