I appreciate the gesture, but there is no way you can get the merchandise to my mother before Sunday unless I pay massive shipping fees. Why didn’t any of these businesses look at their calendars last week and realize that they needed to do their Mother’s Day sales then?

While I’m venting, I have to comment on the items that are being offered as gifts. I mean, who would give Oprah-approved luggage tags as a Mother’s Day gift? I know that my mother wouldn’t be pleased with something for a suitcase, and as for me, I would rather have almost anything else. Heck, a Taco Bell chalupa would be a better gift than a luggage tag.