Confessions of a mother and a GIVEAWAY!!!!

I have two confessions to make regarding Mother's Day. Both of which I am not super proud of, but hey. It's real life, baby.

1. Every year I buy my own Mother's Day gift in advance. In other words, I go shopping and spend too much then feel the need to justify it by calling it my Mother's Day gift. But in fairness it's usually something that I need. So that makes it all better.

Last year I coveted this...

So I bought it.

Showed it to Skip and said "Happy Mother's Day to me!"

Yeah. I know it's a rolling cooler (yawn). But I have a deep obsession for bags of any kind. And I like picnics. There you have it.

I already have my gift for this year.  I bet you are dying to know what I chose but that will have to wait!

2.  Now this is the confession that I am cringing at while I type.  On the actual day of the big celebration, I don't really want to be "on duty".   A mommy rarely gets time off.

***cringe***

If you are still here, let me explain.  We always go to a restaurant with Skip's family after church.  There are 20+ of us and we usually sit at one big table.  I still have a toddler that needs A LOT of attention at mealtime so Skip and I are usually down on one end with most of the little kids.  Not that I don't love my kiddos, I just want Mother's Day to be a day off.   I don't want to cut food, wipe noses, referee any fights, or make a dozen trips to the salad bar.  I just want to sit down and stay down.

(Do you still like me?)

(I hope so)

Last year I shared this with my mom and she offered to help.  She kept my kids for the day while Skip and I went out to celebrate his mom.  Guess where we sat?  THE MIDDLE.  With the grown ups.  It was awesome.  Totally selfish, but totally awesome!

After lunch I took an amazing nap and then went out (sans kids) to celebrate my mom and grannie.

I was so relaxed that day AND I gave my mom the best Mother's Day gift...time with her precious grandchildren.

See.  Maybe I'm not so selfish after all.

If you are anything like me, you jump at the chance to treat yourself to what you really want on Mother's Day.

Peace.

Quiet.

Nap.

A rolling cooler.

I would love to offer each one of you a day filled with peace and quiet and yummy naps.  I can't do that.  I would love to buy all of you a rolling cooler.  Can't do that either. 

But I can offer you something else you might really want...

A giveaway! 

A special treat from one of my real-life, super talented friends.  Who also happens to be a hero of mine!  She's a rockstar mom.

Jeannette at TOO CUTE designs is offering one of my lucky readers a TWENTY DOLLAR gift certificate to spend in her Etsy store.  She has lots of goodies for sale, or you can place a custom order.

Just look at some of her amazing MOM gifts.

This Mom Power tee shirt is fantastically fun.

I really love that you can choose your own fabrics and colors.

Grandmas, you can enter too!

Jeannette's talent doesn't stop there.  Her bags are ONE OF A KIND and fabulous.  Twenty dollars would go a long way towards this one.

Or this one.

Oh, somebody stop me!

Here is a custom nursing cape for the brand new momma!  I had one of these for nursing in public.  One word... LIFESAVER!

To make working in the kitchen fun, you NEED a beautiful apron.  I love mine and have it monogrammed.

Yummy!

I will give you three ways to enter this AMAZING giveaway!  Three entries possible!!

1.  Visit TOO CUTE designs by Jeannette on Etsy and come back here to tell me how you will spend the $20.

2.  Become a "follower" of this blog, or if you already are tell me.

3.  "Like" TOO CUTE designs by Jeannette on fb, or if you already do tell me.

Giveaway is open until NOON on THURSDAY, MAY 5th.  I will notify winner via email!

Now, do you want to see my Mother's Day present this year?

I thought so.

Not nearly as lame as a rolling cooler.

Happy Mother's Day to me.