...and so I found myself in need of buying my mother a nice card. This sounds a lot easier than it actually is.

Am I the only person that finds half these cards sickening? I mean yes I love my mum to bits, she's amazing. But I really don't want a card that reads something so sickly that the card is stuck to my hand with the gooeyness of it all.

I finally opted for a blank card "for any occasion" and adapted it as I just couldnt bear to send her a card with a load of naff flowers on the front and some crappy poem written inside.

Mum hates that kind of stuff anyway.

I blame clintons, or petrol stations. I'm not sure which is worse but they both seem to have their fair share of pants cards...I wish I'd made a note of some of the messages today but I am sure you can imagine the sort of thing they said.

However, the important thing is I mailed the card off to reach her by sunday and I had the courtesy to leave the really really horrible card for some poor sod on sunday that suddenly realises what day it is.