Reira: ya, i can imagine your MIL 's eyes will POP OUT BIG BIG if she see u buy so many.
I stay wil MIL, everytime go shopping, i hide the items in my office-bag..haha, so that she duuno i go shopping. Wait she think i not giving her $ even though I staying at her house, and yet spent $ on myself.
But why shd I give her monthly allowance? She is not my mother, she not taking care of my children..not cooking for us. And we pay everythg, e.g. maid, grocery, PUB, SCV, phone bills etc..