Whew! I went through a bunch of different sites to try and find affordable gift delivery, but every time, all the wire fees and shipping and handling and delivery charges would bring a $30 bouquet or gift to almost $60!
Finally I rooted around for a florist in my mom's area. They still do the Teleflora orders thing; clearly every florist available online is in on the whole nationwide network thing, but they had a local delivery charge of $8. Add in $1.50 tax, and I saved over $20 over the other sites.
The only other catch? I couldn't choose delivery before or on Mother's Day. *shrug* so I picked Monday. My mom is not going to be hurt if she gets her flowers a day late! It's just a day picked at random anyway, right?
This is why I usually get my parents DVDs or books for these holidays, or send them pics of the kids. But I didn't have any ideas this year and knew I had to get my order in soon or risk being way late, so I went the sucker's route.
Saved about $20 on Mother's Day gift
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My mom is getting just a card this year, and I know she'll be fine with that. I no longer give obligatory Mom's Day gifts ... just occasionally give something when I either find something really unique that she would love (several years ago it was an organic mushroom sampler) or something she really needs (like a new refrigerator). She will probably need a new clothes dryer soon and so I am mentally saving up skipped gift occasions for that.