How to get a bicycle
It made me
So Excited!!!!!! 
"After I graduated college, my parents offered to buy a graduation gift for me. Two gifts in one! I picked out my very first bicycle, at the age of 23.=)"
How I did it: I've been riding my landlords bike for the last year, learning how to ride well. So I knew that I wanted a Hybrid bike. I went one week with a friend and looked at several different bike shops, and did some test rides. I went back the next week for more test rides.
And I love. love. love my new bike.
Lessons & tips: For large purchases, don't sacrifice quality. A good bike is more important that going out to dinner, or other temporary experiences you could spend your money on. Be really excited, and they might throw in a free kickstand and rack, like they did for me=)
Resources: Seven Corners Cycles!!!!! on SE 22nd between Powell and Tibbetts, in Portland OR.
They were so lovely to me.
