Busted!
by Jenners • 08/11/2010 • Confessions • 34 Comments
So the other day Mr. Jenners told me how he bought a bunch of books for the Kindle for our upcoming vacation. He’d ordered something like four or five different books (all travel memoirs and cruise books).
Instantly, my devious little mind went to work. “Hmmmmm,” I said to myself. “I wonder if Mr. Jenners would notice if I slipped a little Kindle purchase of my own in there? I mean, I know I’m technically under a book buying ban, but he probably wouldn’t notice with all the other ones he bought. Plus the book is a travel memoir that he will probably want to read too.” (Note: The book in question was Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert.)
So guess what I did?
The right thing … which would be to NOT buy the book?
Oh no, dear readers. I bought the book. I snuck it in there, figuring he wouldn’t notice it amidst all the other Kindle purchases he had made.
The VERY NEXT DAY, he calls from work me and asks me about the book I’d purchased. Turns out, he had been checking the credit card statement (DAMN! I should have known he obsessively checks it for fraudulent charges!!!) and saw that there were FIVE Kindle books, not the four he had purchased. (Turns out, he does pay attention to what he buys, unlike me who will download Kindle books willy nilly if left unsupervised).
I confessed and received a rather harsh punishment, which I shall not describe. (And trust me, you don’t want to know.)
All I can say is that Everything Is Going to Be Great had really better be great.
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| You’d better be worth it! |
ARGH! I hate it when Brian goes through the credit card statement! I feel sweaty just thinking about it! I would have totally tried to sneak it in there too- worth a shot?!
I’m glad I’m not the only sneaky wife out there! Nothing like getting caught though!
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You nearly had me spitting out the coke on the computer screen with this one. LOL I'm sure the book will be worth it and then he'll have to apologize for scolding you because he will have loved it too!
Hee hee! If my hubby actually looked at our credit card statements I would be grounded for life
This book looks great – totally worth the subterfuge! Can't wait to hear what you think!
haha! you make me lol. happy reading
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Haha!! I requested this one from the publisher so I'm safe.
How can you share a Kindle? That's what I want know.
I haven't had that happen yet, but I know my husband would notice something like that quickly too. It's much easier to sneak in books from library book sales.
Hope you enjoy the book!
Oh boy! I hope your one book is better than all 4 of his! And what was he doing checking his credit card statements while at work, hmmmm?????
I'm sorry you were punished and I don't think you should be. I don't think buying one book for vacation when he buys 4 deserves a punishment…life's rough enough as it is…it's one book!
I want to hear morwe of those tactis in the Fine Art of Sneaking that rhapsody mentioned above! lolol
~ Amy
Sure hope it's worth the trouble it brought you!
Man, you can't get anything past him! On the up side, you won't have to worry about someone stealing from your account without getting caught early on by him and having it stopped. There's always a plus side to things!
Plus, you got to keep your book!
I am dying to know if it will be worth breaking the ban for!
first of all,i love how you think in regard
to books! the more the merrier!
second, i love how you don't judge my
old-fashioned spin. YOU are great!
I use a debit card for all non-essential purchases…on a joint account that was originally just mine – he never checks the statement.
But I do check it online, and see when he uses the extra debit card for stuff that he should be paying for out of another account…as I watch my fun money disappear. Sigh.
I could send you a link for several sites that offer FREE ebooks – maybe if you load up the Kindle with freebies, he'll soften a bit on your purchases.
Men seem to love FREE…a lot.
This is why Hamburger and I have separate bank accounts.
Thanks for the laugh. Hope you enjoy.
My sympathies, and I do hope it is worth it.
I hate it when my clever tricks like these don't work! You are right, that book better be GREAT!
Yikes! You can't get anything by him, eh? I am definitely going to keep my eyes peeled for that review…it better be 5 stars!
Does Mr. J work for the public works dept? Their standard ratio is 4-1. 1 worker and 4 watchers leaning on shovels!!! It's incredible – this ratio does not vary from state to state.
Where is the logic that he gets 4 and you only get one and in a genre he likes to boot! It's not like you ordered chick lit or something.
Oh you must learn the Fine Art of Sneaking. Two tactics I'll suggest for the nonce:
1. Accuse him of having a faulty memory and not remembering that it was HE who bought whatever it was.
2. Distraction: such as, "Gasp! There's a giant gila monster in the house eating your favorite shirt! I must run and try to save it even though it puts my life at risk!
…more techniques later. I have a million! :–) (not that I personally would need them, but to suggest to friends, you know…)
I had this same problem. See my husband bought me the Kindle on his Amazon account, so everything I buy is under this same account. When a book is purchased, he gets a FREAKING E-MAIL saying "thank you for your purchase". Freaking traitors! Anyway, for my birthday my mom got me a huge Amazon gift card, and I just draw from it all year long. Guilt free baby.
LOL!
It's funny – when I buy books now, Jason just looks at me. He never says anything anymore. 
Thanks for the laugh – you've got to tell us what your punishment is! Oh, and I think what you did was the right thing – you were stimulating the economy and supporting a publisher and author.
LOL, been there (only Mr. Bookfan doesn't complain because his golf related expenses far exceed my book spending. But he does check the charge acct online because, well, "you have to be careful", rights?).
yesterday, I happened upon a charity book sale. 25 cents for paperbacks…$1 for hardbacks.
I was strong.
I only spent $5.
Mr Jenners would obviously make a good decetive or is it just you who is a poor criminal? Better luck next time.
Mr Jenners would obviously make a good decetive or is it just you who is a poor criminal? Better luck next time.
Gotcha! He will get over it. Why could he purchase (4) books for vacation and you (0)??? Let me talk to him ….LOL
My husband is obsessive about checking our debit card charges, so
I never use that one, but slip me stuff on the household credit card (hey Walmart sells books)….LOL
LOL! I'm impressed at yor husband's observational skills. I hope you enjoy the book
Oops! Hope it lives up to expectations!
Lol!
I really wish I had a kindle.
Whaaat…he buys 4 books and then gets upset when you buy one?
I know the feeling, though, my husband looks at our credit card statments online all the time, too! Like Michele's husband, he knows not to talk too often about my book orders. I have decided to cool it with all that anyway! My TBR is getting too close to being like one of the many fourteeners here where I live.
Hope you like this book, too!
Oh goodness. We need to find a better way for you to sneak books by Mr Jenners. A Kindle laundry operation, if you will.
Mr RR is obsessive about statements, too…..he just knows better than to say one single little word about a book purchase. What's the saying? Oh yeah: "A happy wife is a happy life."
Although I did mention your book buying ban to him in a weak and stupid moment of conversation some weeks ago…..he looked a little too interested at that point so I quickly changed the subject.