Mother's Day

Milsey32

My mom's a CPA so my sister and I are already giving her wine & flowers after Sunday (tax season is super stressful).

And I don't know if I want to give her a GC for a massage for Mother's Day (but who doesn't appreciate a massage?) because it's been done.

Any ideas you'll allow me to steal?

OrangePixyStix

I am curious to hear other ideas, too, I have also done the massage GC's and mani/pedi GC's but those seem so common now.

Not sure if it is too "gifty" but if she has a laptop or tablet they make really cute personalized cases for them that you can get monogrammed with her initials or whatever.   I was gonna get a cute laptop case for a friend of mine like that for her upcoming graduation. 

Do you have any siblings?   One time I got a necklace for mom, but it was at Christmas time, and it is a silver heart charm necklace that has all her kids names engraved around the edge of the heart.    She absolutely loved it, and I think I can dig up the site if you are interested in that.   It's a total "mom gift" that I thought was cheesy but it went over well. 

 

Milsey32

I've given jewelry in the past but she doesn't wear it that much (she's not that into jewelry wearing), but I like the case idea. We (my siblings and I) got her a Kindle Fire for Christmas (oh, she was so surprised! It was cute) but she doesn't have a legit case. 

I still want more ideas though

charitylynne_1979

I just send mine a card and call her because she lives out of state. I have no relatives in my state so that's what she gets.

RideTheLightning

I get my mom a rose bush every year. She plants them all around the front of the house, and they really last. She has about 20 now, and she gets to think of me every time she looks at them.

OrangePixyStix

RideTheLightning:

I get my mom a rose bush every year. She plants them all around the front of the house, and they really last. She has about 20 now, and she gets to think of me every time she looks at them.

That's what I did last year!   She told me she wanted rose bushes though, so it was an easy decision.  The "Hard Knocks" are the ones she likes and they did great during our drought last year and are still alive this year! 

 

PickleChickleGal

OrangePixyStix:

I am curious to hear other ideas, too, I have also done the massage GC's and mani/pedi GC's but those seem so common now.

Common because of awesomeness!

gregslittlewifey

I usually just give my mom an Amazon gift card so she can get books for her Kindle. I can't mail booze from my state (lame!) or I would send wine.

Bride45

If she is so busy during tax season, how about maid service for a day (not nude) or have dinner delivered. We have places in Cali that will pick up a meal from a restaurant and deliver it to your house.

Milsey32

Bride45:

If she is so busy during tax season, how about maid service for a day (not nude) or have dinner delivered. We have places in Cali that will pick up a meal from a restaurant and deliver it to your house.

While this sounds awesome for me, my mom wouldn't need it. My dad only works part time and he's super anal so their house is crazy clean (as in, when my siblings and I lived there we got yelled at because the house looked like it had been lived in...). And he cooks too! 

Bride45

Have her car detailed.

OrangePixyStix

Bride45:

If she is so busy during tax season, how about maid service for a day (not nude) or have dinner delivered. We have places in Cali that will pick up a meal from a restaurant and deliver it to your house.

LOL  @  not nude! 

 

 

The car detailing sounds like a good idea, too! 

 

skippingstones

We're getting my mom flowers delivered and an Amazon GC. I might even send the evil SIL something 

Wine Enthusiast

I always do a flowering plant of some sort.  Both of our moms have a lot of areas they put flowers around.  I sometimes add a bottle of wine or small gift card depending on the plant price.  If I can find a digital picture frame really cheap, I will add that to MIL's because takes pictures and then never prints them out.

StellarStaylor

I'm painting her upstairs and steam cleaning the carpet up there.

For MIL, I'm baking her favorite cupcakes and washing her car.

I usually get them both a card as well.

 

Milsey32

Mmmm baked goods! I should definitely do that, with some nice potted flowers/plants. Thanks for all the suggestions!

And since my Dad's so anal both of their cars are SUPER clean. Like, his minivan still had the tags on how to use the head rest and stow n go seating for the first 3 years... 

But I think MIL would benefit from the car detailing! Maybe that will be a birthday gift...