Happy Mother's Day!



Happy Mother's Day to all of our Mommy reader's out there!!!  We hope you enjoy your day today!!

Treat Mom for less this Mother’s Day with these Mother’s Day freebies and deals!

• Dennys: FREE Pancake Puppies Sundae When You Send Mom a Card, exp: 5/21/2011

• Dickeys Barbecue Pit: FREE Dessert wyb Entree for Mom, exp: 5/17/2011

• Einstein Bros Bagels: FREE Fresh-Baked Treat wyb a Drink

• Einstein Bros Bagels: B1G1 Panini FREE + More

• First Watch: FREE Box of Chocolates wyb 1 Entree for Mom on Mother’s Day

• Great American Cookie Company: 6 FREE Cookies or $2 off wyb Any 16″+ Cookie Cake

• IKEA Restaurant FREE Breakfast on Mother’s Day ($0.99 value) until 11 a.m.

• Kona Grill: FREE Red Velvet Cupcake for Mom on Mother’s Day with Purchase

• McCormick and Schmicks: FREE Chocolate Truffle Trio for Mom’s on Mother’s Day Weekend (5/6 – 5/8)

• Mimis Cafe: FREE Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar for Mom with $10 Entree Purchase

• O’Charleys: 20% Off Entire Purchase from 9-11 a.m.

• Ruby Tuesday: FREE Red Velvet Gourmet Cupcake for Mom

• Souper Salad: Buy 1 Buffet Get 1 FREE Mother’s Day

• TCBY: FREE Frozen Yogurt for Mom on Mother’s Day

• Texas de Brazil: $25 off Purchase with 2 Guests or $50 off with 5 Guests on Mother’s Day

• Tumbleweed: Kids Eat FREE Every Sunday & FREE Yellow Rose For Mom on Mother’s Day

 

  Did you know???     

Julia Ward Howe first issued her Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 as a call for women to join in support of disarmament. In the 1880s and 1890s there were several further attempts to establish an American Mother's Day, but these didn't succeed beyond the local level.  The current holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a day to honor one's mother.  Jarvis wanted to accomplish her mother's dream of making a celebration for all mothers, although the idea didn't take off until she enlisted the services of wealthy Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker.  She kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914. The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark Holiday", i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create.^[She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday. In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; it is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.