busted by the wife again

When I was a kid, my mom had one of those tank vacuums with the long chrome tubes you put on the end of the hose... it was late on a Friday noght, my dad was in need of some exhaust pipe in a hurry (little 4-banger in an Anglia)... anyway, it got chrome exhaust! Mom tried to vacuum the next day.... DOH!!

Then there was the time my wife came home from one of those parties, (Pampered Chef or something) She showed me a heart shaped pie dish in the booklet that she wanted... it was only $20 but, her b-day was coming up and I needed an idea so, I said, "money is a bit tight right now, I think we should wait....." She was Ok with that, since we were self-employed and money was tight... I called mom and she ordered it... all was well... till my wife was doing our books 3 weeks before her b-day and noticed a receipt for 85$ for paint for my jeep.... Boy was I in big trouble... I called my mom and made sure she had it in hand.... I let her think I was terrible for 3 weeks so I didn't ruin the surprise... we still get a good laugh out of that one... probably about 20 years ago.