This Cocktail Waitress Traded In Her 'Golden Handcuffs' To Live The Life She Really Wanted

During the years she worked as a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas, Melissa Ritz lived a lifestyle many would envy. She earned six figures. She bought herself a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house and filled it with nice things. She drove a yellow, gently-used VW Beetle. She shopped for clothes without worrying about the price tag, ate out at the city's best restaurants and flew her friends in from around the country for fun-filled weekends. Indulging her love of travel, Ritz and a friend took a th...