Right you are. I'll be selling the old cross bike shortly after this one arrives.
Seems the shop I bought it from (4 years ago) had never sold a cross bike (it was a special order) and I ended up with a bike one size too large. It has been my commuter and I always wondered why it seemed so big compared to my road bike.

This will be a cross bike, not for racing

(the masters categories around here are 35+ and 45+ and I'm well past 45+ ) but for off road riding, which is what I've been doing with my current cross bike for the past few weeks.
This is my Christmas, birthday (< 3 weeks away), and whatever other occasions come up in the near future.