Do not tell Florists you are using your flowers for a wedding or anything wedding related. I realised this first hand. Today, after our meeting with the Wedding planner, we went to a Florist and I asked for flowers to match my dress for tomorrow (we’re getting legally married for the lucky numbers 8.8.8) and she estimated it would be 10 pounds for a small bunch that we picked together. Then I asked her if she had lilac or pink flowers to match my dress and she asked me if it was for a wedding and when I said its just for the Register’s event, she bumped it up to 15 pounds. I couldnt believe how cheeky that was!

So lesson learnt, just say its for a special event or for a friend, dont say wedding because they obviously think its an excuse to bump up the price. Grrrrrr….

As for me, I went to Marks and Spencers and bought a bunch of 11 roses in lilac, cream and pink. I think it will look lovely and I have made my own bonquet by cutting the stems and wrapping the ends in cling film and then ribbons. It only costs 8 pounds. There were some cheaper roses at other supermarkets but these are the ones that are one colour and much smaller. 

My fiance’s friend who managed to squeeze a wedding into 5,000 pounds (a miracle by London standards) also recommended the New Covent Garden Market for flowers whole sale. At the price that London florists are charging, I think I’ll be at that market next year.