No, this post isn’t related to anything “legal” or “illegal” for that matter. It’s about what goes on at home when baghags bring back new loot! *hehehehe* For starters, let me just tell you how grateful I am that I am no longer living in the confines of my inlaws’ place. Don’t get me wrong, we have a civil relationship, but I don’t think I’d want to be audited for the new bags I bought with my own money that I bring home 😀
This blog post is about some of you ladies still living with the inlaws (or what I like to call, your in-house IRS/ BIR agents hahahaha)– either it’s a mother-in-law, father-in-law, or sister-in-law (or umm worse, all of the above hahahaha! Oh and plus the husband in some cases hahaha :D)
Do you feel that you’ve become a smuggler of some sort? *Guffaw* When you get a new bag, you have to quietly “smuggle” it into the home, careful and wary of prying eyes who would assess the new bag’s financial value. And do mental calculations of how much money you managed to milk DH for your new prize. *Snicker*. Believe me, this is a story I’ve heard soooo often! I truly can’t understand why in-laws always think we girls go out and buy bags and spend our DHs’ money. (Well perhaps it’s cause some of us women do that hahaha, but oye whatever happened to the fun, fearless, financially independent woman who buys luxurious goods for herself?!).
Eitherways, here are some of the best (and well, maybe worst hahaha) excuses/ ways I’ve heard to “smuggle” that new bag into your home. Oh and “smuggling in” the new bag is one thing, carrying it out in public afterwards is another 🙂 So enjoy these and tell me if you can relate 😀
- The new bag will stay in the car compartment until the household is asleep. And then you quietly sneak out to bring in the new bag and it goes directly into your closet– at the very back of your closet!
- The new bag manages to be smuggled into the house without anyone noticing, but then DH is actually the one who audits you, your own friggin’ personal IRS/ BIR agent! *hahahaha* So what do you do? Hide it under the bed (along with all your other new loot hahahaha) and don’t use it until you’re sure DH is already out and won’t have that chance to see you. By the time he sees it, your bag’s already quite old. Which allows you to segue into #3–
- Famous three words, “This old thing?” *Muwahahahaha* When one of the “outlaws” or the DH notices your new bag, immediately brush him/ her off and say that the bag’s been at your parents’ house and it was only recently that you brought it back to use.
- When the inlaws ask about that new arm candy of yours, you retreat immediately and say “it’s actually fake and I got it so cheap only.” Oooh I’ve heard this soo many times. In fact one of my girl friends told her sister-in-law that her bag was fake, only to have sister-in-law borrow the bag on a few occasions (ok what’s up with the borrowing?! Ok so I’m selfish hahaha). My friend was so afraid that her sister-in-law would end up asking for the bag, but luckily the bag was a bit too heavy for her, so she duly returned it after a few times of use.
- To prevent the inlaws from seeing a new bag, a baghag friend of ours puts her new bag into a plastic bag each time she leaves the house *guffaws*. I was thinking, an SM/ Landmark/ Rustan’s supermarket plastic bag? Hahahahaha *dies*. Then when she gets into the car, she takes the bag out of the plastic bag and folds the plastic bag into her new bag. *guffaws*
- “Oh my mom bought this for me”. Yep, blame it on your own mom 🙂 But this works all the time. They can’t possibly question where your mother found the funds to buy you that new bag. The inlaws can’t possibly think that your DH gave your mom money to buy you that bag, right? But don’t use this excuse too often or it will get old!
- When all else fails and you’re just tired of the inlaws’ prying eyes and all those internal auditing of what new bag you have, just put on your brightest smile and tell your inlaws, “Your son bought it for me.” (even if it’s not true hahahaha… because they will think it anyway, so might as well make your husband look good, that he’s a good provider :D)
Okay, if you have never used these excuses and are refreshened with ideas, use one of these when you bring home that gorgeous new Chloe Marlow python
priced at £2,945 or that beautiful and functional Alexander Mc Queen Faithful satchel
priced at £860, or the new Alexander Wang Rocco mini studded leather bag
priced at £870. All these bags are available at Net-a-porter.
And if these bags come in the mail, you can always tell your in-house auditors that this bag belongs to your friend and she just asked to send it to your address because it’s “safer” *hahaha from HER in-house auditors* 🙂
P.S. Happy Birthday, DH!! *I hope today’s also a better day for me, health- wise!* 🙂
x
Mrs. T
That’s hilarious, and although I don’t live with my in-laws (whew!) I can still relate. My strategy is to hide it in one room that DH never opens, and then tell him about it a few months later so I can say it’s not new, haha. It’s funny that I still feel guilty even though I use my own money. He goes, “You spent how much???” I always just say, “It was on sale!” 🙂
LoL! Love the excuses=] I had to use some of these when I was still living my mom. Now that I live in a whole other state, those excuses only get used when the bf wonders where or how I bought certain items.
P.S. I have a weird feeling I will be using these excuses when I am married=D
LoL! Love the excuses=] I had to use some of these when I was still living my mom. Now that I live in a whole other state, those excuses only get used when the bf wonders where or how I bought certain items.
P.S. I have a weird feeling I will be using these excuses when I am married=D
LoL! Love the excuses=] I had to use some of these when I was still living my mom. Now that I live in a whole other state, those excuses only get used when the bf wonders where or how I bought certain items.
P.S. I have a weird feeling I will be using these excuses when I am married=D
“Bigay ni mommy” (My mom gave it). Tried and tested. 🙂
Lol! My bf’s mom and i love lv. He gave me a bag for christmas. It wasnt until months after when she saw me using it and asked how much i got it for…i couldnt bring myself to tell her that it came from her son! Dyahe!
I always say “I got a very very good deal on this” e.g. on sale or through a friend who used it once and doesn’t want it anymore =D. sometimes I can get away with, I told you about this bag three months ago, don’t you remember?? Or, it was a gift of my sister/friend for helping her with *insert important mission/business*.
Mrs. T, I also wanted to ask about PVC bags. I have no doubt on the functionality and easy upkeep of these bags, there is a couple I’m eyeing on (Emilio Pucci/DVF/BV) but I wonder how toxic this is to use if you have young children with you? i.e. if it comes in contact with their food or fingers which they suck, etc.
Hello Mrs T..
i was smiling and laughing at the same time going through your latest blog- the IRS/BIR story .. it is SOOO TRUE .. well it does not happen much to me coz am blessed (and thankful) that Jerry is very understanding on this matters and at times he even influence me to get this bag or that bag.. (Kunsintidor) …
but i do experience some parts here because of my mother heehe.. but i try to hide bags from her because she will make ARBOR …
more power!
docD
This post is too funny! Maybe because I’m, err— guilty! Well, guilty of the smuggling part really. I don’t live with any of my in-laws, we actually live thousands of miles away from them. The hubby is the nicest—he just gives me his sheepish smile, looks at the my loot and shakes his head! Hihihi! I agree with what you said — I don’t understand in-laws who raise an eyebrow just because a girl bought an expensive bag or shoes with her very own money! Helllooooo!!! That’s why I WMAO so I can buy my “designer stuff”. I guess the only thing I feel guilty about is that all the expensive stuff that the UPS and Fedex guys drop off our front porch are all mine! Haha! But hey, I also buy designer stuff for my hubby and my son—only mine’s 2x the number! LOL!
There are the best!! LMAO the whole time. :))
Hahaha! I can totally relate as my Mom went through this with her MILFH (aka my Grandma).
Luckily, I don’t have my own in-house BIR because…Hubby has given up. 🙂
Mrs T!! I died laughing reading your post!!! I don’t live with my in-laws, but we are staying in a one bedroom unit in Dubai. DH freaks out when he sees how much stuff I have. So now to stop the moaning,I have learned to keep some of my things in the office! Shoes, bags, Tiffany boxes are all here in my office cupboard!!! I figure, I work hard, I have a right to buy nice things!!!
Last weekend, I bought a new pair of Tod’s shoes. I walked out of the store wearing them, so when I came home, it “hopefully” looked old. Thank goodness he did not notice!!!
Love the valid excuses!lolz! this is sooo true, bn living with my in-laws and had used 1-3-5 respectively.thank you for making my day!;)
This post is too funny Ing!!!
I love this post! It’s the funniest thing I have read this month 🙂
I like this post a lot! Although I haven’t been confronted with “questions” from my in laws and even my own mother yet, I am always prepared to give answer no. 7 because it is true. In my case, I don’t use my bags when I will be seeing my own relatives. Sad to say that they are the ones I should be “careful” and “wary” about “assessing the new bag’s financial value” and “doing mental calculations of how much” I or my husband spent for it. Why can’t they just let others be? Envy is such an evil thing. Not good for any kind of relationship.
I hope you are feeling better. Drink more hot/warm water after a high cholesterol meal. It’s not fun, I know but sometimes we have to do it. Take care.
i’ve actually done excuses 1 & 3.
no. 4 happened to me, my MIL noticed that i was wearing a new (NOT BAG) pair of BLINGS, she said, “ohhh nice earrings, for sure they’re expensive, the stones are huge!”
and then i said, “yes they ARE expensive, just blew MY month’s salary on these!”
from then on, she never dared ask or comment on any new thing i wear.
achie 🙂
gasp! can i just say that this is my most favorite post, ever??? after all my years of smuggling/illegal activities, i finally know that i’m normal and not alone!! 🙂 hallelujah… i’ve been a smuggler since i was single (my mom’s the best BIR bloodhound ever) and even until now, with my own husby. i’ve used that ‘it’s fake’ line with him so many times already. i don’t dare bring about the designer duds when i’m out with the in-laws, too. sigh… the troubles we baghags have to go through 🙂
hahahaha funny post Mrs.T!
i am one of those missus who co-inhabit with the inlaws. These ‘palusots’ not only work for bags but with clothes and shoes too!! and i’ve used some of them.
ay, they look at me from head to foot whenever I go out of the door. Examine every piece of clothing and try to remember if its new.
its so bad that they even question why we always go out. (to escape their prying eyes!) and question where the money is coming from. Ka-loka diba?
i like the last one. simple
dallas
http://dillydallas.blogspot.com
i can relate haha need to hide it in the closet safely that no one can see it =)
@ everyone above: I’m so glad you all found this post funny– i’ve actually been meaning to write about this topic but i keep forgetting! It was only over the weekend when a boutique friend of ours mentioned what they do to their new purchases that I remembered about this topic 🙂
And regarding PVC bags, I dont think there’s enough levels of toxicity on them for us to really be wary, but like everything, it’s always best to wash hands with soap after coming in contact with foreign objects 🙂
I am going to attempt to sleep early tonight. I am now on antibiotics and am planning to go see a doctor tomorrow (yes, I self- medicated first). hopefully tomorrow I will answer all your comments one by one, but for now, I’m just glad I was able to publish this long- overdue post 🙂
xx
Hi Mrs. T.,
I can soooo totally relate. One of your funniest posts. I used to live with the in-laws, then BIL’s wifey one time saw my bag and asked if i bought my gucci at 168. I smiled brightest smile and said yes!!! Good thing she didn’t had the mind of borrowing it.
Lovelynn
after buying a new bag, my hubby goes “another bag?? how much did you pay for that”, then I go “not much” (saying the price after deducting a few thousand pesos. That’s when I pray he doesn’t get to see my cc bill. Hahaha.
Oh BTW Mrs T, I wrote you an email. Hope you’ll have time to read it.
Thanks!
as long as your “loot” comes from you r own pocket, it’s okay, but if you have to borrow money from others just to buy your goddess her “loots”… siguro kaya niya dapat itago.
mrs t another reason is bcoz some can buy bags but cant buy their own house…just want to add thanks 🙂
I think Mrs. T it’s common to live with the inlaws if you are Tsinoy, hehehe ! I can totally relate ! It’s not a question of finances it’s a question of culture 😀 Most chinese women live with their inlaws until their husbands take full control of the family business right ?!
Yep, i think it’s really culture. I remember having a hard time convincing my inlaws why I need to move out of their place to live on our own. Again, if it weren’t for my DB and my family who “sponsored” our place while we save up to buy our own place, I’d probably still be living with the inlaws because they really don’t understand why we want to live on our own (and I probably won’t have a blog this happy hahahaha). Ngeee! hahahaha thank God for my family eh? 🙂
I can so relate! nice one, ms baghag!
I’m so happy when I read this. As of now I’ve got a LV bag hiding in my closet and another one hiding in my clinic. My favorite excuse is ” Greenhills lang to :>
This post is just too funny!!! I remember the first time I bought an LV (after a year of contemplating) and the moment I stepped inside the car my dad asked, “How much did you get that?” I gave a b*ll figure (like thousandssss less than the real price) and told him half of that came from my commission for helping a friend while the half came from my salary (from my 9-6 job). It was only until two years later when I revealed the true price (although I have never discussed the true price to any of my friends) to my dad and he just said, “ah ok lang.” That was like a big relief – at least next time I buy something which comes in a “brown box” I wouldn’t have to lie to him. My only problem is if it comes in an “orange box,” I’ll definitely have to come up with a really good excuse – not that this will happen anytime soon! :p
My mom is the exact opposite of me – she’d always use the “Greenhills lang ‘to” line which I think don’t really work for her because people know we WILL NEVER buy fake bags / shoes.
I guess it’s really our culture which “forces” us to make these excuses. My take is that for as long as the money we use for purchasing these loots is 100% clean (not stolen) then there shouldn’t be a problem with the in-house BIRs lurking around. We can always tell them, I worked soooo hard and this is my reward for myself 🙂
-MG