#35 | surprise your friends with flowers

(Actual good ones, not carnations from 1-800 Flowers!)

I’ve tried to write this for 2 weeks now & it keeps coming out as some weepy & over-eager narrative that is three times longer than needed. So here is my point: I signed up for a monthly delivery from Bouqs and have been using it to send my friends flowers!

I have been burned too many times by the disappointing arrangements & excessive fees & lackluster options offered by 1-800 Flowers & the like. But I’ve both sent & received flowers from Bouqs & have always been impressed!

The monthly delivery starts at $44 for the original size, or $56 and $69 for the deluxe and grand sizes. There is also *no delivery fee* for the subscriptions, which is huge considering the criminally high fees other places charge.¹

Bouqs also makes it really simple to change the recipient each month. I have myself set up as the default address, but I can change it a few days before the scheduled shipment. There’s also a bit of flexibility in when the flowers arrive, so you can tailor it to a special occasion.

If you don’t want to commit to something monthly, they also offer a 3-month subscription you can gift to the same person. I’ve done this for my mom & mother-in-law as a Mother’s Day gift & it’s nice that they get a few months of flowers to enjoy over the summer.

I don’t consider myself to be particularly great at gift-giving, so this feels like a great way for me to let my friends know I’m thinking of them 💐

1. Important note: the subscriptions don’t come with vases — they’re shipped via FedEx rather than local delivery — but you can add a mason jar vase for $10 if you know your friend doesn’t have one.