Sunday, May 14, 2006
Your Mother Wears Army BootsMother's Day is traditionally a day of hand-made cards, flowers, Sunday brunches or long-distance phone calls when the kids are all grown up.
But this is the age of the Internet and things are different. Mother's Day is another day for companies and stores to try to make a buck. For a month now, I've been flooded with emails about sales, discounts and special gifts for special Moms. Some of the offers are quite traditional, of course. You can order cards and flowers online through Hallmark (bouquets from $19.95, save 20% last week and 25% this week). 1-800-FLOWERS.com doesn't seem to love Mom as much, but they still offer 15% off. And Walgreen's loves Mom best with a nice bouquet for $7.99, this week only.
Albertsons has great offers from their deli in case kids want to make breakfast in bed for Mom without ruining it. How about a pastrami sub and potato salad, Mom? For the more decadent side, Cold Stone Creamery wants Mom to have a Strawberry Sensation ice cream cake, for $3 less than usual. Starbucks claimed in a mass email that a little birdie told them that Mom would just love a Starbucks card -- maybe the bird has avian flu before I've never heard of such nonsense before.
Circuit City has gifts for the "Modern Mom," you know, the one who prefers to save up to 12% on select digital cameras, camcorders and large televisions $299 and up. Cambridge Soundworks has another perfect gift because Mom deserves the best: their perfect gift, coincidentally, is a Cambridge Soundworks Radio CD 740 so Mom can listen to AM, FM and her very own MP3 in the bathroom, bedroom and kitchen, places where she belongs. They also have a Creative Zen Micro Photo and MP3 player so she can lovingly look at pictures of her family on a color screen -- quite charming, actually, except that the screen size is about the size of a thumbnail, perfect for microbe moms. Amazon has gifts with brain and beauty, just like Mom, with free shipping for qualifying orders of $25 and above. Dell has the perfect Entertainment PC for Mom, in case she wants to watch DVDs of classics like Joan Crawford Mommie Dearest movies.
The list goes on and on. But nothing seems to beat the offer from Home Depot. They want to thank Mom for all she does with a special gift, a 30-piece Do-It-Yourself tool kit for only $39.99. It has just about everything Mom can possibly need, a hammer, a pair of pliers, a small level, an adjustable wrench, one screwdriver and assorted screws, and a spackling knife, all of that in a handy blue plastic case. All that is missing is a roll of duct tape, and Mom can do everything herself, just like she always does. And if you already have the DIY kit, you can certainly re-gift it for Father's Day. We really do love you Mom.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 6:57 AM
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We ordered some flowers through FTD online. Quick and easy, and didn't turn out too bad. Nothing like growing and picking the flowers ourselves, but who has the time?
# posted by 
: 14 May, 2006 13:08
: 14 May, 2006 13:08
Stores around here (Dallas) treat Moms Day just like a commercial holiday.
# posted by : 14 May, 2006 15:23
: 14 May, 2006 15:23
Oh my! Yeah, give mom a toolkit that's so heavy it's hard to lift, and then she will what - let her husband use it? Or not use it, while he doesn't do all of those home repairs that he said he would.
Jeez. My mom got my grandma a beautiful Calla Lily plant and a cake, and then we made dinner for her. She seemed to like that a lot.
Jeez. My mom got my grandma a beautiful Calla Lily plant and a cake, and then we made dinner for her. She seemed to like that a lot.
I really hate house businesses compete with eachother over every single holiday. Call me crazy but i think breakfast in bed or a well phrased card is much more sentimental than coffee credit and camcorders. after all i should know this, im a woman and some day i'll be a mom, and mothers know everything!
Connecticut,
I'd give you a blog of your own if I could.
Pam,
I agree. I'd even pick the flowers, but growing? What's that?
Anonymous,
Stores need at least one holiday a month. If it doesn't exist, they'll make one up.
2nd Anonymous,
Mom told me not to click on strangers' templates.
Gemini,
Mom also told me not to accept free tunes from strangers on the web.
Indy,
She can give it back on Father's Day. That's why Mom's Day comes first.
John,
The way you chop wood, she just might need a chainsaw. Let me know how the template works. I don't dare to click on it. A Michael Jackson might pop up or something.
Sara,
We've done the breakfast in bed thing. After that, she said she'd rather have a chainsaw.
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I'd give you a blog of your own if I could.
Pam,
I agree. I'd even pick the flowers, but growing? What's that?
Anonymous,
Stores need at least one holiday a month. If it doesn't exist, they'll make one up.
2nd Anonymous,
Mom told me not to click on strangers' templates.
Gemini,
Mom also told me not to accept free tunes from strangers on the web.
Indy,
She can give it back on Father's Day. That's why Mom's Day comes first.
John,
The way you chop wood, she just might need a chainsaw. Let me know how the template works. I don't dare to click on it. A Michael Jackson might pop up or something.
Sara,
We've done the breakfast in bed thing. After that, she said she'd rather have a chainsaw.
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