Mother''s Day Gifts

[FireGoddess]

Mother''s Day is just 2 weeks from this coming Sunday...anybody already know what they''re getting or doing for their Mom?

 

[JulieN]

Kitchen knives.

But if I were a mom (hahaha,) then makeup or perfume.

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 4/25/2007 9:00:42 PM
Author: JulieN
Kitchen knives.

See, my dad would steal those.

LOL.

 

[lumpkin]

My mom is really hard to buy for. She does not deny herself anything, LOL! She has a ton of perfume, make up, jewelry, soaps, body gels, etc. And her house is just cluttered with nick nacks. She really loves to garden, so I may find some planted flowers at the nursery that she can enjoy and plant. Otherwise, it may be a gift certificate to a nice restaurant.

She wants me to give her a pedicure. She and my sisters were my guinny pigs when I was in nail school years ago (OMG, did they tolerate some horrid nails!), and I finally got someone else to do their acrylics, but she doesn''t like anyone else to do her feet. I will probably do this in addition to whatever plant I get her, because I don''t really feel like I can just do a pedi for her. She already has about 2 dozen colors, but maybe I''ll go ahead and bring her another new color from one of the new spring collections.

 

[Skippy123]

A Giftcard to Coldwater Creek here in town; I also found a coupon for $25 off a purchase of $100 or more so my sweet momma is set

 

[Blenheim]

A strand of pearls. But I''m getting married the day before, so it''s a combined gift to her. She told me a couple months ago that she''s always wanted pearls but could never justify buying them for herself, so I decided that had to do it for her.

 

[KimberlyH]

I have no clue what I''m doing for my mom...we''re doing a mother''s/father''s day family get together in early July to celebrate them both (my dad has a crazy work schedule and it was the first available date for us to all get together). We planned to go to brunch then.

This thread just reminded me that this will be my husband''s first mother''s day without his mom (she passed away on Feb. 2nd). I wonder if I should do something for him in memory of her. I''ll have to think about this.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 4/25/2007 10:30:51 PM
Author: KimberlyH
I have no clue what I''m doing for my mom...we''re doing a mother''s/father''s day family get together in early July to celebrate them both (my dad has a crazy work schedule and it was the first available date for us to all get together). We planned to go to brunch then.

This thread just reminded me that this will be my husband''s first mother''s day without his mom (she passed away on Feb. 2nd). I wonder if I should do something for him in memory of her. I''ll have to think about this.

Kimberly,
I am so sorry. That would be so nice to do something in memory for her.

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 4/25/2007 10:30:51 PM
Author: KimberlyH
This thread just reminded me that this will be my husband''s first mother''s day without his mom (she passed away on Feb. 2nd). I wonder if I should do something for him in memory of her. I''ll have to think about this.

So sorry about that Kim. What if you bought a beautiful flowering tree or something and you two plant it together? I love gifts that are perpetuating, sort of like a living monument in memory. When my friend''s dad died I got her a big azalea for her yard so that every year when it bloomed it would be a beautiful testament to his memory.

 

[KimberlyH]

Thanks, Skippy and FG...it was a difficult time for him and I miss her (and all her Alzheimer''s madness as I never knew her when she was healthy).

I love the idea of planting something in her honor...we''re likely to move this summer though...so perhaps a potted plant on MD that could come with us? I didn''t mean to hijack, it just hit me when I saw that it''s MD in less than 2 weeks. So sorry!

 

[FireGoddess]

No need to apologize!!! Potted plant, will travel...could definitely work without a doubt.

I am wondering what to get my mom...I've done calla lilies for a few years (she loves those) that I get straight from the grower so they're gorgeous, have done gift cards to stores she likes and her fave restaurant...I was telling her I bought a lemon tree and she was asking lots of questions about it, so I'm debating whether to have one shipped to her. It's hard because my mom always says, 'I don't need anything.' I know you don't need anything...that's not the point! LOL.

 

[door knob solitaire]

Blenheim,

Your gift sounds lovely. She will treasure them for more than one reason.

How very thoughtful. (How pathetic for me not to have as good of an idea...I''m a LOSER!!!)

DKS

 

[KristyDarling]

Date: 4/25/2007 9:57:11 PM
Author: Blenheim
A strand of pearls. But I''m getting married the day before, so it''s a combined gift to her. She told me a couple months ago that she''s always wanted pearls but could never justify buying them for herself, so I decided that had to do it for her.

That is so sweet! Your mom sounds like a sweetie too!

 

[KristyDarling]

We''ll take the kids to our local ceramics shop and have them paint something for Grandma. I''ll probably send Mom a small jewelry item....woman LOVES her some bling!

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 4/25/2007 9:49:45 PM
Author: Skippy123
A Giftcard to Coldwater Creek here in town; I also found a coupon for $25 off a purchase of $100 or more so my sweet momma is set

I got one of those in martha stewart living LOL

As for me, I don''t really get gifts for the holiday.... though I really wanted to get some bond no 9 perfume but when I went to the saks here they said the only carry it in SF and vegas on the west coast!! grrrrrr so I''m deferring until I am in SF in June I suppose.... but I usually get breakfast in bed (eggs benedict) but I think with the ring I''ve mostly tapped out any real spending this year LOL

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 4/25/2007 8:57:48 PM
Author:FireGoddess
Mother''s Day is just 2 weeks from this coming Sunday...anybody already know what they''re getting or doing for their Mom?

oh for OUR moms... my mom died in 1999 so.... I should probably get in the habit of buying for my MIL whom I have known 32 of my 37 years.... but I haven''t... maybe I should this year.

 

[monarch64]

For DH''s mom (my MIL I guess I should say), we usually just give her a nice floral arrangement and get together for M''s Day, my b-day, and my niece''s b-day and have a nice lunch at a restaurant. For my mother I usually ship her a special piece of jewelry because she shares my love of it but has never received it from my father or anything. I''ve given her a lot of Lois Hill sterling pieces in the past, and she loves amber, and I''ve also done Swarovski brooches a couple years...I''m kind of torn this year because I know she doesn''t "need" any more jewelry but I will probably end up going to my fave dept. store and getting her another piece or a nice handbag and have it shipped to her. Also I will probably write her a nice letter to enclose in her Mom''s Day card, she really appreciates some well thought out words and will probably cherish that more than whatever gift I give her.

 

[VegasAngel]

Hmm, well if I were to get something for my mom it would be jewelry I know she loves bling. My husband will have to fend for himself when it comes to his mother.

 

[kcoursolle]

I''m getting my mom a gift card to home depot. It''s not very exciting, but I''m sure she''ll love it and she really could use it. She''s re-doing her kitchen (by herself!!!) and I know a little extra cash could help.

 

[decodelighted]

My DH is so ahead of me ... he already ordered HIS mom an IPOD nano or shuffle or something. He even asked her what COLOR she wanted! She''s been working out down in her "home gym" and so it was even super thoughtful!

He''s making me look bad!!!! Though - in fairness - he''s an only child. He always remembers his parents & does special things for them.

I''m loosey-goosey. Sometimes on it ... sometimes spacey. This year got away from me -- as I had to listen to all the OTHER b-day gifts my mom had gotten from all the OTHER kids ... and the cards. *Sigh* I''ll make it up to her w/Mom''s Day. If I can just stay FOCUSED.

 

[FireGoddess]

This is the first year I''ve actually gotten the cards out early!!! Yay. Her lemon tree is also set to arrive on Thursday. We haven''t done anything for my MIL yet - but she''s in another country so she won''t be expecting it.

 

[cutes814]

i usually give my mom money because that's what she wants, but this year with the new purchase of the house, i don't have much money to give...

so i got her a gift instead! heehee. we got her a leather messenger bag since i know she wants one. and we got his mom a jewelry chest made out of beautiful walnut colored wood. don't know which kind of wood though. his mom needs a jewelry box because all of her stuff is just hidden all over her room...

sadly this year, i don't think i'll be receiving a mother's day gift. sam is claiming his gift for me are the tickets to game 3 for the warriors and jazz, but i think it's more of a gift for him.

 

[Mara]

I am getting my Mom a spa certificate since she loves her spa days and she''s pretty hard to buy for so sometimes I just take the easy route lol. Sometimes I try to REALLY souse out what she might want but this year I know that she would love a spa cert. Greg''s stepmom gets a pretty silver jewelry tree from Red Envelope, and his Mom got a 6 month subscription to Boudin Bakery''s sourdough of the month club, lol. She said that the bread they have on the East Coast is not the same as SF Sourdough and she LOVES the stuff. She ate like 3 loaves when she visited, so we got her a bread of the month club haha. She will be so excited.

We are kind of lagging on the cards though...they might get there a few days late. For my Grandma I am still really stuck on what to get her!! But I''m sure I''ll figure it out in the next day or so.

 

[LuvPugs]

I''m going to give my mom the book "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom. I read the book a few months ago and it brought me to tears. I don''t know if anyone else on here has read the book, but its very moving.

 

[LuvPugs]

I realized I didn''t say a word about what the book was about! Its about the relationship between a child and his mother as he grows up and realizes how important his mother is. I know most of us are not men, but I think that the message is powerful enough for all mothers.

 

[diamondfan]

My grandmother loved this perfume, it is not expensive and you can get it almost anywhere, so my mom always got that for her. It was all my grandmother wanted, she was a simple lady who lived pretty frugally and was not very materialistic at all. I never know what to buy my mom, she is so great and really wants and wants for nothing, so it is tough. I always send an orchid or pretty flowers to her house and sometimes get her a mani/pedi at her favorite salon. But this year she asked me to get her the perfume she used to get HER mom, since it is kind of a tradition and it reminds her of her mother. So I am now on the hunt for it!

 

[sparkly_stars]

my parents are the kind that "have everything and anything" when it comes to house stuff etc.
BUT my mom never treats herself to cosmetic things.
SO


I have bought a full set of make up (foundation, powder, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, blush, lipstick make up case, sponge, etc)
She gets me to do her make up every once in a while-
she will be overwhelmed I think- but grateful since she needs it