Mother’s Day – It’s truly the thought behind it that counts…

 

 

    My mother is the most frugal person I know — she can squeeze a penny into a nickel.
Now, don’t get me wrong, she is not cheap. She raised four children on a meager wage when she could work or had too and lives every day for her children. Even at almost 70 years old she still calls every day or we call her to speak about our day.
I wanted to give you that little background before I tell you that spending a fortune for Mother’s Day is not what she wants.
Every year I find myself going store to store in search of that perfect gift for my mom, what will it be a chair for outside, something to help her with her flowers… In the end, I know I’m wasting my time in the stores.
Yes, she would never say she is not happy with something I bought her, however it normally wouldn’t get used much anyhow. Read more at PTPA..