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.
Success is awesome. You live your entire life excited about the day you are finally successful, and when it arrives you are nothing short of elated. However, some people don’t recognize that they have reached success, and most people want to succeed even more, even after they’ve reached a level of success that is considered […] More
As soon as the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, I will be able to officially say, “I’ll be 30 this year,” which is fine by me. Age, after all, isn’t anything but a number. I have no qualms about getting older. I like myself more and more each year (I think I’m pretty cool, […] More
Everyone tells you not to sweat the small stuff, but it’s not that easy to do all the time. Sometimes the small stuff is the most annoying, because enough of it makes it much bigger stuff, and then you have to sweat it. Does that even make sense? Regardless, the way we handle our stress […] More
Dear Lady Without a Baby: There are so many things the rest of us – with kids – want to say to you, but for now we’ll settle for telling you that while you may think we are annoying, the feeling is very, very mutual. Just because we have a little spit up on our […] More
If you are like most parents, you spent your pregnancy imagining how close you would be to your kids. You pictured wearing matching aprons and decorating Christmas cookies with your toddlers, watching Disney movies as a family while cuddled on the couch eating popcorn and laughing together. If you’re like most parents, you had a […] More
You know which friend I’m talking about; the one who always complains about never being able to meet a good guy, even though everyone else can see that her best friend is totally in love with her, and the nicest guy ever, to boot. Many women just don’t realize that they’re looking for love in […] More
A gallon of ice cream, three bottles of wine, two shots of patron, two boxes of tissues, a hundred foul words, and two of your closest girlfriends all at the same time can only mean one thing; a breakup. It’s hard on a woman to go through something this devastating, but some experts think that […] More
When you’re trying to decide what to wear, you might wonder whether or not the man in your life will like what he sees. Of course, you want him to find you fabulously gorgeous and attractive, but sometimes what we women see as fashionable and attractive is not exactly the same thought men have. Trust […] More
‘Tis the season for marriage proposals, which means it’s also the season to tell women and men who are planning their walk down the aisle what you should really know about getting married. Let’s be honest; you already know that the wedding day is important but the marriage is what matters. You also know that […] More
Being a woman means that you have a busy schedule. No matter how you plan things, what you do, or where you are your schedule is hectic. You barely have time to brush your own teeth each morning, yet you have to continue to keep the family schedule in order every minute of the day. […] More
All my single ladies, and all my married ladies, engaged ladies, and committed ladies; it’s no secret that men find our mysterious girly habits annoying. They don’t get why we have to call our girlfriends the second we run into their ex in the supermarket and spend 40 minutes discussing what his new girlfriend was […] More
For the past 11 years, my husband has done an amazing job of not only telling me but showing me how much he loves me on a daily basis. I love the attention and his affection. He makes me feel so good about myself and about our marriage that I wanted to reciprocate so I’ve […] More