Day 100

I called the flower shop today to set up an appointment to go in a discuss the flowers I want. I'm going in next Tuesday after work. I called Myles and asked him if he'd like to come with me. I find that this is a better approach than telling him he has to be there. When he feels he has a choice he usually does what I want him to. =) I've already made some compromises on the flowers, and I'm not freaking out about it. It's not that big of a deal. It's all in the name of saving money and when I find ways to save money on stuff, Myles is happier. And when Myles is happy my life is easier. I think most people find this to be the case with their partners, though. I really wanted dark red calla lilies, but since they are hard to find and "rarer" than white ones, that makes time more expensive. So unless the florist (Jan) tells me something amazing about them, I'll be going with white. And simple, smaller bouquets. I'd rather have small bouquets of real flowers than huge bouquets of artificial flowers. One thing that Myles and I both agree on. I also got online today an printed off some pictures of calla lily boutonierres and bouquets that I like to take into the flower shop. I'm sure it'll make the process much easier. And I like it when the process is much easier. =)

When I got home from work, I told Myles that I really needed to get the flower girl baskets and petals before they weren't on sale anymore. So, he gave me the card and I bought them. After all, he put me completely in charge of the wedding budget. =) But, the baskets didn't come without a "conversation". When I told him I needed to get the baskets, he made the comment "with all the baskets you have around here that you got from your mom, can't you just use one of those?" *sigh* Guys just don't understand things like that. But I found the baskets for $7.99 apiece. That's not bad at all. The only thing that sucked was the $8.90 shipping and handling costs, but what can you do about it? But even with the total of $25 for two baskets, it's still cheaper and easier than going to the craft store and buying the supplies to turn a couple of my baskets into flower girl baskets.

I think that's one of the difficult things about wedding stuff...guys don't think like girls do, so when buying stuff that you feel is mandatory, they're like "Um, why?" Like my wedding shoes. Myles assumed I was just going to wear shoes that I had in my closet already. Um, no? He thinks I have too many shoes, so that automatically means I'll wear a pair of them with my wedding dress. Not hardly, babe.