I almost always learn something new about money and humanity when I watch the Suze Orman show. Sometimes she can pinpoint the exact reason why someone wants to take tennis lessons or buy a car. She looks over everything from finances to estate planning to if someone needs term life insurance no medical exam. I expect these things from her, but she just always shocks me with how right she is about people.

I think sometimes she gets a bad reputation for yelling at people and her Suze smackdowns. However, she really is a student of human behavior and it’s almost creepy to see how right on she can be about how people will act or why they are doing what they are doing. I think I’ll just call her Suze the Mind Reader from now on. You can really learn a lot about people when you look at their money.

On the Road with Austin and Santino taught me a lot. One of my favorite things is that they don’t bring fabric with them. Instead they have to find it at country stores or even remake items from thrift shops. I think in big cities people have a store for digital cameras and another one for fabric so this is a big change. They always seem to end up making something out of cheap tulle. I guess it’s the one universal fabric that you can always find anywhere. I’m also really surprised by all of the quilt shops, seems like every small town has one. I really loved how one owner kept calling all of the dress making materials ‘the fancies’.

I have to say that on the Road with Austin and Santino is one of my favorite new shows. I didn’t think I was going to watch it at first because I missed the first season of Project Runway so I never really gelled with these two people. However, I tuned in and learned something really valuable. The team was making a dress for a pageant and the girl they were making the dress for was talking about how 1st place is the only one that matters. Then someone made a joke about how both Austin and Santino won Project Runway. Of course, they didn’t. However, they were memorable enough that they have their own show now and how many of the winners can say that?