Woman Borrows $500 From Payday Loan Store, Ends Up Owing $1700

A sign outside a 'Speedy Cash' cash loans shop in London, England, on Nov. 1, 2012. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A Texas woman said she recently made her tough financial situation even worse by borrowing money from a payday loan store.

Rebecca Anthony lives with her mother, her boyfriend, and her two daughters in Fort Worth. At one point, her mother was fired from her job, she told the Star-Telegram, which hit the family pretty hard.