One evening last November, I was busy cooking dinner while glancing at my laptop to read my Facebook messages. I noticed a question from Jean Chatzky, the finance guru who, among other things, was starting a new cable TV show called "Money Matters." She posed a question to her Facebook readers. "Who is the best shopper you know?"

Without thinking, I replied, "My husband."

It's true. When I first met my husband, I lived near Manhattan in my apartment, worked in midtown, and spent more money than I was making. My line of work had a lot of "competition" - a top publishing house on the Avenue of the Americas. My clothes came from Saks, Bloomies, and Bergdorf's, department stores that were too rich for my paycheck. Meeting my husband was a crash course (he's still teaching me) in being a smart and savvy shopper.

We all need to learn that lesson, particularly with the current economic crises and dim job market outlook. Who knows when we'll ever retire, and if we do, we'd like to live a comfortable life like our parents have been doing.

So Jean and her team were intrigued that a man was nominated. Before we knew it, she and her team visited us at home, and we showed them one of our favorite food markets, Corrado's. A few weeks after the interview came a Today Show appearance for Gary (see the video in the sidebar). There he was - back on TV - where he's been before as a sports journalist and sports attorney. (I loved being in the "green room" and on the Today Show set - and meeting adorable Willie Geist.)

Please look and let me know what you think of our video. (Of course, at first, all I could see were my wrinkles and a bad hair day, but that's another post about accepting ourselves, right?)