Every year it's a mystery what to get for my mother. Mothers day and their birthday are the periods when I spent the most money. I have the most expenses around those time. This year we opted for an early celebration on Saturday instead on Sunday. She wanted to do groceries at the Chinese toko.
My family plans ahead because they are always very weary for the unexpected. I have always feel the odd one out. I would like the unexpected to happen. So we picked her up at the station to have breakfast, went to the market and she would want to buy a lot of stuff but because I already warned her I am not planning to bring the whole market back home. Also we still have another excursion planned.
After the market we went for a kinda early high tea with matcha and cake rolls. After that we went to the Chinese toko which really dented my wallet. And with so much stuff we went back home to rest, to charge up. We sat together on the couch watching television. Which is very special because those time are very rare when we are grown ups.
We had diner which my mother wanted too, all eating together. After that we went shopping again and of course we didn't went out empty handed.
All in all, I spend a lot. I paid all the bills from the market, tea, Chinese toko and diner. I think I am blessed with my mom not asking for something expensive. All she bought was food and necessities which means no extra clutter. I also got something out of it, I bought a T-shirt at the market for 3 euro.
And today there was a surprise visit from my sister and her kids. My mother loves the grandkids more than her own daughter, I. My sister still had something to do in her old house so with the kids in the way, why not drop them off at grannies. We had cake and took them out for a walk to the kids playground.
The official Mothers day ended mundane for my mother but I think at her age she wouldn't mind that.
PS. we also called to my grandmother to wish her a happy Mothers day.
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