It's not you. I'm using a straight for about 2 months now and I already have:

1 Razor I shave with
1 Shavette
6 Dirty to busted razors to clean/restore/scale/whatever
2 Soaps
3 Brushes
1 Shaveready razor en-route

For christmas I'm asking for tools(for the restorations), soaps and balms. And I want hones to start honing.

My girlfriend doesn't mind I talk about it a lot. She's happy I found a hobby with very traditional aspects to it(being an ITguy that's kinda new for me). She is also an enabler, as she got me 2 razors to restore already without any special reason.

So just have you wife be happy for you(and keep on getting a smooth shave)