My gift to me: these flowers, and a minute to plant them.

It turns out that all I want for Mother's Day is to be able to stroll the aisles at a home improvement store, casually scoping out solar lighting options and salvia varieties and replacement drill bits without anyone yelling at me to hurry up.

I'm serious.

As I go to hit the "publish" button on this post, I find myself remembering that there is a much less family-friendly interpretation of the word "tenting."

I am going to hit publish anyway, because I think that's funny.

We are now officially People Who Camp. I have declared this to be so via the ordering of several hundred dollars worth of camping supplies on Amazon. (The goal being to be able to vacation easily and inexpensively over the longer-term, and to make our kids happy because, as it turns out, they're obsessed with camping.)

Mother's Day is this weekend. If you're not reading this and thinking "Yes, I know," you're probably in a bit of trouble if you happen to have a mother or mother-to-be in your life who will be super pissed off if she wakes up on Sunday morning and no mimosa is present.

I put together a quick list of (very) last-minute gift ideas that will all arrive at your house in time for Mother's Day...if you order now. Like right now.

So maybe stop reading this and start scrolling down?

I've been excited about this collaboration for awhile, and can now show you the end result. Tell me those aren't the cutest shoes ever.

See? You can't do it.

Oh my god, they are so cute.