Two things are key to having a bike collection. One is to have enough bikes in one place, that to her, it is a crowd, but she doesn't notice the exact number. Up to three, she can still see them as individual bikes. When you get past four or five, it becomes "all those bikes". Second, you have to keep the bikes out of her way. Nothing will raise her frustration level more than if she has to park outside in bad weather or squeeze past them to get through the hallway. These two rules apply to any income level, but if you are short of funds, then spending money on bikes better be to help with the situation or no excuse is going to help.

My wife's dad was a golfer and her brothers still golf, so I can always use that. I don't spend all year what they can spend in a weekend of golf. She also scrapbooks, so I have fixed up a room in the basement for her stuff. With all the tools and supplies, I figure it has cost about $50 a page for the pages she has made so far.