Where else can one finger cost you 5,000 smackers? That's the story in the National Football League, where running back Reggie Bush was fined for wagging his finger at Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher after scoring a touchdown in the Bears'39-14 playoff win. As far as I know, Bush was lucky that Urlacher didn't snap that finger off and have it as an appetizer. There's finger food for ya, baby.

Point being, ladies and germs; part of the way to be good is not letting other people know how good you are. Showing off by getting yourself into a bunch of consumer debt with fancy cars, designer clothes and a house the size of Chicago may make you look good, but it's gonna cause you pain in the long run. Now, getting out of debt is a different story. It hurts in the short-term, while you're making a monthly budget and sacrificing, but the payoff is more than worth it. Just ask the host of The Dave Ramsey Show ... he talks about it all the time.