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OK, so last week I posted about how my florist did not give me the wow, I felt I should feel for my centerpiece.  So I met with him again this past Friday to go over another possibility.  I provided him with pictures and ideas that I had, and he told me he could re-create what I saw.  Well, let's just say, what he ended up showing me looked like a piece that I could make using flowers from the local deli downstairs.  I didn't hide my disappointment, but his explaination was that the flowers in the pictures I had sent him were very expensive and he wanted to keep it in my budget.  That was very nice of him to consider, but the centerpiece he had created was essentially 16 red roses, with some greenery in between.  That was it....nothing else.  I told him it looked bland and perhaps he could add some hot pink roses in there to give the CP some umph...well he looked at me and said, he didn't think that was such a great idea.  Instead he suggested using Purple fillers....yes, the same purple fillers I told him I didn't like from the first one.  I told him I had nothing purple in my wedding and I was looking to lighten up the CP and not keep it dark.  He then said I had no pink in my wedding either so why would I want to use pink...so I felt like he was challenging me.  The bottom line is I don't think he's really listening to me and I'm worried about what he will possibly come up with for my Bouquet, that I won't see until the day of and that makes me very nervous.  I know that at the end of hte day, nobody is going to remember the flowers, but I will because I'm just so darn detailed that way.

So my question is, with my weddings 12 days away, should I start looking for another florist or should I just wing it with this one?  Please help this bride that is very close to having a breakdown.

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I've done some inquiring on another florist as mine is not in on Mondays!  The nerve!  And the first thing most people ask me is, what about the deposit?  I've got to say at this point, if I'm out $800 in deposit but will be guaranteed to love my flowers come the big day, then yes, I am willing to lose my deposit....sniff sniff....it doesn't make me feel any better to be out that money, but I'm pretty sure I am not going to like any of his ideas at this point.

So yeah, I'm disappointed in my florist, but hopefully I'll be able to find another one that is not so pricey to fill in the gap....sigh

I've provided pics with the exact color combos and flowers (just roses) that I am looking to use.  Really, you can't go wrong with roses?!  But it has been truly disappointing with him.  I should mention that he was supposed to send me a picture of a new centerpiece on Saturday, but he never did....and he is off Sundays and Mondays, so that means 11 days before my wedding, I may be looking at finding a new florist...not fun!  The sad part is, I truly wanted it to work.  I am almost certain he has not ordered my flowers yet and even if he did...they are just red roses....he can definitely reuse them.  I am not creating anything with flowers you wouldn't find at a deli, per say.  So I def have to go over the contract to see what the specifics are, but after 2 shots at the centerpiece, I feel that he truly is not the right match for me.  So yeah, tomorrow, I may very well have to tell him he's fired....stay tuned!