Wedding Bouquet Alternative, Part 2

At the beginning, I held out hope that there might be low pollen or allergy-free flowers that we could use. But while several local florists offered "allergy-free" flowers (and note I used the John McCain "health of the mother" air quotes here, you didn't think I could resist with one week before the election, did you?) one of my bridesmaids warned me before of these "allergy-free" alternatives. She ordered them for her wedding but sure enough, she and I and the other bridesmaids were sneezing through the ceremony.

I called a lot of florists in the area and specifically asked for quotes for regular and "allergy-free" flowers and first of all, the price difference was outrageous. Not that I expected regular flowers to be in any way reasonable (Two thousand dollars are you kidding me? And that was the cheap end!) the allergy free ones were twice that because many were out of season.

While the price alone made me rule this option out altogether, I couldn't very well completely dismiss it without at least trying it. So I called the florist with the lowest quote, ordered a 2 or 3 stems of "allergy-free" flowers, and had them delivered to my boss's office.

I was sneezing within 10 minutes of their arrival, and my desk was about 20 feet away. What can I say, sometimes my body amazes me.