My non-cycling (actually pretty much non-anything) mom wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday, which was two weeks ago, but hey. Timely, since I just found out that if I want a new all carbon 1" colnago fork, it will run me a sweet 800.00....the less expensive one is only carbon legs....around 500.00 (worth the 300 for a carbon steerer? anyone?). I asked her to pitch in for this as my birthday present...she called to day to tell me she had sent off a check for "my new bike"...I'm pretty sure it will cover the full carbon (or the lesser and a few other doodads). Yay mom!
She said it was less expensive than my horse, so I think she was actually relieved.