So called 'mothers day' numbers...

Stats for mothers day... 

What will we be buying? Flowers, of course (66.8 percent of us will spend a total of $1.9 billion). Lunch or dinner out (54.8 percent, spending $2.7 billion). Jewelry ($2.3 billion). Gift cards ($1.5 billion). Clothing and accessories ($1.2 billion). We will also be sending a lot of cards; the Greeting Card Association says this is their third biggest holiday, after Christmas and Valentine’s Day. We will also be making a good number of phone calls — it’s the number-one day of the year for that.

And how does Mom feel about our choices? Wishlist.com did a survey they called “Moms, What do you REALLY want?” and found that mothers would be fairly content with a family gathering (23 percent), dinner out (13 percent), jewelry (12 percent), flowers (12 percent) and some extra sleep (12 percent.) Of the 300 mothers who responded to the online poll, four percent said they “would love to receive a car, money or a weekend away,” according to the Web site, while “one mom requested a response from movie star Mel Gibson, to whom she claims to have written four times with no answer.” (Given his recent troubles, perhaps she should raise her sights a bit.)