Happy Mother's day
Saturday, 10. May 2008, 19:23:44
First of all, ¡¡Happy mother's day!! to all of the mothers in the world, even if is not the mother's day in your country.
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In Mexico mothers day is bigger than christmas in terms of spending, really it is true!, in Mexico the mother figure has more respect than the father, she is the one everybody, even the most macho guy, respects (of course there are exceptions)
The cost of a mother's day is variable but you as son or husband of a mother are expected to deliver:
- Mariachi ($300.00 usd the cheapest per hour in Queretaro)
- Flowers ($150.00 usd an Ok set of flowers)
- Comida (is the main food time in Mexico, like from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, so it is not dinner at $100.00 usd)
- Gift (at least, and I mean at least a $100.00 usd gift)
- Family reunion (after all your sisters can be moms too, and the mother in law is a mother $70.00 usd)
- with the family reunion there are gifts to the grandmothers (mothers too), mothers in law, aunts, and sisters. ($10.00 usd per mom and $30.00 per grand mom)
- food for the family reunion (this you can get some canapes or something more elaborated $40.00)
So in the end there is like $870.00 usd spend in the day.
But you can have the "what matters is love not money" package.
- Mariachi (your friends $10.00 usd for food and beer)
- Flowers ($3.00 usd from the around the corner vendor)
- Comida (you cooked $30.00 usd)
- Gift ($50.00 something made by you, or $70.00 parfum)
- Family reunion (you take the sodas! $20.0o usd)
- Gifts to all the mothers ($1.00 per mom and grand mom, a flower from the street vendor or some nice card made in your computer)
- food for the reunion (you bring the chips "sabritas" or "barcel")
In the end spending like $110.00 usd
When I was younger and poorer (no job student) I save money from my monthly (the money your parents give you) and buy something that costed a lot, based in my income, like $7.00 usd, and the first time I got a job I bought a leather handbag that costed like $20.00 usd, always next to a self made card, and breakfast in the bed.
In case of my family Mothers day is a two day celebration, the 10th and the 11th of may, today is the formal one and tomorrow the bbq in the pool (we don't have a pool so we go to some waterpark).
In Mexico mothers day is bigger than christmas in terms of spending, really it is true!, in Mexico the mother figure has more respect than the father, she is the one everybody, even the most macho guy, respects (of course there are exceptions)
The cost of a mother's day is variable but you as son or husband of a mother are expected to deliver:
- Mariachi ($300.00 usd the cheapest per hour in Queretaro)
- Flowers ($150.00 usd an Ok set of flowers)
- Comida (is the main food time in Mexico, like from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, so it is not dinner at $100.00 usd)
- Gift (at least, and I mean at least a $100.00 usd gift)
- Family reunion (after all your sisters can be moms too, and the mother in law is a mother $70.00 usd)
- with the family reunion there are gifts to the grandmothers (mothers too), mothers in law, aunts, and sisters. ($10.00 usd per mom and $30.00 per grand mom)
- food for the family reunion (this you can get some canapes or something more elaborated $40.00)
So in the end there is like $870.00 usd spend in the day.
But you can have the "what matters is love not money" package.
- Mariachi (your friends $10.00 usd for food and beer)
- Flowers ($3.00 usd from the around the corner vendor)
- Comida (you cooked $30.00 usd)
- Gift ($50.00 something made by you, or $70.00 parfum)
- Family reunion (you take the sodas! $20.0o usd)
- Gifts to all the mothers ($1.00 per mom and grand mom, a flower from the street vendor or some nice card made in your computer)
- food for the reunion (you bring the chips "sabritas" or "barcel")
In the end spending like $110.00 usd
When I was younger and poorer (no job student) I save money from my monthly (the money your parents give you) and buy something that costed a lot, based in my income, like $7.00 usd, and the first time I got a job I bought a leather handbag that costed like $20.00 usd, always next to a self made card, and breakfast in the bed.
In case of my family Mothers day is a two day celebration, the 10th and the 11th of may, today is the formal one and tomorrow the bbq in the pool (we don't have a pool so we go to some waterpark).
WIDGETIZE