at the beginning of the year, i professed my utter detest (and i kind of still do) for the idea of spending gajillions of money on things that will just wilt and die at the end of the day. i skulked around the weddings at work yahoogroup, incredulous at brides who blew as much as a hundred thousand pesos on flowers for the church, entourage and reception. a hundred grand!!! on flowers!!!! (then, of course, i vowed i would never do something so ridiculous.)
i scoffed at "event stylists" who were really just florists in disguise. and i toyed with the tempting idea of eschewing flowers altogether, except for the bride's bouquet.
maybe i was different. or maybe i was just cheap. after all, i did get a handful of quotations that, while not as outre as a hundred grand, were whoppers in their own right. and so i hemmed, i hawed, i avoided, i footdragged my way to booking a florist.
until my partner at work recommended his florist, mr. hardinero, to me. a guy raving about a florist pointed to a florist worth checking out, i reasoned. plus, the package rates on their website were just about as much as i was willing to spend on things that were doomed to be forgotten, stolen, or tossed out the next day. so, having done a little homework (pegs from brides.com and martha stewart weddings), i stole away from the office one afternoono to meet pam of mr. hardinero at starbucks tomas morato.
pam is such a sweetheart. her simple and straightforward attitude, heaps of patience, huge portfolio of sample bouquets, never-ending list of suggestions and willingness to customize totally won this anti-flower bride over. so much so, in fact, that i actually found myself getting excited about the flowers for my wedding... and kilig at the thought of my all-purple, all-orchid bridal bouquet.
never underestimate the power of flowers.
the peg for my bouquet: an assortment of purple orchids...
the entourage bouquets will be mostly made up of hydrangeas...
agapanthus or african lilies...
and sea lavender for fillers.
our mothers will be special! they get lovely white casablanca (or stargazer) lilies in their bouquets...
and the ninangs get these big-ass cabbage roses!
i asked pam to do away with the traditional church arrangements, which are flowers in stands at each pew. choosing an arrangement like this helped me get more bang for my buck.
and she agreed to do them with these button mums in purple.
i'm actually excited to see what the mockup arrangements look like. i guess i'm an anti-flower bride no longer!
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At this point I admit to two things ...1.) How very proud I am of how much my beloved is doing; I can't beleive that I, a guy, am actually excited by our flowers. 2.) How of all the years I spent abroad, these past few months have been absolute torture - and how I wish I could be more physically present at home these past month. To all the lucky guys out there who are physically present with your fiancees as you plan and prepare for your big day, you have no idea how lucky you are.
The Groom
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