you are so very welcome, Sunny.
About the shipping charges--IF I had of had myself together and took it to be shipped say a week or 2 earlier, I would have taken the pkg home & repacked it in a regular box (I beleve I used a prioity box) and then I coul dhave shipped it bulk mail--it would have taken longer toi get there, but it would have been a lot cheaper..
So really the issue was with my timing & not with the postal rates.

besides, I do not usually send gifts that are so heavy---