Flower Gifts

I read recently that in the 1500s people rarely bathed (stick with me, I'm going someplace important with this). When they did it was usually once a month and everyone used the same tub and water. The men went first, then women, and the children went last. Weddings were usually held at the beginning of the month just after everyone had a bath. The bridal bouquet of flowers emerged as a way for women to hide potential body odor by carrying the fragrant flowers.

I don't know if this is true or not but it is an interesting thought. These days flowers can be sent for a variety of reasons. I bet the last time you sent flowers you didn't even consider the body odor of the person you were sending them to (LOL)!

In any case, I still send tons of flowers as gifts. They're beautiful, fragrant, decorative, and if you use a service like 1800flowers then they are about the easiest gift you can give. Keep this in mind the next time you want to impress someone deeply - but don't mention the body odor story - your recipient might get the wrong idea!

1800flowers for Mother's Day

My mom is hard to shop for. Every year at Christmas, her birthday, and especially mother's day I wonder what to get her. I resisted giving her flowers for a while because I thought it was too generic. Last year, however, I visited 1800flowers and wound up getting her the most beautiful flowers for mothers day.

She loved them. The selection of flowers and gifts was so big that I was able to pick out something that was special for my mom. I didn't want to get her roses or an ordinary arrangement and I was able to choose a beautiful selection of flowers that I knew would be stunning. I also sent with it a small gift of fruits that she thoroughly enjoyed (she doesn't care much for chocolate). This year I will also be purchasing flowers for mothers day since I know there is enough variety to get her another very special selection. I can only hope that when my kids get old enough to shop for me they do the same. I think I'm more partial to the wine and cheese (also available from 1800flowers - yeah!) than the fruit gift basket though!

Who Doesn't Love Popcorn?

My husband came home the other day with one of those weird bricks of pink popcorn from a convenience store. I watched him eat it and thought of how long it had been since I had some really good flavored popcorn.

A quick web search and I was exactly where a 7-month pregnant woman needs to be - an incredible selection of gourmet popcorn that reminded me of the holidays when I was a kid.

Caramel was always my favorite but the Popcorn Factory has more flavors now than I remember from when I was young. I had almost forgotten but my dad used to have friends who bought us those huge tins of variety popcorn every Christmas. It's probably been 15 years since I indulged so I couldn't help but purchase a few new flavors for myself. I also ordered a few popcorn gifts to give out this holiday in the hopes I could create a little nostalgia for some folks on my gift list.