Florist number two

I am a bit behind in my blogs and I apologize for this. I usually am able to do my blogs at work but it has been getting a bit busy to write it there.

So, here is what happened with the second florist that we visited last week. My friend Terry met up with my mom and me again to go see the florist. I had found this florist on theknot website. I was impressed by the pictures because they had some unique centerpieces and the website stated that they were Asian influenced. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. As soon as we drove up, I learned that lesson. The shop was held in a badly kept mini-mall and in front of their display window was a cheesy mannequin dressed in a wedding gown. Why a mannequin in a florist shop? I don't know.

My high hopes were raised again when we went in. An Asian man greeted us in the shop. I thought, "Cool, this shop is Asian owned." We told them that we had an appointment for a consultation. He told us that the head designer would be with us soon. We decided while we were waiting for the designer we would look at the photo albums of past works. Some of it was nice but they weren't quite as impressive as the photos on the website (which were also in the albums). What was even more disturbing was that in the album that was designated for thank you cards from previous customers, there was only two thank you cards. Not a good sign.

Well, the designer came in and she wasn't what I imagined her to be. She was a tall blonde woman. She was not quite friendly and she wasn't quite like the previous florist, Max. She wasn't as familiar with too many flowers and she wasn't as creative. She kept pushing roses on me. Roses are alright with some people but I personally feel that they have been overdone. Remember I want unique, different. Well, roses aren't too different.

Also, during our consultation, a customer came in to pick up some boutonierres, some 200 boutonierres. Well, it appeared as if they didn't have it ready. The other designer told her to wait as she finishes the rest of the boutonierres. Another not so good sign.

At the end of the consultation, she provided a quote. Well, I compared the quote with the previous florist I was sorely disappointed. This florist's rates were more expensive for ordinary roses when the other florist offered more exotic flowers for about the same rate. Why should I pay more for flowers that I really don't want?

Well, I guess that leaves us with florist number one. I am more than pleased and happy to go with her. As Vin said, we should always go with our first choice. It has always been the first vendor that we liked and chose in the end.