Between finishing final projects, studying for finals, and attempting to have a life, have you really looked at a calendar lately?! If you haven’t you might be surprised to know that Mother’s Day is TOMORROW. 

If you still need to pick up something special for the moms in your life but don’t want to settle for a gift card, you’re in luck: CollegeFashion’s got 12 faboosh and approved gift ideas for Mother’s Day! And yes, these are all things you can run out and grab right now so yo mama doesn’t realize you waited until the last second to thank her for all the wonderful things she does.

Click here to check out all of CollegeFashion’s awesome gift ideas!

The best teachers in life are mothers. They guide us, show us, and enlighten us from the moment we are born. I know my mom has taught me a lot. She taught me how to parallel park, she taught me how to put on pantyhose without tearing them, and she showed me how to take on a lot and handle it all with poise. Most importantly, she taught me how to get my dad to do what I wanted while making him believe he came up with the idea himself. Priceless.

Moms are just pools of knowledge from which we benefit. And while each of us has a wonderful mother who has imparted great wisdom upon us over our lifetime, imagine how much we’d learn if we had lots of moms passing down their knowledge. So this week, in honor of Mother’s Day (Did you forget? Don’t worry – we’ve got your back, sister), I asked the CollegeCandy writers to share the best lessons their moms have ever taught them. And I want you to do the same! Not only can we honor our fabulous, fearless and fierce moms, but we can all learn a few valuable lessons as well.

Katie – Michigan State University:  My mom taught me to do my own thing without regard to what people might think of me. If you do it confidently enough, everyone will fall into place behind you. Thanks, Mom.

Carly – Grinnell: My mom taught me how to cook. That may seem like a simple thing, but considering how much I LOVE food, I’m not sure I could live without it!

Norah – Drake University: That everything happens for a reason. And that you can make killer margaritas with lime juice concentrate, tequila, 7-Up and a can of beer. Read More »

Another week has come and gone bringing us very close to Mother’s Day. Thankfully, it doesn’t take much to please our mom, so we made her something with our very own hands. We would have gone all out and splurged for her, but we just didn’t have the time with all that studying (and trying to win $100 to Amazon!) and preparing for the ever depressing college graduation.

But that wasn’t all we did this week.

We fought with our boyfriend about his love for strip clubs, we threw an end-of-the-year rager…and then spent the entire next day cleaning it up, and we spent a lot of time trying to understand this whole Miss California mess.

We also went in search of a romper for summer, which, thankfully, is a total fashion DO, unlike some things. We can’t wait to wear it tonight; our Facebook profile pic needs an update.  We’re gonna enjoy some margaritas, dance our little booty off, and then come home and convince ourselves that it’s totally fine to eat a giant pizza by ourselves.

After all, school’s out for summer and we couldn’t be more excited!