Oh, yeah, I've got an entire cabinet and pegboard filled with jewelry supplies and the books--oh, the books--at least a shelf and a half at last count and that's only because I shifted over to knitting and quilting and lately it's been weaving. My rationalization for all this hoarding is that I can buy the supplies now even though I don't have as much time to do them as I'd like but when I'm retired, I'll have the time and not the money so buy, baby, buy! Maybe your wife has the same philosophy.
Nope, her philosophy is just to BUY BUY BUY!!!!!