My Mother’s Day wish list

I came across this brilliant blog post today courtesy of twitter (Thanks Nikki!) and thought it would make a nice challenge.

I’m not good at saying what I want for special occasions and generally we scoff at Valentine’s Day/Mother’s Day/any other soppy occasion that get shoved down our throats by shopping malls.  Last year we also had a rather unfortunate Father’s Day gift episode which resulted in me vowing NEVER EVER to buy anything that is not socks or handkerchiefs for such similar occasion again. So far it’s worked really well for me.

But back to ME. What do I want for Mother’s Day? (except for a day off I hear you ask)

I have made a little list of do’s and do nots to guide my darling Husband and some gift suggestions.  Please feel free to add to the list or even better, do post of your own and leave the link in your comment.  I challenge you.  We are worth it!

• Do let me sleep in
• Do not let me do dishes, wipe down surfaces, mop up pee accidents, cook any meal or make my own coffee (wait, maybe I’ll make my own coffee, I know I’m full of shit)
• Do pack the 3 lunches for Monday
• Do not hog the remote
• Do not subject me to any form of whining. And that includes the children. Ok, just kidding, but a day with children that excludes whining would be great, but I’ll probably just dream on.
• Do let me have a long LONG afternoon nap, but wake me soon enough so I can still manage to go to bed at a reasonable hour.  I’ll leave that tricky decision up to you.
• Do not require me to feed, brush the teeth of or dress any child.  Please present them to me for perusal fully dressed and looking angelic. (snort)
• Do ask for sex, I might be in a good mood if all the above conditions are strictly adhered to.  Maybe.

Gifts:

As you know I’m rather easy to please gift-wise.

• I do NOT want anything that remotely resembles a mug or a tea pot.
• I DO want need PJ’s for winter.  You know my size..
• I do NOT want chocolate in any shape or form unless it’s that Lindt Bunny I didn’t manage to find for Easter.
• I do want an iPad2.  Fair enough, I know it won’t happen, but hey, I’ll keep asking.
• I do NOT want lingerie unless it’s another lovely bra from La Senza.  You got it SO right last time!
• I do want something Gatineau.  Anything Gatineau.  Sigh.
• I do NOT want flowers.  I promise.
• And lastly, I do want Mac Foundation.  And lipstick.  And several other items from the Mac counter that would leave your credit card in a sorry state.

And yes, I know that it’s Daniel’s birthday this month and we need curtains and and and so I don’t really expect the iPad.  Or any of the expensive stuff.  But I made this list and I’m quite proud of it.

What’s on your list?