I don't worry all the time, but I do talk out loud to myself. And I answer myself, too.
I don't see any harm in the email, it explains it to him, and you know how they prefer things straight on rather than trying to hint around about something.
You could go to amazon.com once again and see what kind of gift baskets they have and get it mailed right to her from there, and the thing I like the best is that you can use your checking acct, rather than a credit card. I don't know if it is too late to get it there in time, though. so, I guess it's to the local florist I go. Oh, my mother has a certain grocery store she likes, so I could get her a gift card from there. Then I will feel like I had a hand in her eating that week.