I think OP is looking for justification to lie to his wife and take advantage of her cleaning the kitchen. Sorry, but I think you can do better. Clean up after yourself, and tell your wife the truth. Exaggerate with your buddies if you feel you must, but your spouse should be inside the "cone of truthfulness".
I speak from experience. My wife lied to me often, usually about trivial things, but a few times over truly important life issues. Funny thing about it (if you can say funny) is that she thought I didn't know. I'm not stupid. I did know, almost always. And when I told her I knew, instead of admitting it, she raised the bar. The more serious the lies became, the bigger the wall grew between us. We are divorced now, and our son suffers the consequences.
Don't even start down this path. It wasn't worth it for any of us, and it won't be worth it for you. Obviously you are in here asking because you know it's wrong. There is only one thing in life that we truly own. Money, cars, home, job, and everything else can be taken from us. But, our integrity is one thing we can choose to either keep or toss away. Don't sacrifice your integrity with the person who's closest to you.
