There may be some element of finesse and negotiation involved in these matters. Money is frequently a tricky issue in a marriage, even when people have a comfortable income. You probably know how your husband will feel about this better than anyone else does. If the spending really is a problem, perhaps in the future it would be best to negotiate a budget in which each party has specific discretionary funds that don't have to be explained. Then you will have to save up for more costly purchases beyond your monthly budget. That's the advice I've often seen in magazines. I can't get my DH to come up with any such plan, however. We've managed for 40 years just muddling along as situations arise. One time, many years ago, he asked what I'd spent on something and I said "about as much as a round of golf." That pretty well squelched those sorts of questions about my discretionary purchases from then on, because he played a lot more rounds of golf than I bought whatever it was.