https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 11:08:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-222552 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:05:02 +0000 HLK208 222552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally guilty. I don't do it so much anymore but if I buy something I usually round down...say the jacket I bought was $59, I'll say it was $50. It's a really bad habit. </p> <p>But I did grow up with my mom saying, "hide the bags from your dad" after we'd get home from a shopping trip! I'm not as bad as she was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-222544 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:58:20 +0000 Apex 222544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I hide my new shoes all the time. I know i really don't need any more new shoes, but i don't want him reminding me either, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-222271 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:41:15 +0000 Alivoo01 222271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually no because the hubby does the shopping for me and I'm not a fan of shopping. However, I did attempt to hide that I purchased OPKs when the hubby first said we should start TTC so that he didn't think I was cray-cray. I eventually suggested that I should buy them and he said okay, but I already did. hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221704 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:52:02 +0000 heffalump 221704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have all joint accounts so I can't. But I'm not a big shopper so I don't need to anyway, he's always the one telling me to go out and buy something for myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221702 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:51:35 +0000 mrs. wagon 221702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetchic: love tahari shoes!! I have a pair really similar (nude patent peep toe pumps) and I was able to wear them all day and night as a bridesmaid while 7 months pregnant! They are the best. </p> <p>I sometimes try to hide purchases but I always end up telling him. I am a great liar and manipulator in all other places but I just can't lie to him or hide anything... It all comes out and I just have to share with him, even if he disapproves and I end up returning stuff. :-) plus he's the one who helps me decide what to buy... I'm such an indecisive shopper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221697 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:45:18 +0000 MrsH 221697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't hide it. What is the fun in that? I'd rather show him what I bought :) I also make more than DH so maybe that colors my perspective. </p> <p>Cute shoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221170 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:01:42 +0000 SleepyMonkey 221170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but only with the stuff that i know is frivolous and i don't need. he ultimately doesn't care what i buy, but he'll ask a lot of questions like if i need it, or if it looks like that other similar thing that i have, or how much it cost. and i don't feel like i should have to answer those when i make my own money! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221059 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:17:02 +0000 prettylizy 221059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Guilty. And we have joint everything so if he really cared he'd know. I think I get it from my mother. She always used to buy things, and when my dad would notice, she'd say "oh no, I've had this for ages!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221047 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:55:50 +0000 sandy 221047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I totally do this! I have a crazy sweet tooth since getting pregnant and now LO is 8 months and I always crave little treats at the end of the day. I totally hide them and sneak out a few at a time. He doesn't care but he's been on a diet and I feel bad having snacks in the house...he's lost over 35 pounds </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221036 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:43:02 +0000 BSB 221036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do hide things from my DH but I also make the money in the household. Lastly, I hardly ever buy things for myself so I bet he wouldn't be bothered about it. He probably would be more mad that I feel the need to 'hide' things from him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-221013 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:10:11 +0000 Smurfette 221013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super cute shoes!!</p> <p>I don't hide but I don't show him everything. He usually will ask, so that is a new shirt huh? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220976 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:19:09 +0000 smith 220976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I fib about the cost of my purchases, too! I don't even know why - we have joint accounts and I know he knows the truth! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220960 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:47:24 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 220960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't HIDE them because he couldn't care less- but I do announce them 1 by 1.<br /> I don't just say: "I bought 4 pairs of sunglasses today!" But I will say.."I went shopping..got a few things"...lalalala....But there is no need to know I got like 5 of the same thing in different colors:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220959 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:43:35 +0000 Cole 220959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't usually, often he is prodding me to make purchases more than chiding me. His big question is "do you need it?" if I say yes he could care less what it costs but sometimes those purchases that wouldn't pass the test do just get quietly added to the rotation! In fairness his purchases are always handled the same way, and the odd piece of sporting equipment seems to mysteriously move into our home... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220954 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:26:49 +0000 MamaMoose 220954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: hahaha hubs and I always call each other out on our fatty impulse buys! I'm surprised we haven't started hiding them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220950 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:20:35 +0000 chopsuey 220950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HAHA. no. all of our funds and credit cards are joint so he can see what I buy. He doesn't check, but I always tell him I'm going shopping and will show him stuff I buy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220949 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:20:13 +0000 littlek 220949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahahahaha... I may or may not tell DH the exact price of things... we have our separate fun money so I don't really feel bad about it.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220944 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:14:37 +0000 mrs. bird 220944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not usually, but sometimes i do with stupid embarrassing things, like junk food- if i have a total fat kid moment at the grocery store &amp; buy something AWFUL, i'll put in in the back of the cabinet &amp; put other things in front of it hoping he doesn't find it. not that he would say anything mean about it, just because i feel guilty because i know i shouldn't eat crap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220933 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:05:51 +0000 Rubies 220933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do just because I feel guilty - Hubs doesn't actually care. LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220932 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:05:24 +0000 banana 220932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girrrlllll.... I do that all the time! haha. He's one of those men who doesn't understand why women need more than 3 pairs of shoes and more than 2 bags. He thinks I have WAY too many bags (which I HONESTLY don't). So if I buy something, I usually dont' tell him. I just keep it in the trunk of my car until he's not home and then I'll put it in my closet (he never looks in there). Once in a while he'll go "Wait, are those shoes new?" and I'll say "Yeah, I bought it a while ago! I needed it for xxxxx!" and of course he follows up with "Why do you need another pair of heels? You have like 5 already." I just ignore him. =D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220927 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:01:54 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 220927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't because we share a bank account. He doesn't care what I buy anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220926 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:01:26 +0000 lawbee11 220926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I normally don't hide purchases from DH, but sometimes I'll fib about how much something cost! Like I bought a new purse that was $60, but I told DH it was $40! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220922 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:58:59 +0000 MamaMoose 220922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. He doesn't care what I buy. I don't buy anything we can't afford and it's my money just as much as his so I have no reason to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220921 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:56:40 +0000 BoogieBea 220921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally do that - not often but I have done it. I do that with items for LO sometimes. She really doesn't need any new clothes but sometimes I come across something so cute, I can't resist. I knew this would happen with having a little girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220890 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:31:39 +0000 mediagirl 220890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to when I worried about him worrying about what I was spending. Now that we have a pretty strict budget, I don't. I show him everything I bring home. It feels better this way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220887 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:29:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 220887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahh yes, I usually run home and hang stuff up in my closet without tags. If he later comments and asks if it's new, I just say I found it hangnig in my closet, a little decieving but not completely untrue ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220884 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:28:47 +0000 Running Elley 220884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First of all, LOVE those shoes. Totally worth it!</p> <p>I used to hide purchases from DH all the time but lately we’ve only been using our bank cards so that we can keep track of everything/stick to a very strict budget so I haven’t recently! Knowing that we’re both going to be reviewing the budget/our purchases is great motivation to not spend lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220880 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:21:57 +0000 autumnlove 220880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't because he really doesn't care! Occasionally he will tell me to go shopping for myself instead of buying baby or home stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220878 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:20:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 220878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahahaha I used to do that all the time. But eventually he'd see me wear something and say, "is that new?" He is pretty observant and knows my closet backwards and forwards.</p> <p>I DO always hide his Christmas presents in the way back of my side of the closet!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-hide-shopping-purchases-from-dh#post-220874 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:16:50 +0000 Meridian 220874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I typically don't... but I totally did today!! (And here I am announcing it to the internet) I was running errands and stopped into DSW. I found the PERFECT 3" black pumps and nude pumps... and so I had to get both (they were the same style). I've been looking for new black pumps, so that purchase was justified. I already have a pair of 2.5" nude pumps... but I like these new ones SO much more! Here they are (in nude):</p> <p><a href="http://www.dsw.com/shoe/tahari+colette+pump?prodId=218339" rel="nofollow">http://www.dsw.com/shoe/tahari+colette+pump?prodId=218339</a></p> <p>Anyhow, I stuck the shopping bag and shoe boxes away into a closet, and the shoes are tucked into our shoe racks. I don't plan on mentioning them :) He might notice the black ones, which is fine because I needed them... but I'm hoping he won't notice that I swapped out the nude pumps, haha!</p> <p>Please tell me I'm not the only one who is guilty! ;) </p>