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We at Viva are a pushover for an occasion of any sort. Mother's Day is one such celebration - especially as I'm hoping to be a recipient of the largesse doled out by my family.
So this Sunday I'm not getting out of bed until my kids
- and their father - have made Amanda Laird's chocolate cake. It looks so good I'll happily have it for breakfast.
Once I've made myself sick on cake I imagine I'll step into a lovely little piece of knitwear - not unlike that on this week's Viva cover - and waft around the house for the rest of the day.
Or maybe not.
The reality is, the kids will wake me before 6am demanding breakfast. I'll put my unflattering, but warm, dressing gown on and then change into some dirty old jeans in time to make lunch. Oh well. Next year, cake please.
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Check out Viva's Mother's Day gift ideas below and click on the gallery to the right for photos.
1. Floral apron, $49, from Iko Iko.
2. Bad Girls & Wicked Women by Jan Stradling, $45, from the Women's Bookshop.
3. Clinique Repairwear Lift SPF15 Firming Day Cream, $136, from selected department stores and pharmacies.
4. Floral sleep mask, $22.90, from Iko Iko.
5. Harney & Sons Winter White Earl Grey Tea, $19.90, from Sabato.
6. Pastificio orecchiette multicolouri, $16, from Sabato.
7. Pasta Sauce with eggplant, $14, from Sabato.
8. Floral trapeze dress, $420, from Miss Crabb.
9. Bach Rescue Remedy Pastilles, $22, from Lambs Pharmacy.
10. Lucy & the Powder Room voucher, from $55, from Stephen Marr.
11. Chloe large shoulder bag, $1990, from Drop Dead Gorgeous.
12. Perfect Potion Relax Foaming Wash, $20.50, from Safe.
13. Coffee or champagne hampers, from $50, from Living & Giving.
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