First off, come on guys give the man some slack, he wants to do this. Let him...
But Really dude, not a good idea to hide something like this from your girl, I love to smoke, and I plan on starting my first grow very very soon, my husband can get into a BUTT LOAD of trouble maybe even lose his job, but he supports me and has even decided to help with my grow box.
hiding things will only get you in trouble with her if she finds out, so either tell her, and let her get mad about it and get over it. Hide it, let her find it and be VERY pissed and maybe leave you, or not grow!
Take it fro a married woman that had an ex hide ALOT from her, he's an ex for a reason!
But I am very interested in seeing your grow, I too will be growing with CFLs but I think I am going to start with 24/0 or a regular 18/6 veg for the first few weeks.
Good luck bro!