Let me begin this by clarifying something: My mother isn’t an alcoholic -- she’s just a great time.
Margarita Mom is the unofficial title that I have given my mom, and I have always known that I am not alone out there…
Here are seven signs that your mother qualifies to be a member of the Margarita Moms Club:
- She celebrates National Margarita Day with more enthusiasm and zest than she does for any other holiday.
Ash Wednesday, the day after Louisiana’s favorite holiday, Mardi Gras, is a day dedicated to fasting to start the 40 days of Lent. Lent is the Western Christian tradition of giving up something you love to show appreciation for Jesus Christ giving up his life for Christians. It is the beginning of the countdown to the most revered Christian holiday: Easter.
Remember 2012 when National Margarita Day and Ash Wednesday happened to be the same day?
She’ll take hers on the rocks, please.
Ash Wednesday happens once a year. But then again, so does National Margarita Day.
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2. There is always tequila to be stolen from her house (sorry…again).
I’ve been known to steal my stepdad’s beer from the fridge or maybe some of my grandmother’s fruitier concoctions from the freezer, but sometimes those drinks just won’t cut it. Thank you, Mom, for always keeping the fridge stocked with margarita mix and for pretending not to notice when I come home from college and swipe the Jose Cuervo.
3. You know that margaritas are not strictly for the warmer months. Green and red are Christmas colors too.
You don’t need a swimming pool and overwhelming humidity to enjoy lime on ice. Sometimes the only way to fight the cold is to numb your body so that you don’t feel it anymore. Cranberry margaritas, with sugar not salt around the rim, are a staple at pretty much any Christmas party that I want to attend.
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4. Your household has never run out of salt.
SALT. Literally…the salt of the Earth. Salt serves three purposes: to flavor food, to keep witches and evil spirits away, and to accent the lime in a margarita. Luckily for all of us with a Margarita Mom, we not only have salt, we have Margarita Salt (salt that comes in a container shaped specifically for the rim of a margarita glass) and so we don’t have to worry about choosing between warding off witches and drinking. We can do both at the same time.
5. You spent a large portion of your childhood in Mexican restaurants so that now if you happened to survive a plane crash over Mexico City, you know enough Spanish to have a great three day weekend.
Hola, amigo. Pollo, quesadilla, fajita, burrito, bano, tequila!
Sounds like a good time to me. Thanks Mom, for the culture and the tequila.
6. #MargaritaMomTilTheDeathOfHer
This is an actual text message from my actual mother.
7. Margarita Moms had to learn it from somewhere – Bloody Mary Grandmothers deserve their own list.
