Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Tiffany Raiford is a lifelong Floridian, wife to my high school sweetheart and mother of four littles (two girls and boy/girl twins...no, they are not identical and yes, I'm sure). My kids love to whine, so I love to wine. My loves include nap time, bed time, date night, travel and evenings and weekends when my husband is home because he handles all diaper changes.
Becoming a parent is a life changing decision. No matter how easy or difficult you find particular aspects of being a parent, it’s a life changing decision. Once you have kids, you understand. Before you have kids, you have an idea, but since every child and every family is different there’s no real way to […] More
Happy New Year! Now that 2014 is upon us and 2013 is nothing but history, you probably want to start the day off on a good note. Whether you’re the kind of person who makes resolutions or the kind of person who thinks change should happen when needed rather than when dictated, there are always […] More
It’s a new year and it’s time to learn new things; and why not start with a few tips that help you make entertaining as simple and successful as possible? Entertaining is something we all do, even if it’s not the kind of entertaining that involves hundreds of guests and catered affairs. Being a good […] More
If you could go back in time and talk to your 21-year-old personality about your financial situation, what would you say to her? Would you tell her to skip the spring break trips to Cancun or the Bahamas and pay off her car faster or would you tell her to live it up and worry […] More
Fashion is something that comes and goes; style is something that’s deeply personal and individual only to you. What’s considered fashionable in one city might not be considered overly fashionable in another and vice versa. For this reason, most people choose not to pay as much attention to fashion as they do style. However, even […] More
Christmas is over and your children are on new toy overload. If they’re anything like my children, they have what amounts to an entire Toys R Us store in their bedrooms and that’s not including what they already had before. It’s difficult not to want to go overboard for your children during the holidays, and […] More
Financial advice is everywhere. You hear it from financial experts, financial failures and even your mom. While your finances are important, there are some rules you’ve learned over the course of your life that you’ve heard from experts, those who wish they’d made better decisions and even your mom. Those rules might still be excellent […] More
Stress is one of those things that everyone encounters at times. For some, stress is a constant state of unhappiness in their lives. For others, it’s something that comes and goes with the changes that life likes to bring. Even if you think someone else’s life is sheer bliss, know that they also experience stress. […] More
Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, which can mean only one thing; it’s time to put those thoughts and ideas into fruition and come up with your New Year’s resolutions. Even if you’re not into making resolutions, per say, it’s not a bad idea to take some of this advice and apply it to your everyday […] More
Small spaces are often intimidating to homeowners. Many believe that small spaces mean that a room will lack style because there simply isn’t enough room to make it a gorgeous work of art. This is so far from the truth it’s almost laughable. Your small spaces might be small, but they have every bit as […] More
The New Year is less than a week away and everyone and their mother is making up a list of New Year Resolutions – or at least talking about them in passing. One of the most popular resolutions people make is to turn the New Year into their most fabulous one yet. The easiest way […] More
Acne is something you thought you’d left behind in your teenage years. However, here you are, 30-years-young (or however young you are) and staring at acne. That one tiny spot on your chin that makes you want to cry can take you back years and years to a day when you struggled with your skin, […] More