01-03-2007, 04:48 PM
My son has sent me flowers via the big online dealers and since I live in the boondocks they usually come wilted, stems broken and crappy. I'm not handy with flower arranging either and they usually come bundled up in a clump and it's left to me to "arrange" them.
I finally convinced my son to call my local hometown florist and just give her a price range. She does beautiful arrangements and the flowers are always fresh and pretty. She will also perform extra services... For my birthday, my son not only ordered the flowers, but asked the florist to pick up a bottle of Riesling wine (one of my favorites) chill it down in her flower cooler and deliver it with the flowers. She did a beautiful basket arrangement!
My son tells me he not only saves money, but gets to catch up on local news when he calls our florists whose daughter graduated from high school with him :-)
I finally convinced my son to call my local hometown florist and just give her a price range. She does beautiful arrangements and the flowers are always fresh and pretty. She will also perform extra services... For my birthday, my son not only ordered the flowers, but asked the florist to pick up a bottle of Riesling wine (one of my favorites) chill it down in her flower cooler and deliver it with the flowers. She did a beautiful basket arrangement!
My son tells me he not only saves money, but gets to catch up on local news when he calls our florists whose daughter graduated from high school with him :-)