I'm having a hard time...

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I am the one who controls the family finances in our home. On Fridays I pay whatever bills need to be paid that week, then I do my grocery shopping. I budget out enough money for gas and the few odds and ends we may need that week, and whatever is left is our spending cash. Well with Christmas upon us, I am supposed to be budgeting a bit of money for hubby to do his shopping. He's not quite finished, and keeps mentioning how much more money he needs in order to finish. The only person he is shopping for is me, and I don't know what he's getting. I've finished the shopping for everyone else. But he feels really badly that he doesn't have a lot of money to spend on me. I know that it's important to him, we both love giving gifts. We like giving gifts more than we like recieving them. And I know how badly I'd feel if I couldn't give him everything I wanted to. Actually I do feel that way because there's so much more I'd get him if I could afford to. But everytime we have any extra cash, I feel an overwhelming desire to go spend it on more gifts for him. I came very close today to going to the mall, to a clothing store that is going out of business. Hubby desperatly needs a winter coat, and I wanted to see if this store had any at a good price. Of course before I was able to leave hubby notified me that he'd be going shopping once he leaves work today, and asked how much he has to spend. This of course leaves me no money to play with. Are you having a difficult time leaving money for your husband to do his shopping? Are you having a hard time getting the funds for yourself to do shopping because someone else in the family controls the finances?