Do you pick your own gifts?

yes I do because my son always forgets mothers day and I am a widow so I go and pick out something that I like and am fine with it. My son pays all the rent and the utilities and is generally broke by now til the middle of' the month so I do not fault him at all. He gifts me at other times so all is right with me.

Tee hee KB, that's the way to do it! Better than getting something that you don't want and them uselessly buying something you don't want. If it is my birthday or it is coming up soon, then I so 'ooooohhhh wouldn't that be nice, I'd like that for my birthday' - you know, nothing subtle, that never works! Good idea of yours! Have a wonderful day and enjoy your sunglasses.

I usually do. It's easier if my hubby gives me the cash to buy something I really want as opposed to buying something I might not like if he chose it.

Well we had our Mothers day back in March, my hubby always picks my gifts out for me and takes the children with him. He is pretty good as he knows what I like and knows that I do not think that much money should be spent!! So they got me a beautiful bunch of pink tulips and a bottle of Baileys! Both of the things that I like. It was quite funny though as I overheard my two boys talking and the 7 year old said to his 6 year old brother that he did not think that they should buy me flowers anymore as I just let them die!! I had to explain to him then that this is what happens to cut flowers.

If my family wanted to buy me a gift, usually I asked them to bring me with them, specially if they wanted to buy me clothes. Cause my taste of color is so different than theirs , usually they bought me wrong color or pattern clothes. If it was shoes or belt, I am not picky about that. But if they wanted to bought me books, I just asked them to give me the money and let me choose myself cause they had no idea what kind and author I love to read.

My husband took the kids shopping and picked out my gifts, I really want a vaccum cleaner I know that sounds weird but that is what I want mine is so broke and won't pick up anything,,,,, My birthday is in April and that is when I get the really personal items, My daughter suprised me with my present tonight she is getting me prescription sunglasses which am going to love since getting glasses last august I miss my sunglasses soooooo much I live in S.CALI and really need them can't wait to pick them out...........

i really like that they will brought for me, i dont like that im the one who choose, it really means to me thier chooices of their gift from me.

LOL I dont do gifts for things like Mothers Day or my birthday....I get cards of course and get to decide what we do but as far as gifts go I just prefer to have the money..

My daughter got me a couple of things for Mother's Day even though i told her she did not have to get me anything. She had me to write her out some things that I wanted or needed to make sure I got something that would be useful to me. I think that is the best way to do it so she does not waste her time or her money on something that I really could not use or need.

I post things I might want on Amazon, but mostly my family know to give me gift cards to craft places or bead shops. This last year I told my sister that if they could each give me a $10 gift certificate to the shoe place I wanted to get new shoes at I'd be thrilled. For Christmas I got $100 certificate from them. I was beyond thrilled! I was floored! for only another $40 dollars, I got my new shoes!!!

I don't pick out my own gifts. My kids have given me some pretty crazy gifts when they were younger and they were so proud of them. I wore the gawdy jewlery and displayed the cheap knicknacks and their artwork. I still have them all and I cherish them all. This year we all went out to breakfast. It was time spent together. One of my daughters could not resist a gift and bought me a book on mothers and daughters and wrote me the most beautiful letter. I dont like people spending a lot of money on me that they don't have or even if they have it.....just one of my many hang-ups, I guess. I dated a very wealthy man for several years and he finally "got it". I would get very upset when he bought me expensive gifts. One year for xmas, he wrote me a 3 page letter pouring his heart out. It was the best and most memorable gift I have from him.

For my birthday and Christmas (which are both in December, but I usually get separate gifts depending on their nature/cost), if I know there is something that I want in advance, then I will let my family/friends/boyfriend know and they'll either work together to get one gift, or they will get the small things I requested. If there's nothing in particular that I desire, I'm happy to let them choose. My loved ones know me well, and they also know that if they can't find anything, I don't expect anything. =) Last year, my mum bought 2 tickets to a music festival for my boyfriend and I for my birthday, and it was the greatest present, we had an awesome time =)

Oh no I have never picked my own gift. Mothers Day was actually in March this year in UK and I had a lovely bouquet arrived and an amazing collage photo picture of photos of all of us in a frame from one daughter and a pair of shoes from the other, both of which I loved. In fact was only wearing the shoes yesterday. My son is too small so the girls will go out and pick something for him to get me but he will make his own card and colour in which I treasure. One year the girls got me bulb daffodils in a large pot and they come up every year so it is always a reminder of that gift. Ellie :D

Since I'm by myself i usually just get what i need or want unless its something like today, then i give my children a list of things i'd like and then they can choose from it..this way i'm kinda surprised and get what i want or need! By the way i did! and Happy Mothers Day to you!

no I never picked out my own gifts, my boyfriend always picked what he wanted for me, sometimes they were nice things but not something I would have gotten for myself.

Hi there kbourgerie! My son is only five years old, and he can't pick out a gift for me. My husband chooses his gifts for me. Happy Mother's day.

Yes, my husband did it again. Not every time, but most of the time I end up picking my own gift for all occasions. I guess it comes with me not always approving of every one he does give me, because us women can be kinda moody at times. And men really have a hard time keeping track.

I guess I would if I was a mother. but, i'm not. but the reason why I think that I would, is because that nobody knows how i feel about what I like and don't like. so, yes, I would choose my own products, or gifts if some one was going to give me the money. in fact, that's how I'd prefer to get a gift. is for someone to give me the money.

well friend....now i have no mom around any more but earlier i used to make it a point to give my mom a card a bouqet of roses and a cake which she used to cut infront of the family.My sister me and my brother we all gave her gifts on our own.A mother is a mother and who can forget her for all the sacrifices she does to the family. have a nice day friend....