When I was 11 I got a cockatiel. I had been saving for months for that bird (the whole time I was also trying to convince my parents to let me have her, they are NOT pet people). I would visit the store all the time just to make sure she was still there. Christmas Eve I finally got a gift certificate that put me at the point where I could afford her. I was beside myself when on Christmas Day Santa (don't worry I knew at that point it wasn't really Santa) brought me the cage, and my aunts brought over the bird. SallyAnn and I had 9 awesome years together. She was one spoiled bird. Since I had all that money saved I was able to get her lots of cool jungle gyms and toys.