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I was having a conversation about this topic with bruce earlier today ...
I have a constant problem with getting a present for my mom. Maybe it's just something about approaching the 3/4 century mark? Although my mother has much less than everything, she's rather particular about the things she does have ... my sister has the knack of getting "exactly the right thing" which mom uses either until forever, or until the thing is in shreds. She's still using a keychain my sister gave her when she was in junior high.
I'm the "did you keep the receipt" daughter.
My mother is also categorically opposed to doodads. The ones that she has, she has had since Jesus was in short pants and knee socks. Anything new is "something else to dust" although she has occasionally stolen things from me ... like my pewter renaissance faire drinking mug. I'm allowed to take it off the shelf for use, but it has to go back to the tableau after washing and complete drying so as not to mar the furniture. I'll know she's completely taken it over when the "rough spot" on the bottom has one of those green felt thingies stuck to it.
This year I have resorted to the easy way out. Cash. Which is of course WRONG because it shows that I put no thought into the gift, and settled on giving money at the last minute. I am putting it inside a new wallet, but there is a chance that my mom, who is starting into the argumentative, difficulty recalling recent past events stage of senility, will think that it's the fake cash they put into wallets.
*sigh*
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