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<blockquote data-quote="family mum" data-source="post: 525970" data-attributes="member: 14457"><p>Hi. I had to laugh when I read your tradition of buying something for yourselves. I'm a new here but I bought an early mothers' day gift for myself just this week. Really it was just an excuse to justify the purchase, LOL. I love those standing hibiscus plants. A couple of years ago husband bought me one for mothers's day and I babied it through 2 summers, bringing it in during the winter, but when my Mum died at the end of the second summer I forgot to bring it back into the house and it died from an early frost. I spotted some in a store and treated myself to 2! it,s way to early for them to go outside here so they are crowding my dining room, but they make me smile when ever I pass them, and that is the whole point isn't it? Sometimes we need a quick little dose of cheer in the day!</p><p></p><p>2 in expensive gift ideas I've used in the past. </p><p></p><p>One year I did a whole lot of baking and bought inexpensive tupperware at the dollar store which I tied each with ribbon and placed in a wrapped box as a care package for my Mum. ( She had a sweet tooth but was past the age that she could bake herself.) The bonus was that I wanted her to have a variety of tastes so I made several different recipes and gave her half of each and kept half for our house, so it can almost count as a gift for yourself as well.</p><p></p><p>Another time, I bought a flat of flowers for about 3$ and a few clay pots from the dollar store ( I think they were 2 or 3 for a buck) along with pretty fabric ribbon (in a colour that matched the flowers) which I glued just under the wide lip of the pots. They looked amazing and the whole thing cost 6 or 7$. Our flats usually have 6 or 9 plants, you could vary the size of the pots and give mother in law and mom each a set of 3, and maybe even a set for yourself.</p><p></p><p>I'm afraid neither of those ideas would travel through the mail very well though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="family mum, post: 525970, member: 14457"] Hi. I had to laugh when I read your tradition of buying something for yourselves. I'm a new here but I bought an early mothers' day gift for myself just this week. Really it was just an excuse to justify the purchase, LOL. I love those standing hibiscus plants. A couple of years ago husband bought me one for mothers's day and I babied it through 2 summers, bringing it in during the winter, but when my Mum died at the end of the second summer I forgot to bring it back into the house and it died from an early frost. I spotted some in a store and treated myself to 2! it,s way to early for them to go outside here so they are crowding my dining room, but they make me smile when ever I pass them, and that is the whole point isn't it? Sometimes we need a quick little dose of cheer in the day! 2 in expensive gift ideas I've used in the past. One year I did a whole lot of baking and bought inexpensive tupperware at the dollar store which I tied each with ribbon and placed in a wrapped box as a care package for my Mum. ( She had a sweet tooth but was past the age that she could bake herself.) The bonus was that I wanted her to have a variety of tastes so I made several different recipes and gave her half of each and kept half for our house, so it can almost count as a gift for yourself as well. Another time, I bought a flat of flowers for about 3$ and a few clay pots from the dollar store ( I think they were 2 or 3 for a buck) along with pretty fabric ribbon (in a colour that matched the flowers) which I glued just under the wide lip of the pots. They looked amazing and the whole thing cost 6 or 7$. Our flats usually have 6 or 9 plants, you could vary the size of the pots and give mother in law and mom each a set of 3, and maybe even a set for yourself. I'm afraid neither of those ideas would travel through the mail very well though. [/QUOTE]
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