I'd hate to be only somewhat excited about $1k wheels (spoiled by the carbon). Give yourself permission to buy the wheels you really want. To make things fair, your wife should get the green light to buy that purse or pair of boots she's been wanting with 'family funds' - then you both go back to the disciplined budget.
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"The older you do get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin', man, L-I-V-I-N." - Wooderson
'14 carbon Synapse - '12 CAAD 10 5 - '99 Gary Fisher Big Sur