Wife bought me road gear!

WhyteSky
WhyteSky Posts: 70
edited December 2015 in MTB general
It's my birthday today and last week my wife and mother in law asked for ideas of what I'd like.

I gave some "suggestions". Plenty of suggestions in fact, all bike related.

Today I opened my presents and my wife had very kindly and very thoughtfully bought me a lovely pair of gloves and a lovely cycling jacket along with some other non cycling related stuff. Trouble is, none of the cycling stuff she bought me is vaguely related to my suggestions and even worse, it's roadie gear! Aaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!

Being old, I'm not actually fussed about presents. I'm more fussed about spending time with family. However, when presents are bought they need to be useful. How the hell can I make use out of some useless kit? I can't tell her they're no use to me. I can't take them back. Equally though, I can't go riding in them!

Help me out here people. Other than take them with me when I go out and then cover them in mud before returning home, what can I do? I don't want to appear ungrateful but then I also don't want stuff going to waste and not getting used.
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