Brad, Rob
The secret is to have so much junk that there is no possible way a wife could keep track of it all. One more truck, shootn' iron or uniform can easily be passed off as something you've had "for years". You are just bringing it out of the bowls for a little spruce up. Another approach, if you have more than one of a certain item (or at least one of each mark and/or sub-mark with ***'s) is to ensure they are never seen all together (Brens and Stens are particularly dependent on this). Lastly, some months before considering a major acquisition, tell your lovely wife that, as much as you'd love to have one, they are rare to the point of unobtainable. When, unbelievably, one pops up you have no choice but to get it regardless of hardship. Failing all of this, buy them off with trips, jewelry, flowers. I'd stop short of the $8000 hot tub in the back yard though. Takes up truck space.
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