I returned a watch, did I make a mistake?

[DougUSMC]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some opinions on whether I most likely made a mis-step at my AD or not?

Before I go into the story: My wife and I have a long standing agreement that all expensive gifts come with gift receipts. We'd both prefer the other exchange a pricey present for something they love, rather than hold onto something "because it was a gift".

My beautiful bride bought me a DJ41 for Christmas. It was a very nice jubilee bracelet, fluted bezel, white dial. I really liked everything about the watch except the dial - I tried it on several times and just couldn't see my self wearing it.

I wavered back and forth a few times over the last few weeks, and ultimately decided to bring it back. My wife is not very knowledgeable about how "getting a watch" works at the AD, which is why I had to explain that our SA "hooking her up" didn't mean a discount on price - it was the fact that the actually offered her a watch on the day of her shopping visit.

I visited last week, thanked my SA profusely for offering my wife a watch, but let her know that while I thought it was a beautiful piece the white dial just wasn't for me. I would rather exchange it for a different watch vs. just return it. I let her know the other dials I preferred, and several other watches I was considering putting on My List. She had a couple she could offer me that I wasn't interested in (Sea Dweller, RG GMT, and one other that I can't remember). When I told her my wishlist (Ghost, Pikachu, SS Daytona, Rootbeer, in descending order) she said she wished she had know because they'd had a Ghost before Christmas but didn't think I'd shown interest, and they didn't have any others from my list available. She knew that I was coming in before a vacation, and said that I should definitely come back after the trip to update my list. I told her I completely understood about availability, thanked her again for offering my wife the watch, and that I really hoped to have a chance to replace it with something else soon.

I felt that it was a great visit and I hadn't burned a bridge returning a watch, but was I right? What's the etiquette there?