[GIFTED] Scottish Herringbone Throw

If you have literally no idea what you buy your mother for Mother's Day, a nice throw, like this Scottish Herringbone Throw ($196, Best Made Co.) is the perfect gift.  Why is this?

1. Moms are always cold (when they're not having a hot flash, that is)

2. Moms like to relax—snuggling up with a blanket and turning on an NCIS marathon or reading Danielle Steele on her Kindle sounds like her idea of Heaven.  After years of being in a perpetual state of cat-like readiness needed to raise irresponsible, smart-mouthed teenagers, she deserves to not have to be on edge all the time, wondering if you're going to walk through the door with a weird piercing (or wondering if you're going to walk through the door at all).   

[GIFTED] Book Stack Plant Potter

Your mother could care less about gardening when you were growing up, leaving all of the yard work to your father.  But when she retired, she had to find something to do, and the preferred activities of sleeping, eating, and drinking got too routine, she thought that she might give it a try.  It's what old people do, after all.

This Book Stack Plant Potter (Starting at $45, Uncommon Goods) will be the perfect Mother's Day gift that honors the two most boring hobbies on Earth—reading and gardening.  Every time you pass by this planter, you can laugh and say, "A garden is a friend you can visit anytime... SINCE YOU HAVE NO REAL FRIENDS HAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA" and your mom will yell at you and it will be the best/worst Mother's Day ever.  

[GIFTED] Irish Coffee Stout Candle

Oh, hi.  It's the week leading up to the weekend of debauchery that's known as St. Patrick's Day.  Or, as Irish people call it: "just another excuse to get shitfaced, as if we needed one anyway."

With all of the beer you'll be consuming in honor of A RELIGIOUS SAINT WHO DIED FOR YOUR SINS (probably?), you might want to cool it and pick up something that reminds you of beer, but won't contribute to your inevitable confrontation with a stomach pump at your local ER, like this Irish Coffee Stout Candle ($28, Haberdash). 

[GIFTED] Urbania Light Houses

Do you love candlelight but are frustrated by the way a cheap candle or a series of tealights look?  Are you an uptight white lady with white people problems such as this one?  OKAY, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU. 

These Urbania Light Houses (Starting at $42, Harabu House) add soft mood lighting to your apartment while being decorative and not making your home look like a Yankee Candle Shop.  Perfect. 

[GIFTED] Splash Coat Rack

Hey, you know what's better than draping your winter coat over your chairs when you walk into the house? Hanging it up on a coat rack like a civilized person, that's what's better. 

But when you live in an apartment, it's difficult to try to install any type of real coat rack that won't involve you damaging the wall and/or having to invest in time plastering over it when you move out.

No fear, lazy apartment dwellers—this free-standing Splash Coat Rack ($279, Blu Dot) will look great in your apartment and won't eff up the walls in your apartment.