OMFG
Florists clearly have an astonishing racket going on — Geoffrey ordered some flowers for the wedding, and when told me how much florists charge for that crap, I almost had an apoplectic fit! $33 for a corsage, and bridal bouquets start at $85?!!!
Are you fuq’ing KIDDING?! That much money for some dead flowers and a stickpin?!
I’m beside myself. Thank heavens he only ordered corsages for the moms and me, and boutonnieres for himself and his dad. (When I heard boutonnieres are only $8, I said he should have gotten those for all of us.) He ordered purple roses, which is really sweet…but, if they have ANY scent whatsoever, I won’t be able to have a corsage, because rose oil is one of my strongest migraine triggers.
I’m still mind-boggled. EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS for a bouquet? (Do you know how many books I could buy with $85?!) Clearly, not liking flowers has saved me a fortune over the years. I will never understand how some people are willing to pay that kind of money for something so incredibly useless.
Safeway only charges ~$10 for a dozen roses. But those smell like roses unfortunately. They do sell other flowers though. I can’t imagine spending more than a few dollars for fancy ribbon and a way to tie them together to look nice. Hell, I’m sure the craft store would have something for far less than the $85 that the florist wants for a bouquet.
And yet again – this would be why I ended up going to Costco and making my own – the roses, while they did have a bit of a scent, weren’t nearly as heavily-scented as they could have been (I supposed it’s different due to the color), and I got some really pretty purple flowers to go along with… Total cost for 3 full bouquets? $30…