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By China at 2:51 PM

A friend of mine is in the process of ordering flowers and called for my advice. The flowers are for a mutual friend who is having her 21st birthday and she wanted to know if I wanted to go in with her on them. I said sure and we began both looking on the computer for different web sites and ideas. We really wanted the flowers to be something special as this is a special day.

Well, I really had no idea that there were so many florist sites online. There are a ton and the flower choices are very varied. At first I really thought that she was crazy for needing my help to make a decision, but now I can see that it is not such an easy decision. After looking for a little while at tulips, daffodils, roses, and carnations I finally stumbled across some California flowers which are so different and lovely, I just can't tell you. I never really realized that there were flowers specific to California, however there are and they are some of the prettiest flowers I had ever seen. Of course the prices on these tropical California flowers were a little steeper than any of the "regular flowers" that we were used to seeing, but I thought that they were well worth it.

We finally found a florist that would deliver a beautiful arrangement of these California flowers to our friend and decided to go in on them together and get a bigger arrangement. We picked a beautiful vase and had them put poppies, calla lily, and bird of paradise in the arrangement. This florist was really advanced, and e-mailed us each a picture of the arrangement when it was completed for our approval. Needless to say, they did a wonderful job.

Well, within a few hours we each got a call from Krista, and she couldn't stop raving about the beautiful arrangement of flowers, and that she had never seen anything like them. I was really glad that we could do something so different and special for her on her big day.

She told me that her boyfriend was going to be taking her out for a really special dinner tonight to celebrate, and I told her to be sure and have good time because you only turn 21 once. She thanked me again, and we got off the phone. It is really great when you can do something special for a good friend.