Thread: help please with The most difficult how to ????

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OK, there is a BIG "how to" that I need some help on ...

I have tried to "go alone" with this but have had no success so far.

I have looked everywhere. There are no links for this how to on Monsterlist, or any other site for that matter. there doesnt seem to be anything on any of the forums. I have googled for it but no luck. Surely there must be someone out there that can give some help on this ....


So ... my "how to" request ... How do you get your wife to agree to you spending large sums of money on props ???

A step by step guide would be gratefully received, with diagrams if possible.

I am sure that there are many of us that would benefit from this tutorial...muahaaaaahahahahahaha

PS. I guess that once you can do this "how To" you can call yourself a pro haunter ??? (lol)

Step 1: Find a woman that loves Halloween as much as you.

Step 2: Marry her.

:P

Actually, you're lucky to have a voice of reason that keeps your spending down. Hubby and I are both weak and therefore are now broke!

sorry, but the only" how to" I could give you is "how to corpsifiy her and put her in the cemetary, my wife spends as much as I do!!! lol. maybe butter/shower her with things in july...lol!

I'm the one who takes care of the bills and keeps track of the money so my husband doesn't really know what I spend. He sees it all come in but never asks how much it was. And I'm thrifty when it comes to EVERYTHING so he doesn't mind me splurging a little for Halloween.

I'm the wife, and the one that spends the big $$ on Halloween...and not the cutesy junk either!

Fortunately, I married a guy that loves it as much as I do.

Step 1 - Get a raise. Money is money, and charm only goes so far.

Step 2 - Set aside a Halloween savings account.

Step 3 - Next year, send her a Halloween bouquet with some of the account cash, black and purple, burgundy and orange flowers. Most ladies aren't used to getting flowers at Halloween, and I've never heard one reacte with anything other than delight. Most florists have something appropriate this time of the year.

My wife is not into the prop-building, etc... but does like the finished product. I think the answer to keeping the peace is minimizing the time impact on the family. Making sure to spend at least one night during the week NOT in the garage.

She also repeats the following often, "His behavior is not a reflection of me." and that seems to help when I'm bleeding or something.

When asked 'How much did that cost' on the last object of my desire, I simply replied, 'I will use this thing for years to come. It can be hung on a door, a wall, or outside, anywhere! It will give me years of pleasure. Does it really matter how much?'
Try that.

Just tell her that no price can be put on the screams of the little ones, and that it takes a small fortune to have the coolest house on the block.

Also, do you go out to lunch everyday?

If you do like I used to, just tell your wife that you have decided to save that money for Halloween props, and start taking your lunch everyday. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal right now, but wait until next year and you figure up the amount you saved (whether you actually saved it or not, it is a compelling way to make it happen!)

I used to spend $10 a day on lunch on average. Now I spend only about $15 for lunch for the whole week. That gives me about $35 a week, or about $140/month. Then you just add that up over 12 months, and you're talking about almost $1700 that she can't say anything about!!!! And if you don't spend that much in a year, just add leftover budget to next year!

And if you spend more than that for your Halloween stuff, then you need to call me so we can do some business!!!

Anyway, just my 2 cents...

I like Spats ideas. That would convince me

Another idea is to buy 2nd hand items, sale items and raid dumps. Then when you want to spend money on something you can always say...'well the material for the ...... didn't cost anything/barely anything so we can afford it' Heard that one a few times from my guy.

MsM