Welcome to Huffwrites.com, the virtual home of journalist and author Francine L. Huff. Here you will find out more about her latest projects, including The 25-Day Money Makeover for Women , and upcoming appearances and workshops. Francine is passionate about helping others to realize their financial and creative goals while fulfilling their life’s purpose, and is already planning her next book project.

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Click here for additional interesting stories that shed light on financial principles we all could use.

1. You’ve raided your child’s piggy bank so many times there’s nothing left to shake out.
2. Payday means taking another advance on your credit card.
3. You’ve started inviting your creditors to family functions.
4. Most of your furniture is at the local pawnshop, not in your house.
5. You constantly dream of hitting the big one and spend money almost everyday on lottery tickets or at the casino.
6. Every time the phone rings you yell “I’m not home!” and hide in your bedroom.
7. You can’t fit many of the clothes in your closet even though they still have new tags.
8. When you arrive at family gatherings, your relatives run when they see you coming because you’re always trying to borrow money.
9. The bank automatically charges you overdraft fees every month.
10. The folks at Bubba’s Payday Lending Shop know you by name.