Thanks everyone, and you're right, I am getting too excited to leave this until October!
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................ BUT...............

I did the "hypothetical" what if the gift I had picked out for you wasn't available in October, would it be OK to go get it now? He was a real spoil sport and said he didn't want anything for his birthday, and even if I did want to get a gift for him.....we couldn't afford to waste any money spending anything on ourselves (but he meant him I think)
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I checked out what the outlay would be, and the parrakeet will cost $30 so the only real cost will be for a cage. Food and accessories for the cage won't cost much at all.

Blah to him!
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Now I have to think of somehow to change his mind.