Happy Birthday, Mom!

My mom is the most difficult person to shop for.  Every time I ask her what she wants for her birthday, she replies with "nothing."  The same goes for Christmas.  Over the years, I have bought her everything under the rainbow and every gift seems to fall short of the desired reaction I want from her.  For Mother's Day, I arranged an assortment of healthy snacks and fruits in a basket since she is trying to lose weight.  She said she liked it, but I never followed up on whether or not she actually consumed the items.  I can tell the difference between her forced enthusiasm and a real one...usually.  However, she has had me fooled a few times when I thought I got her something great but later find it at the back of her closet.  This year I ended up getting her some balloons and a couple of scratch lotto tickets in a card.  She plays a lot of scratch lotto, so at least that won't clutter her closet.