[studio1087]

Does she have hobbies?

Does she ever see some nice clothing and buy it without mentioning it?

I would hope that you could tell her about a new toy and not have to hide it in the garage.

Are the buying scales tipped toward you so heavily that you have to hide the stuff? If so, slow down.

My wife keeps horses. She buys tack and we pay vet bills and we live within our means. I buy things on ebay or sell a guitar on ebay and then spend "up" to a better guitar guitar once per year or so. I would say that we keep it even (I've never kept a spread sheet).

I wouldn't stash stuff. If I had to stash it I wouldn't buy it. There are 16 guitar cases in our family room and my wife can count. Dang!

I would slowly move the stuff into the house. Stop stashing. Turn over a new leaf.

John