I purchased four Mother's day cards the other day. I paid about eight dollars at Hallmark. I wish I had looked for a coupon before, but I didn't know I would be even buying cards. Most of the cards were $.99, but the one for my sister was more...it's her first Mother's Day with her foster daughter (who they are planning to adopt). I wanted to acknowledge it with a card.
I think last year I actually skipped Mother's Day gifts. This year my mother will be at our home. I purchased her a scarf and a bottle of Mrs. Meyer's hand soap (which darn I had a coupon for!) The scarf was $9.99 at JC Penney's. I had a $10 off a $10 purchase, so I found a pair of $2 baby socks and my purchase was $2.13 after the coupon. I will donate the socks. 
I instructed my husband to buy his mother a card. If he's deployed it is find if I send the card, but he does need to sign if he is in the states. I texted him her address, too. He told me last night he may just call her that day instead. And I'm sure she would like that just as much. It feels good to delegate some tasks.
I received two deposits into my PayPal account yesterday: $15 from Pinecone and $5.10 from Ebates. That means $20.10 I can send off to the Citi card to pay down some more beginning of the year debt.
Not sure I mentioned this, but I found a dress to wear to graduation and possibly a wedding. It was marked $38 at Kohl's. I had another item for $13, but also a $10 off a $50 purchase. So two items for about $43 with tax. I do now need shoes. I think I can get quite a bit of use out of the dress.
Do you a mother to buy for? Are you giving her a gift of any kind?
Mother's Day & More
May 7th, 2015 at 01:01 pm
May 7th, 2015 at 01:41 pm 1431006075
For my mother in law, who we are very close with, we got her a cute little garden decoration, the kids will pick out a plant for her, and hubby got her something else little that I can't remember. She'll be coming over Sunday and my husband will cook for us (he's a great cook, so that's the best gift one could get!!)
We made a deal that the kids would get us something under $20 for mother's day and father's day, and that we'd go out to eat for each occasion (I have to work the weekends of both holidays and DH didn't want me rushing home from work to cook for him on Father's day, even though I swore I don't mind!)
May 7th, 2015 at 01:59 pm 1431007165
it's a small gesture for women who sacrificed so, so much.
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May 7th, 2015 at 02:45 pm 1431009939
It's a week for us missing our moms.
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May 8th, 2015 at 05:06 am 1431061569
With DSs established so far away, I anticipate phone calls and hope for an electronic photo album. DH has invited friends with young children here for an early dinner. Rather than go out for DimSum which is too crowded, too noisy, too busy for the carts to move through the rooms and double the regular price per bamboo steamer. We'll use making dumplings as the entertainment. Even the preschoolers have fun squishing filling into the [ready-made] wonton wrappers. I'll make a couple of Chinese and Korean dishes, DH will BBQ fish and we'll fill in the rest from the big Asian deli to create an Asian buffet Ice cold white wine, Tsingtao beer and a mix of fresh melons for dessert makes for easy entertainment.
I've still got a stack of Chiang Mai, one size fits all, silk tunics and inexpensive jade trinkets if gifts seem appropriate.