Well after about 2 or 3 weeks of looking up and reading and asking around on here, I got the items I wanted now.
WOW ! You talk about pressure…
Here are the 3 MAJOR things I ordered today.
Omni 4000 A/B
Scorpion II Compressor
Peace Keeper Deluxe Spray Booth
OMG I never spent that much on my models before. Soooooo if my wife finds out how much I spent. I will Donate all of them to y’ll because she will KILL me… LOL
Apparently/allegedly I have possibly/maybe heard about some people using this method to explain recent purhaces if “she who must be obeyed” comes into your work area/shop/room and spots something new and she is not sure if it is new or not, and she asks about it ,just say 'oh that, i’ve had that for months! [}:)][;)]
If you belong to a club… keep the stuff in the car til the next meeting and walk in the house afterward with a big smile and say. “HEY hon… look what I !”
Remember that you must be kept alive to smash bugs and find out what that noise was. Maybe you’ll be sleeping where the noises usually come from (livingroom) or practicing your cooking. There will definitely be words. My wife is well aware of all the stuff I have so that if something new shows up she knows that she needs to make me suffer. Fortunately, I still keep large amouts of things at my parents house. They have space and I live in a tiny apt and she might be able to see me type this so I must be quick. So when we visit I usually have the order placed strategically so arrival occurs during our absence and the package is delivered to the office. I retrieve the package when the moment is right. Later, I claim that I brought it back from my parents when we visit. Hasn’t failed yet. The store purchases work in a similar way. Inside the truck is a cooler. The cooler is sometimes in the car for groceries and sometimes in the closet empty. The cooler is just big enough to hold three 1/35 kits. Using clever distractions I can maneuver the kits from place to place. This is very dangerous and only occurs around the visits as well.
I just say - “I used my lunch money and got a good deal on it”. If that doesn’t go over to good, I’ll throw this at her - “I can always go back to drinking, fast cars, and fast woman”. At that point, I’m either sleeping on the sofa with my new purchase or in my camper [fancy dog house hehe]. Either way, I won because I get to keep my new purchase. [swg]
A few years ago, I’d gotten a promotion, and my wife really started telling me how she thought it would help if I had a Palm Pilot to organize my stuff. She thoroughly convinced me, and so went down to BestCircuitBuyCityShackMart and picked one up.
The next weekend we’re in the mall and she’s showing me this diamond wrap for her engagement ring. I said “Is it expensive?”
“No”, she replied.
“It costs the same amount as your Palm Pilot.”
BAM! Set up!
I know how you can get the expenditure for your A/B set up to go by smoothly. When you bring it in the house, drape it in jewelry.
“Look what was stuck underneath this diamond bracelet honey!”
My wife is laughing sooooooo hard at these. Well played, gentlemen! Well played! [:)] [tup]
But she did say something that made me stop and stare at her for her insight: “Well, when you think about it, I’d rather pay that money to your hobby store than to a therapist. After all. This -is- your stress relief.”
All fun and games aside. I bought the 3 things I started this topic with. and I had to all planed out. " See that’s were I went worng " I was babysitting a friends kid for the summer. Same ages as my kids. And I was going to use that money to pay off my VISA with before my wife saw it. Well the kids were NOT getting along and my friends said it would be better if we took her to a camp or something. I said OK np and that I was sorry. WELL now I have the 3 items and NO WAY to pay off my VISA :( hehehhehehe
Well right now the wife is working and UPS just droped out the Omni 4000 A/B and the Peace Keeper Deluxe Spray Booth and I am just watting on the Scorpion II Compressor.
I put the Spray Booth down in the basement in the VERY back room that has a window. I HOPE she don’t see it yet, at lest till I can pay for it LOL
So how are you going to explain to her where they come from when you get this set up.Seems to me it would be easier to just tell her up front what you plan to buy. Thankfully I don’t have that problem as my wife fully supports my hobby and shows interest in what I do. One thing you may have to do is set up a cot in the room with it
BTW have fun with the new setup and happy painting
Well right now my wife works from about 12pm to 8pm most days so I can use it when she is not home. As for telling her… We live from check to check as a lot of people do. I can’t ever get 10.00 a month from her. I get NO MONEY at all from her sad I know. I have Rheumatoid Arthriits and have not worked in about 14 years, but I do get monet from SSD. But that all gos to paying the bills.
I was thinking " BAD IDEA, I know " I can get some cash up to pay the 1st 2 or 3 months from the VISA. and maybe I can get a under the table job when school starts up again and pay off that bill :)
I do want to thank all of you, all the posts I have read here is making me laugh… and I needed that