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.
Entertaining is always a fun and exciting way to spend time with your loved ones and those who mean the most to you. Dinner parties and other methods of entertaining are a way for you to show off your hostessing skills. However, you can take your hostess skills up a notch and make your already […] More
Small spaces are not the end of the world. Just because you have a room or area in your home in which the space is not so big doesn’t mean it can’t be big on style. Your small space has just as much potential to look as fabulous as the rest of your home, […] More
The biggest problem in life is that most people spend entirely too much time focusing on three things; the past, money and people. Your life will be much happier and much more satisfying if you remember that these things do not define you, they do not alter your decisions and they should never be the […] More
One of the biggest questions couples ask when planning their wedding is, “To which song will we have our first dance?” It’s a loaded question and perhaps one of the most thought about decisions you will make when planning your wedding. I know when my husband and I were married almost nine years ago, we […] More
Mindy Weiss is a celebrity wedding planner who has planned the nuptials of couples such as Fergie and Josh, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and even Hilary Duff. She’s created a long list of famous clients whose gorgeous weddings she is behind. For that reason, who knows better than Weiss which three trends are […] More
In between cooking, cleaning, caring for the kids, finding time to brush your teeth, running your household, running kids to and from practice and double-checking to ensure the ensemble your husband chose for your child’s day at kindergarten is publicly appropriate (Moms…you know what I’m talking about), there’s little time left for work. As a […] More
Your marriage needs to become more of a priority than ever once you have children. Before kids, your marriage is already a priority. After kids, however, it’s easy for your marriage to take a back seat to stuffy noses and after school activities. Your kids are so important, but having them is no reason to […] More
Being sick and pregnant is a horrible combination. Anyone who has ever been pregnant knows that you’re not advised to take anything for illness, and that’s a bummer. A simple head cold that would ordinarily have you reaching for the Sudafed or other OTC medications suddenly has you bedridden. What’s a pregnant woman to do […] More
Success; it’s something we all strive to achieve in some form or another. Some of us deem success as raising a great family and living a life that makes us proud. Others define success as accomplishing their dream of beginning their own business or working their way to the top of their company. Whatever your […] More
Having a daughter (or two, in my case) is a pretty awesome deal. They’re sweet, cuddly, funny, silly, smart and always fun to be around. Now that mine are growing up, particularly my oldest who is now five, I find myself inspired to spend some real quality time with her as her school schedule and […] More
In times of economic uncertainty, it makes a lot of sense to try and save money. However, when it comes to saving money on your purchases, you don’t have to forgo buying what you actually want. All you have to do is know a few little tricks that will help you get exactly what you […] More
Parenting: As I sit here about to begin the second trimester of my third pregnancy with one daughter in kindergarten and another in midst of her terrible twos (which could be SO much worse, I know), morning sickness that lasts all day every single day and what I believe is now a full-blown head cold, […] More