This happened to me last summer. Nashbar was selling the Diamondback Release 3 Full Suspension MTB, (msrp $2500) for $1,800. Over Labor Day weekend, they dropped the price 25% and had free shipping. I had no choice but to buy it. I was expecting it to arrive on a Wednesday and was home waiting for it. I had one of my daughters in on it and told her to be on the lookout for it and not to let her mother know when it arrived. I did a quick errand and the bike arrived in the 15 minute window I was gone. Fed-Ex left the giant box on the front porch. My younger daughter was very proud of herself for wrestling the giant box in the foyer all by herself.
I got the call from my wife shortly after that.
Her: "What the hell is this gigantic box in the hallway?"
Me: "I have no idea."
Her: "It has Bike written all over it in big letters. Did you buy another bike?"
Me: "I have no idea what that is. I'll be home in five minutes."
Her: "It can't stay here in the hallway."
Me: "I'll get it out of there."
I don't remember exactly how I explained it. After 24 years of marriage, I don't question some of her purchases and she doesn't grill me too extensively about mine.
I got the call from my wife shortly after that.
Her: "What the hell is this gigantic box in the hallway?"
Me: "I have no idea."
Her: "It has Bike written all over it in big letters. Did you buy another bike?"
Me: "I have no idea what that is. I'll be home in five minutes."
Her: "It can't stay here in the hallway."
Me: "I'll get it out of there."
I don't remember exactly how I explained it. After 24 years of marriage, I don't question some of her purchases and she doesn't grill me too extensively about mine.