gosh.. i'm so sorry

i know a lot of people have issues with gift cerfiticates or money as gifts... but heck.. he KNOWS you want a bike! and we all know that $100 woulda helped toward one...

{{{HUGZ}}}

i can understand him thinking you need to start out less expensive.. i a new convert cyclist and didn't get the whole thing when hubby wanted nice stuff.. however.. the difference is i would try to explain to him pick out something cheaper.. he would then eiher insist on the higher end but wait for his gift.. or rethink it and come down a notch.. which sounds like exactly what you were willing to do!!!!!

p.s. are you absolutely positive you cannot exchange the snowglobe?