Wedding Flowers

Flowers! 

So, on June 13, I worked half a day. That is, I tried to work I honestly could not concentrate I kept thinking on how in just a few more days I would be married, and everything would change! Also kept driving myself crazy how much still needed to be done.

Especially the flowers! See florist are awesome they do beautiful jobs but… they are crazy expensive! So, I opted on spending 600 dollars at Sam’s club and buying all the flowers I wanted then recruiting my mom and my new sis to assist me with the decorating.

Well this was the beginning of craziness!  First of all, I ordered double the number of flowers I needed! There was roses, carnations and hydrangeas and baby’s breath, lots and lots of baby’s breath! So, my mom calls me in hysterics and tells me to bring buckets! So, after work, instead of asking my boss for buckets which we have plenty in stock, I run to the nearest Walmart! Which is also the most packed and chaotic place ever! It took me 10 minutes to find parking 20 to find buckets (not one salesperson in sight) and another 15 in line. Finally, I arrive to a freezing cold house and boxes filled with flowers that still need to be unpacked, that even with all the flowers my family has already began to place in water.  

So, I get to work and what do I do first? I prick myself with a rose! The thorns a size of a nickel! What the Heck! Later that evening my new sis teaches my mom and me how to safely remove the thorns and cut the tips of the flowers. Hours of bonding with each other in talking, sweat, tears and blood.
Because yes! There was much, much blood! Mostly coming from my fingers from almost chopping them off with the gardening scissors. We were finally done.

After that we let the flowers rest for the day. The following night after rehearsal (adventures to discuss in another post) I recruited several friends to assist me on an important task which was to finish with flower decorations and with making the bouquets. All while trying on my dress which I had not tried on till the night before the wedding, but that is another story for another blog.

Finally, the flowers came out great! If I do say so myself: Why don’t you judge for yourself:

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