I think that's why I made the list, before I can't remember anymore.So far I can remember all the pipes I've acquired. Not sure if in the years to come I'll still be able to do so. LOL My wife asks me all the time when I'm smoking a pipe she hasn't seen in a few days "Is that a new pipe?" So maybe I'll be able to slip a few new ones past her and tell her its been sitting around for a while.
As for your wife: beware. A wife is a devious and highly intelligent creature. This could be - IS a test. I have not attempted to say 'no' when the answer is 'yes' to mine; not once. Alarm bells ring in my head when I consider saying no. Self - preservation instinct, I say. Wives do things we're unaware of - like checking out our collection in the middle of the night, while we sleep, to keep track of it, and then asking us a seemingly innocent question later on. Beware, mate, especially if the tone is mild and the look in her eyes, neutral!