Since she has everything she could possibly want (and my dad always manages to take the cake in terms of presents - this year, he surprised her with a new BMW), us kids usually opt to send her a bottle of good champagne (her fav) to wherever she is dining that night or a nice bunch of flowers (who doesn't love fresh blooms?) to brighten up her desk.
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This year, however, she happened to be down at their place in Florida, and unfortunately
1. their go-to restaurant for dinner out (the Pink!) was closed (so they'd be dining at home), and
2. our go-to Gasparilla Island florist wasn't open until the end of the month.
Not wanting to stray from our original idea, we decided to just try out another florist. The woman assured me they had a beautiful arrangement of Gerber Daisies (my mom's fav) in a lovely basket that would do the trick. How bad could it be?
The answer to that question is:
very, very bad.
As soon as the flowers were delivered, she sent us kids a text:
"Thanks so much for the flowers! xxoo"
Curious as to whether our trial florist fit the bill, I responded:
"You're so welcome! Are they cute?"
To which she replied:
"No not cute sorry!! I will send you a picture. They are awful!!!!"
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Gotta love her honesty.
Live and learn: don't use a florist you don't know.
Perhaps, we'll get our act together to pull this off for next year:
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Happy weekend!
xoxo
KK
hahah oh no!!! i would love one of those champagne tanks :)
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