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Co-op wants to know how you would make your mother’s day? - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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PoppyMumsnet · 24/03/2017 11:43

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Co-op wants to find out what would make your mother’s day this coming Sunday. Maybe she’s a Mum with simple tastes, and a card or bunch of flowers will suffice to make her really happy? Or perhaps you’re going all out this year, inviting her around for a meal and a day spent with the family. If you’re taking a more creative approach, perhaps you’ll be making her gifts by yourself, or just planning a day together for some one-on-one time with you - maybe brunch and the cinema? As a mum, tell us what would make your day extra special?

Here’s what Co-op has to say: “This Mother’s Day we want everyone to think about their mum and how to make it really personal and special to her. To not only buy the usual expected mother’s day gifts, but to really think about what makes your mum happy. Because only when you really know your mum can you really make it her day.”

Whatever it is that you’re going to do to make your mother’s day really special, Co-op wants to know. Please share your thoughts below - everyone who posts will be entered into a prize draw and one MNer will win a £300 Co-op vouchers.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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Co-op wants to know how you would make your mother’s day? - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED
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itshappenedagain · 25/03/2017 09:41

I would love for someone else to go with my children to pick a card --and maybe a gift as no family live nearby and it's just them, and being 6 and 10 I can't trust them to go shopping alone yet! Plus whatever they pick I have to fund!

Iamthemotherofdragons · 25/03/2017 13:01

My mum loves to spend time with me and my girls, I think her favourite gifts are the things that they make her. I'dlove to be given a new DVD that we could watch together.

FeelingSmurfy · 25/03/2017 13:10

My mum has always told us (still does) a bar of her favourite chocolate would mean far more to her than a big showy expensive watch (this changes, but always a single bar of her favourite chocolate) because it shows that we put thought in to it and cared enough to notice what she likes.

Handmade goes above both, because so much thought, time and effort has been put in to it. She still has the cards made from wrongly folded flimsy paper, full of spelling mistakes and a felt tip drawing of a person with too many fingers, or eyes that look like spiders because of the eyelashes

I was always a bit dubious about the bar of chocolate / expensive thing, but I knew handmade was good because of the reaction it would always receive. As I've grown up I began to understand the chocolate thing and I now feel the same. I can now afford to spend more on mothers day but instead I spend more of my time

I love being given handmade things, and random gifts that make no sense at all, with a child beaming with pride while the adult mouths an apology and explains that they chose it themselves Grin I would rather have a completely useless random item that makes no sense whatsoever to me, chosen by a child, than a piece of jewellery that is exactly my style as it was chosen by the adult and the child's name just put on the tag

MerlinsBeard87 · 25/03/2017 14:05

My mum lives at the other end of the country but we have always been best friends. I like to get her personal gifts. Over the last few years I got her a teddy made out of my ds baby clothes, a necklace with his fingerprint on, and a pet portrait of her horse. I wish I got to be with her on Mother's Day and take her out, instead of just having to FaceTime. My ds always makes me hand made cards at nursery and I treasure them

EggysMom · 25/03/2017 15:42

What matters to my Mum is that I remember that it is Mothering Sunday and not the commercialised 'Mother's Day' that seems to have taken over; and that I do something personalised rather than simply buying her a card because a sign in the shop reminded me to do so.

What would I like? Peace & quiet Smile

QuiteLikely5 · 25/03/2017 15:47

Perfect Mother's Day

Perfect cooked roast with only the best quality ingredients followed by dessert

Handmade gifts by the children

Lie in

Mummyamy123 · 25/03/2017 15:52

I am a paramedic working nights over Mother's Day! But I'll get woken up by the kids in the afternoon piling into bed with me for cuddles and that will make me smile!
A lovely dinner all together is all I need to make my day! Hoping for chocolate too to take to work for snacks :)

typedwithcertainty · 25/03/2017 15:58

For me a lovely walk on the beach

My mum is happiest when I go to the Mother's Day service with her 😊

HamletsSister · 25/03/2017 16:31

My Mum died last year (just a couple of days after Mother's Day) so this will be my first one without her. In her honour we will walk on the beach and talk about her - keep her alive for her grandchildren and let me have a little moment with her memory.

Because she is gone, I was a bit more insistent than usual and DH actually sent his a card. She has concert tickets with friends which we bought her for Christmas, but she is actually going in Mother's Day. She is also out for a very, very posh tea with the same friends, also on Mother's Day, paid for as her birthday present. So, really, she just has a card but the timing means she looks utterly spoiled.

My teens will, no doubt, do very little but they will give me a rare (DS) hug and DD will get a bi stressed about doing nothing. They are both mega busy with exams / coursework. DH will bring me coffee and we will go to the beach.

Glorious weather is the best gift this year!

MrsTwix · 25/03/2017 16:38

I think flowers are nice for Mother's Day.

DaisyDando · 25/03/2017 16:58

I'm bringing lunch to my mum and cooking it there. Well, heating it up and taking it out of the foil. I've also got some flowers and chocolates up my sleeve. From my DS, I'm hoping for a cuddle and a cake.

Mountainash · 25/03/2017 18:02

My Mother, in her 80's, lives some distance away. Too far for me to really make her happy with a family get together. So, I sent a card and some Electric blue Dendrobium. (Orchids) They are a very striking colour and unsual. In addition I have made several long and chatty phonecalls. Mother is more than happy, because she feels loved, remembered and wanted.

mumsbe · 25/03/2017 18:42

For mothers day I love hand made cards and fish and chips at our favorite fish and chips restaurant. Following a nice trip to the park. If I get them tired enough I can have a cuppa and watch homeland in peace. Every one is a winner!

katienana · 25/03/2017 19:53

I really want my son to try and write his name on my card.

MoreProseccoNow · 25/03/2017 20:02

We are all going over to see my mum tomorrow; that will make her day. She is a career for my dad, who has dementia so things are not easy for her. We don't see enough of each other between work, distance, children & logistics. Modern life seems to take it's toll on family life.

It's going to be a lovely sunny day (according to the forecast) so we'll take my children to the park then all have coffee & cake in a garden centre nearby.

A really simple day, but she'll really enjoy seeing the grandchildren & it will be lovely to have family time. Wish we could do it more often.

PenguinRoar · 25/03/2017 20:06

I would love to get up, go for a run and come home to warm bath and breakfast!

DS has made me some lovely presents and hand made things are goofy and will be well received with big hugs.

Having dinner with my mum too... generations all together.

Namechangeforapic · 25/03/2017 20:07

Id like a bunch of daffs, a cuppa in bed and a long bath! Easily pleased me!

intheairthatnightfernando · 25/03/2017 20:12

My mum is all about family so her Mother's Day will be knowing we've thought about her, opening a card and being taken out to lunch (my sister on the actual day, me next week). She'll love homemade offerings from the kids.
As for me, I like the homemade stuff. My two little ones are very excited about bringing me a piece of toast in bed and that will really make me smile. I don't mind about presents but I'm touched knowing my own lovely mum has helped them organise something.
Most of all, I will feel so lucky still having my mum to celebrate.

marymanc · 25/03/2017 20:30

My mum in in Italy and we see each other once a year. I am sure she would like to spend the day with me and her grandchildren. If she was in the UK I would invite her for a nice meal at home and let her relax whilst somebody else is running around.

As a mother I like to spend the time with my children and receive lots of cuddles.

SouthWestmom · 25/03/2017 21:18

So I have looked at the words in cards and found one that cost a bomb but actually has some meaning.

I also remembered a book she wanted and couldn't find and I'm going to pre-order it:

theresamustgo · 25/03/2017 21:32

My DM is very old and all she wants is for us to visit and chat and cook her lunch and that is precisely what we are doing!

Debi79 · 25/03/2017 21:46

Inspirational wish you all the best.

TinfoilHattie · 25/03/2017 23:27

Won't see my own mum on Mother's Day as she's too far away, but I will call her and I've sent a card and flowers. My own daughter made me a card with "vouchers" at Brownies which was a great idea - vouchers said things like "I will tidy my room without moaning" and "I will wash your car".

Firewall · 25/03/2017 23:40

Breakfast in bed!

Ceebies · 26/03/2017 02:15

I have been so busy in work this week. So looking forward to a quiet day tomorrow with pjs, cuddles & my husband doing the cooking!