what should i get my mom for her birthday?

[mattkime]

neither my father nor my siblings really know what to get her.

ideas?

[Paul F.]

I'm guessing a male masseuse half her age and a bottle of tequila would be totally inappropriate?

How about some sort of spa-day gift certificate (* no tequila, no male massuesse)

[rgG]

How old is she?
What does she like to do, hobbies, etc.?
Gotta give us a little more to go on.

[TheTominator]

If she's not allergic to chocolate, then chocolate.

If she's allergic to chocolate, then Cheetos, but not the chocolate covered ones.

[sekker]

Reading - a Kindle is a nice gift, be sure to include an Amazon gift card to load it up with some books.

iPad mini - also a nice (but pricier) gift if she has not explored iOS.

Fruitbasket can be fun and is fun to share, especially at work (if appropriate).

BIgger $$ - a gift cruise? Where does she want to visit on vacation? Perhaps the most surprising gift we gave was a train/boat trip to New Orleans to my in-laws that wanted to visit NO.

[eustacetilley]

For well over a decade, from when I was well under a decade old, I used to give Mom Yardley Rose Soap.

My Mom was somewhat unusual; she cared not a whit for fashion or makeup. But she did like just a little luxury, on occasion. And she liked roses, which she had the total green thumb with; this was appropriate, since her name was Rose.

In the later years, I gave her little gifts of the best rummage store quality- a red standup Ronson lighter, a carved Brazilian rosewood ashtray/nutbowl, and the complete OED with stand, (Alas oak, not rosewood.), and it came with a magnifying glass, which by then, she needed.

There is no answer for mattkime's question to be found here. And unless his Mom is very much like my Mom was, I would not suggest something like a planter enmulched with a Prince William Rose. (My Mom would have found this very funny, which was, after all, very much the point.)

Eustace

[Black]

Bring the family together for her birthday.

[TheCaber]

Make her a refrigerator art birthday card on construction paper, inscribed with your very best 2nd grade crayon-manship: "Happy Birthday Mom, I Love You! XXOO". Sign your name, or place your mark (I expect mark will agree to this).

I wish I could do this for my mom, so if you can for yours, I will have succeeded, if only vicariously...

Peace (and Happy Birthday! to youe Mom)

[Speedy]

This is so easy. A 15" rMBP.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Really?