You’ve had time to think about it. Now, what do you have to say for yourself? You had 365 days from one Mother’s Day to the next to figure out what you were going to give the woman who bore you into this world, and you promptly whizzed the opportunity down your leg.
I don’t know what you gave her last year, but the book on Zika symptoms did not go over well this past weekend. And, the chainsaw back in 2014 wasn’t overly inspired. We won’t even discuss how your friends had to talk you out of that Bernie Sanders Swimsuit Calendar idea.
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Fortunately, we’re on hand here to provide you with a glittering list of can’t miss gift items that should make amends for your maternal rewarding ineptitude. While you considered snagging the woman who fed, clothed and raised you that membership to the Neil Diamond Impersonators Fan Club, we picked out some of the hottest new products and forged a nice variety of options here.
We took into consideration different price levels and the many varied interests the angels who wiped our tears and bandaged our skinned knees might have to cover as many bases as possible. However, though we did mention “bases,” just forget about bidding on that signed Jaime Cocanower jersey you were considering for next year.
'So, You Blew It on Mother's Day' Gift Guide
She still loves you, but you made a mess of Mother's Day with a lame gift. This guide is on the scene to help you make amends.
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Terra's Kitchen
For the gourment-minded mom who wants to be able to prepare elite meals without hours of shopping and prep, there's no better gift than Terra's Kitchen.
A weekly, membership-based service, Terra's Kitchen allows users to pick their food preferences online. Terra's Kitchen then ships members a refrigerator (...You read correctly...) full of all necessary ingredients for multiple gourmet meals. With the included preparation instructions, mom has everything she needs without leaving the house. Then, the shipping service comes by to pick up the fridge, and the process repeats next week.
Mom will say it's an amazing world we live in these days.
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Keurig Kold
Just as its hot beverage makers changed how millions of people fill their mugs, Keurig's Kold brings the same plug and drink thinking to chilled and carbonarted drinks.
The user picks a cup of preference – from Coca-Cola products to cocktail mixes – and locks it into the Kold. The machine works its magic, and out comes a bubbly, perfectly chilled beverage. Repeat.
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Carnoustie Sports Apparel
For fashionably minded, sporty mother, Carnoustie Sports Apparel runs upscale of many more famous brands without driving price points too high.
Offering everything from shirts to outerwear to accessories, Carnoustie can equip any mother with clothes she can play in or wear home.
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Bauli Italian Cakes
Whether mom wants to eat them herself or serve them to guests and pretend she made them, Bauli Italian Cakes offer multiple, affordable varieties of pre-made desserts.
If you're nice, maybe your mother will give you a piece — though we doubt it, considering why you're visiting this list.
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Bonne O Sparkling Beverage System
Featuring a compact design than fit in any kitchen, the Bonne O Sparkling Beverage System adds fresh carbonation to water, fruit juice, tea, herbal water, wines and cocktails. It allows anyone to make bespoke flavored sodas without the need of a CO2 canister.
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T-fal OptiGrill+
Your mother has better things to do all damn day besides slave over a hot stove for herself, her husband, you, your siblings or anybody else. The T-fal OptiGrill+ is a healthy, carefree cooking system with multiple built-in settings to time meal preparation perfectly.
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Polaroid Zip
Your mom would no doubt agree that today's smartphone cameras are great for capturing images while traveling, meeting with friends or visiting the grandkids you better be providing. But, it's still nice to have a hard copy picture in one's hand.
The Polaroid Zip is a wireless printer that connects to any smartphone via Bluetooth to print out favorite photos immediately and on the fly while away from home printers.
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Ronco Showtime Rotisserie
For our older readers, Ronco might ring a bell as a company offering crazy inventions on TV. But, these days, the company offers your mom legitimately useful appliances like the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie. If your mother likes to snag those pre-cooked chickens from the grocery store deli department, these machine will do them up the same way at home.
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Scosche Rhythm+
If you're mother is into fitness and taking care of herself as the years go by, the Scosche Rhythm+ is a simple, clean looking heart monitor that watches multiple biological proceeds in the wearer to track calories burned, distance covered, etc.
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Krups Egg Cooker
The name says it all, but you can make mom's breakfasts faster and easier with the Krups Egg Cooker. Depending on the setting, they'll crack open perfectly boiled or poached.
And just imagine how bat cave crazy mom can go come Easter.
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Slimware
Most moms watch their waistline — or worry about their husband's belly at least. While these look like simple, attractive dishes, Slimware plates come with a simple trick. They bowl slightly in their center. For portion control, you fill the bowl portion with food and leave the edges clear. That stops you from piling it on like you're at a Vegas buffet.
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Braven Bridge
For the techy mother who likes gadgets, the Braven Bridge serves as both a wireless, HD bluetooth speaker and a speakerphone. She can listen to her favorite music from her laptop, tablet or smartphone and interrupt only to answer the call you're supposed to be making more often.
