You just need a new pugsley...maybe a new wife...but a new pair of pugsleys might get your wife to understand the problem better . (see my thread about a new xmas pugs for my wife... http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-pugs-for-wife )
If my wife and I can ride in the Winter in North Pole, Alaska, I'd bet you can pull off some Winter riding in the deep South.