Celebrating Mother's Day!

Mothers, what would we do without them? In a nutshell they are lovely; they comfort us when we are hurt; cook our favourite dinners, even after we have left home! And no matter what they will always be on our side. In fact when you think back to everything that your mother has done for you over the years it comes as no surprise that we want to spoil them rotten! On mother’s day we get the chance to do just this.

Mother’s day is a day when sons and daughters around the world desperately try to find the perfect gift for their mum to make up for the teenage troubles that we put them through! It is a way to make up for not phoning as much as we should, for not visiting as much as we should and to generally just let them know we do care! We care a lot and this is our way of saying thank you for always being there through the good times, and the bad times. But to do this successfully you need a gift chosen especially just for her.

Commercial pressure

Yes the high street will make a massive profit out of mother’s day, yes the whole concept is becoming more and more commercialised every year with pressure to buy more and more expensive mother's day gifts each year.  With a little bit of extra thought you don't need to buy a gift just for the sake of it or succumb to the commercial pressure.  Yes, we can all pick up a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates, classic gifts that are sometimes a lifesaver, but do these gifts really say everything you want to say? Do they hold that personal touch? Instead of buying any old bunch of flowers why not buy gardening accessories such as a grow your own sunflower or herb garden kit, these will reflect your mothers interest, gardening, and will demonstrate a lot more thought than just a generic gift such as flowers.

Instead of buying a box of chocolates why not make up a hamper of chocolates, which includes classics together with some of your mother's favourites such as some good old fashioned sweets that will take her back in a time a bit? A gift like this says I love and care for you where as a plain old box of chocolates might say "this is all the garage had left when I was driving down to see you"!

Make your Mum feel extra special on this day...

The significance of mother’s day is to celebrate motherhood so opt to purchase a more personalised gift and give yourself a break from commercialisation. As mother’s day sits on the eve of spring why not opt for a gift that incorporates time outside? For example, a cheese and wine hamper, a gardening holdall kit that contains everything your mum needs such as a dibber for making holes of a perfect depth and width, a pair of light weight polka dot gloves, sharp precision cutting blades and a tough stainless steel fork, all of which are perfect to transform a window box through to a flower bed. Or, if your mum simply prefers to spend time in the garden as much as she loves a cup of tea then an anti-bug garden mug is perfect. With a feminine design and a saucer that doubles up as a lid to keep bugs etc out your mum will be delighted over such a thoughtful gift.

If your mum prefers however to pamper herself rather than the garden then take a slightly different approach than the normal bath and shower gift sets; a personal stylist experience, a deluxe pamper hamper, fragrance candle gift sets or a mother and baby photo shoot are just a handful of ideas of how to indulge your mum in some ‘me’ time without succumbing to commercial pressure as they are not thoughtless generic gifts that scream last minute shopping.

Whatever makes your mother happy; a good bottle of wine, fine chocolates, nature, a spa day etc go for it! Don’t become part of the 3.7 million who idly brought a mixed bouquet last year; buy something that your mum wants and truly spoil her rotten this mother’s day, as she'll be secretly hoping that you will!