Martha to the rescue

I had been racking my brain all week about what to get my girlfriend for Valentine’s Day, but until yesterday I wasn’t getting anywhere. Trying for something idiosyncratic and unique was just too much with everything else going on in my life. The day was approaching, so I finally just decided, “Screw it. I’m going for the tried and true. Flowers.” Keep it simple. I know the missus loves flowers, but what to get, what to get…

I searched around the Internet for a while and came across 1-800-Flowers. Their Web site was easy to use, so I surfed around for a little to figure out exactly what I wanted. They offered same-day delivery, which made me thankful that some place could cover up for my last minute planning (gotta look on the ball here!). Still, I wasn’t sure what was a good kind of flower design to get. I’m not an expert florist or anything. Soon I realized that if anybody could solve my problems it would be Martha Stewart. No seriously. The site actually has a Martha Stewart-curated section with floral designs picked out by the housekeeping maven herself.

Well that just sealed the deal. I put in my order for a simple dozen rose design and hoped for the best. The flowers were delivered late in the day shortly before our dinner date and were quite well received. I was counting on you, Martha, and you did not let me down.