Tiffany Raiford

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.

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in Parenting

Five Ways To Get Your Kids Excited About Going Back to School

The beginning of the school year is the most exciting time of the year – for parents. Three months of kids being home all day, every day is about all it takes to make us feel as if we are going to lose our minds. Sure, we miss them throughout the school year, and we […] More
in Careers

10 Great Part-Time Gigs For Animal Lovers

If you prefer working with animals to working with humans, chances are good that you have worked with humans in the past. In all seriousness, working with animals is something that many people prefer. They are appreciative, they are loving and they don’t gossip. But they do have their own challenges, and that’s not without […] More
in Personal Finance

10 Hilarious Things People Have Done For Free Stuff

“I’d give my left arm for (insert some cool item here,” or “I’d give my first born for (awesomeness here, please),” or whatever. These are just a few of the things that we like to say we’d do in our house for something amazing. For example, I sometimes offer up my left arm for one […] More
in Savings Account

Five of the Most Reliable High Interest Online Savings Accounts Available

High interest savings accounts; what are those? I’m married to a banker and I don’t even have one of those. It almost seems, these days, as if a high interest account is a thing of the past. It’s a rumor. It’s something that some people used to have and now it’s just something we talk […] More
in Budgeting

How You Can Save Over $1000 a Year Using Prepaid Cell Phone Plans

How would you feel about an iPhone on a prepaid cell phone plan? It sounds like something that will never happen, but it appears this is simply not the case anymore. It looks like the iPhone is being sold by a few carriers that offer prepaid plans and they have been for a few years […] More
in Food and Drink

Five Apps That Can Get You Free Food

Who doesn’t love free food? It’s so much more enjoyable than food you have to pay for, especially when you account for how much it costs to go out anymore. It doesn’t even matter where you dine; it’s expensive these days. For my husband and I to take our four kids to Chick-Fil-A for kids’ […] More
in Checking Account

Personal Checking Account Promotions You Should Check Out in 2015

Sometimes opening a new bank account is worth the time and effort it takes to do it thanks to the many different promotions being offered by banks across the country. As the wife of a long-time banker, I can tell you that these financial institutions are always looking for new customers to open accounts, and […] More
in Shopping

How You Can Get Paid To Go to Spas, Casinos and Amusement Parks

We’ve all gotten the emails, mostly spam, from companies asking us to become mystery shoppers. The premise is simple; you go somewhere, pretend to shop (well, actually shop) and then evaluate the situation. It can be anywhere from a shop to a grocery store to a restaurant. You’ll get paid a small fee and reimbursed […] More
in Banking

10 Times You Should Never Forget To Use a Cashier’s Check

A cashier’s check is not something the vast majority of us use on a regular basis. After all, who wants to bother going into a bank and dealing with that when you can just write a personal check or hit the ATM on the way to wherever it is you are going? I say that, […] More
in Careers

How You Can Make $1000 a Day as Professional Bridesmaid

It is, perhaps, the most genius idea I’ve heard all day. granted, it is only 11 am and my morning was spent getting two kids ready for school, taking my twins to the supermarket and answering questions like, “Are your boy/girl twins identical?” despite their very different anatomy and the fact that they look nothing […] More
in Budgeting

10 Mistakes You’re Making At the Grocery Store

I used to dread going to the grocery store, but now I love it. I love it because I make the conscious decision to shop when my husband is home from work so that I don’t have to take any kids. Not only does this mean I get a little break from things like parenting, […] More
in Parenting

10 Superpowers You Develop as a Mom

Being a superhero is hard work, but I’ve been doing it for 7 years now. I don’t see myself as a superhero, of course, but my husband certainly does. I cannot tell you how often I’ll get a text from him in the middle of the day telling me that he is in awe of […] More

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