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Mother's Day Gift Ideas...Help

Hi there. I am on a cheap budget and I was wondering if you could help me with meaningful gifts I can make or buy for my Moms. yes that is plural, my birthmom just came back into my life 2 yrs ago after leaving me at age 10 and my stepmom and my old adopted mom, and my grandmothers who were like mothers as well...Im tight on cash after health bills and car payments after being laid off 2 weeks ago...Im scheduled for interviews soon to hopefully start a now job soon but Mothers day is here in a week....
---Alana---- My Heart and Life Belong to Cory :) "Don't every forget to LOVE. And LOVE Yourself as well and Others!"

Re: Mother's Day Gift Ideas...Help

  • Do you have a ballpark budget (total)?
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  • Honestly, if you've been laid off, the best thing is a card and a phone call.

    If you get an offer soon for employment, you could send flowers or a spa GC later. Take care of your finances first.  

    Hope is not a strategy.
  • Write them a sweet letter about how much they mean to you. 

    Make them something homemade: Banana bread, cookies, cake, etc.

    Go outside to a pretty area and take some photo's of yourself and go to Wal-mart and have them printed into 8" x 10"s and frame one for each of them.

     

     

    Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~ Elizabeth Stone
    "Don't marry a man unless you would be PROUD to have a son exactly like him." ~ Unknown
  • I sent flowers to my step mother in law, for my mother in law i bought her some cool planters that were in the shape of frogs(she loves frogs) from lakeside.com.. i love their catalog and they have some good priced items in there ....... and my mom i am taking for manicure/pedicures :)
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