Your husbands tell you NO????? Hhmmmmm, I never thought to ask him.
When I wanted a Megaquilter with a frame I just said, "I'm getting a quilting machine."
He was in the hospital a few years ago and I upgraded from a Cherokee to a Grand Cherokee. I showed him how nice it was when I brought him home.
BUT, I should add that we were older when we married, had both had bad experiences in the past and decided that we would keep separate accounts. We split the bills and then he has his, I have mine and we don't say much about what the other spends their money on. We only discuss things that are for the house--new roof, new large appliances, etc.