didn't mean to, promise!!

[gavroche]

As I walking past my local cycle shop I decided to go in, just to see what they had. Biiiiiiig mistake!!
I noticed this graphite colour Specialized Allez, just like the one I was going to go and have a look at in Chester.
Got talking to the man in the shop and found out that the price was the same as the one in Chester.
So what would you do if it was you?
I started thinking: saves me 90 mile round trip in car = £9.00 on fuel plus 1.30 hour travelling time and possibly 1 hr in shop = 2.5 hours.
Then my mind went to what my wife would say if I bought another cycle.....
Big decision coming up.
Got talking some more with nice man in shop. £52 deposit he said and 12 instalments of £39 each, interest free credit.
Sounds good I thought.
Me said: "can you change the pedals as I dont like the ones on it?"
Him: " no problem"
Me: " can you put a bottle holder on it too?"
Him: " of course"
Me; " all for free?"
Him: " yep and a first free service"
Sounds even better I thought.
Now we are coming to crunch time and before I could get my second breath, I was giving him my bank details etc... to get the ball rolling.
He is supposed to ring me this afternoon to confirmall is well.
Now, how shall I tell my wife? Ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Globalti]

Don't worry, she will feign annoyance to hide her delight that you will be out of the house more often!

 

[straas]

Tell her you have to get a faster bike so you can get home quicker to see her!

 

[MontyVeda]

"Love you'll never believe this but I entered a raffle and..."

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

"Love you'll never believe this but I entered a raffle and..."

... I won!!!! All I have to do is pay £X per month for the next year! Bargain, eh!?!

 

[JohnHenry]

Why bother telling her anything?

The "little lady" will be so preoccupied with wondering how to please you with tasty meals being on the table when you get in and which washing up liquid she should purchase that she won't even notice that you have spent more money on yourself. If she does question you - you could buy her a fluffy kitten which would make her smile.

 

[ELL]

Tell her that you are just hiring it for the bargain price of £39 a month on a 1 year contract. Then as a thank you at the end of a year they give you the bike for free.

 

[apollo179]

Tell her you work like a dog all week and you will jolly well buy yourself a new bike if you want one. Then while shes still in shock , tell her youve bought her that new hoover (or whatever) shes allways wanted. Defiant shock tactics quickly followed by amelioration. 100% guarantee.

 

[siadwell]

100% guarantee.

Of what? GBH?

 

[NeilEB]

Just don't tell her.
She's a woman, if it doesn't involve Eastenders, celeb gossip or cookery shows, they don't notice anyway

 

[jackm]

My recent acquisition was a black GT MTB, that I bought from a friend...it is more or less the same colour as my Apollo MTB...,forgot to mention that I had bought it at the time, so haven't mentioned it since! While we were watching our nephew playing football last week, she held the bike while I was doing something else, half the weight and all the other differences, not a thing was noticed.........result!!!!!!

 

[Melonfish]

Buy her some jewellery and whilst she's staring at the shiney stuff wheel it in the back

 

[numbnuts]

just show her who's the boss ouch

 

[NormanD]

"Listen Bytch!, I've bought a new bike, SO if you have problem with that, you can sleep on the couch from now on" ... when the divorce is finalized make sure she doesn't get the bike

 

[Chris.IOW]

If she says anything just look sternly at her and say....'you really want to go down this road? Shall we talk about your shoe and dress collection!!'