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Out of healthy ideas for dinner? Well we have a solution for you! Happy Monday, Smarty Charlotte!

Discover the perfect culinary combination. Locally-owned Semi Prepared offers a smarter alternative for people who care about what they eat. They do all the planning, shopping, measuring, chopping, washing, weighing, and blending leaving you free to cook a healthy and nutritious meal in less than 30 minutes. Sounds like a Smarty plan to me!

The winners are posted!

Rebecca Suits Hartsough – Winner of the $50 Alphabet Soup gift card
Jennifer Voorhees – Winner of the Britax Grow With Me carseat or stroller
Lisa Kitterman – Winner of the $50 Firebird’s Wood-Fired Grill gift card
Bailey Dunmire – Winner of the $50 Carolina Pad gift pack

If your name is listed below, then it’s your lucky day! You won a pair of Dream Lounge White Orchid Pajamas!

White Orchid is also known as the “Friendly Fortune” pj because each pajama comes with its own fortune cookie-esque wish for the future. Its all about feeling good emotionally and physically. White Orchid pajamas are made from the softest cotton interlock. They are wonderful to the touch and feel great on the body. They are also forgiving, so they are perfect for the holiday season when we want to slip into the roomiest, coziest item around. As stores are in the process of buying the line, CSP readers are getting a sneak preview of the product! Thank you very much, Dream Lounge ladies!

Dream Lounge White Orchid pajamas are a personal fave of the Smarty gals here, and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on a set of them, just in time for the holidays! Our friends at Dream Lounge want 18 of you lucky ducks to sleep a little better this holiday season wearing their super comfy pj’s, just for being Smarty!

By Leigh Ann Kelley, the winner of the “8 Weeks to Your Awesome Self” Giveaway
Wow! What an interesting experience the last three weeks have been. It started with looking at Adri Warrick’s website, the Whole Tulip (which I strongly recommend!). The first thing that came up was green smoothies, and my first thought was, “oh my, what have I gotten myself into??” I continued to look over the website and then talked to Adri on the phone. She recommended writing down everything I ate and emailing it to her and she followed up with lots of suggestions. The two biggest changes for me have been adding more grains and greens. Even over Thanksgiving I kept repeating, “grains and greens, grains and greens, etc.” And I will admit, I’ve starting adding spinach (see, more green!) to my smoothies. I can’t even tell its in there, plus I feel awesome knowing that I’ve already had a serving of veggies at the start of my day. The kids really like smoothies and will drink the spinach ones if their cups have a lid and they can’t see the color.

It’s our favorite time of year in Smartyland ~ that time when we give and give BIG we will! This one will put the swag in your swagger this holiday season as we kick off Santa’s Smarty Swag Bag holiday giveaway. That Claus dude and his pink & green elves were fiercely Smarty this year and put some of the B-E-S-T swag in the ‘ole holiday bag for one lucky reader. Make sure you are signed up for our e-newsletter for your chance to win over $500 from our coolest Smarty friends in town!

This giveaway includes gift certificates and/or products for the designated amount listed to each of our Smarty retail partners below. One Smarty takes all. Make sure you stop in to visit all of these local businesses to do some holiday shopping or just to treat yourself – let’s support LOCAL!! Don’t forget to tell them Charlotte Smarty Pants sent you so we can continue to shower our readers with more giveaways.

Read on…

Here it is……….

Beverly Starkey – Winner of a Monkey Joe’s Park Road Shopping Center Birthday Party
Ilyssa Rubenstein– Winner of the Britax Grow With Me carseat or stroller
Dina Seitz – Winner of the $50 Carolina Pad gift pack
Mollie Berkeley– Winner of the Ivy & Leo $50 gift card
Tammy Panovich– Winner of the $50 Belly Elan gift card
Jamie Atwood– Winner of the $50 Firebird’s Wood-Fired Grill gift card
Alicia Green– Winner of the $50 Alphabet Soup gift card
Cynthia Milla– Winner of the $50 Old Navy at Blakeney gift card
Lindsay Brod– Winner of the $25 Yoforia Charlotte gift card

…CHRISTY LEWIS!! Congrats to Christy!

Smarties, don’t forget, Kixx is also hosting their fabulous BOGO sale now through December 3rd. Buy 1 pair of shoes and get another pair 1/2 off during November 18th – December 3rd. They also have a big selection of clearance shoes 60% to 75 % off. These include brands like Lelli Kelly, Sperry, Nine West, Naturino, Kid Express, Me Too, Kenneth Cole, Geox, See Kai Run and Kai.

Charlotte Symphony’s Magic of Christmas is a must-do in my book this holiday season. This year’s performance has something for everyone – from traditional holiday favorites to rousing choral works and joyous sing-alongs – even some local bluegrass!

Celebrating its 15th year, the Magic of Christmas features merry holiday melodies performed by the Charlotte Symphony at Belk Theater. Take a break from the trimmings, tinsel, and gifts and enjoy these festive sounds that are sure to uplift. Matinee tickets 1/2 price for children.

Move over Elf on the Shelf, make room for the sweetest Christmas tradition that will ever enter your home! What if an angel descended from above to teach your child the REAL meaning of Christmas? What if this angel took your child on a journey back in time to meet baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and even… Santa?

My Secret Angel and Me is a magical book and angel doll that helps families explain the real meaning of Christmas to their little ones in such a precious and enchanting way. My Secret Angel and Me was written and illustrated by local moms, Ashley Adorno and Rachel Hernandez. They were searching for a way to tie in Santa and Jesus and were truly inspired by God. This book has the most beautiful illustrations I have seen in a children’s book, you can almost feel the magic coming off the pages. What I love most about it is the focus on Jesus and tying it into your family by the angel who visits God every night. It’s brilliant and beautiful all in one fell swoop!