Think back to last year, February 14th… night mare trying to find a dozen roses, right?
This year for Valentine’s Day, make it a little easier on yourself while letting your lady friend think that you were being extra thoughtful 😉 This is simple for you – on your way home from work on February 13th, buy your wife/girlfriend/loved one a bouquet of roses from your store of choice. There are a few simple steps to impressing her with these roses, please do not just leave them in your car or garage!
- Buy your roses.
- When you get them home (without your loved one seeing) cut the stems on an angle while running them under luke warm water.
- Trim the lower stem greens and leaves.
- Add half the pack of powder of “Rose Food” that should come with them in luke warm water in a vase.
- Add the flowers but be sure to keep them in an inconspicuous area so the misses does not spot them!
- In the morning before she wakes up, place them on the kitchen table or on the bed side so she gets to wake up to them!
This is a definite win-win situation for the both of you. You benefit by not having the hassle of the Valentine’s Day nightmare of buying roses on the actual Holiday, and you also benefit by making your wife happy when she wakes up to the beautiful roses. A happy wife, a happy life, right?
What do you expect to pay for roses? I guess that all depends if you want to go all out on roses or also spend on dinner as well.
There are a few different tiers of Rose quality and prices:
- Convenience store quality around $14.99 for a dozen roses.
- Sobeys/RCSS/Local Flower Shop around $24.99-$24.99 for a dozen roses.
- Local Premium Flower Shops around $60.00-$80.00 for a dozen roses.
Costco also sells 2 dozen roses for $25.00 but they die rapidly and are small convenience store quality roses.
Also to spruce things up, grab a little package of Rose petals! I got a package from La Vie en Rose Store for simple decoration last year for $10.00 and they smell and feel like real rose petals but they are re-usable 🙂
Happy Valentines Day!
Another option is to have them delivered. It’s always a good idea to purchase them ahead of time because most flower shops raise their prices on Valentine’s day. From someone who used to work in a flower shop long time ago, you do really get what you paid for. The flowers from flower shops are generally fresher – not saying flowers from another places are not good, and it’s always best to check the flowers out yourself if you can, if you know how to look. Eg. One of my friend brought me a dozen roses for my last birthday from Sobey’s. They looked fine in their wrapping, but as soon as I open the wrapping to put them in water, one third of the roses felt immediately off their stems.
Or buy her a rose bush in a pot she can care for until it’s time to plant?
I’d much rather that than a bunch of already dead flowers in a vase.
Me too C I would rather be given something living than something dead. What about the girls out there? It can’t be completely one sided can it? That men should be put through the ringer to make them happy on the 14th.
My husband and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but this is a GREAT idea for those who do. Thanks for posting Miss Sunshine.
Oh no! Valentine’s Day is not one sided 😉 But… females usually have this stuff handled and also roses are usually a gift for a lady 🙂 I know my boyfriend did all his Christmas shopping on boxing day…
My flowers often lasts 3 weeks, and here’s my trick.
Cut the stem in an angle right above where it stems out to a leaf. If you cut below it, the opening is smaller and it sucks up less water.
To increase water uptake. Plunge the freshly cut stem opening under hot water for 10 seconds with the opening angled upwards. You’d see air bubbles ooze out. This will allow the flowers to suck up more water. Half of the water should be gone by next day.
The area of stems under water should be completely free of leaves. Leaves would rot and bacteria will kill the flowers faster.
Lastly keep it out of the sun! Very important.
In a week, you’d see that the bottom inch of stems where they were under hot water are now discoloured. Repeat the cutting once more.
With this trick, I have flowers at home all year long for under $100 a year. I like flowers precisely because they would die, just like you and me.