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I was looking at the ADF site<\/a>, and trying to figure out the closest Grove to NYC for Monika. Then I started thinking that we (PSA) should get Monika flowers for her new apartment (something to set off the roaches<\/a> nicely).<\/p>\n

So I sent an IM to Meghan and asked her what she thought of the idea. Well, we put our heads together and started looking at FTD.com<\/a>. They were freaking expensive (I didn’t have $70 to spend on flowers for you, Monika, sorry)!<\/p>\n

Well, in the course of looking at these expensive flowers, I thought about ordering Tina some too, which led to me thinking about the kinds of flowers that Tina likes: orchids.<\/p>\n

Now, I know that I can get orchids much cheaper than I can get a handfull of dandelions from FTD, so I hit up Tina’s favourite supplier, Andy’s Orchids<\/a>. I browsed around for a while, and then realised that if I were smart, I’d buy Monika one there, too.<\/p>\n

Well, after talking over IM to Meghan about several different species, and trying to find one that Monika would like, we settled on a very beautiful one: a Phalaenopsis<\/a>. Bought it and asked them to require a signature upon delivery.<\/p>\n

I ended up purchasing a really cool one<\/a> for Tina, because I know she likes orchids with personality, and you have to admit that he has lots!<\/p>\n

I couldn’t contain myself after ordering an orchid for Tina, and I told her immediately. She loved the idea, and asked why I had bought her an orchid, and I told her that the impetus for the idea came when Meghan and I were looking for flowers for a housewarming gift for Monika.<\/p>\n

Well, later that week, I got a call from Harry, who helps run Andy’s Orchids. He wanted to know about the shipping, and if someone would be there to pick it up. I said I didn’t know, and he offered to call Monika and find out. I said “cool” and so I relaxed.<\/p>\n

The kicker, though, is the message he left on my answering machine. It went a little like this: “This is a message for Michael, regarding the orchid you ordered for Monika. . .”<\/p>\n

Well, I was fortunate to have told Tina prior that I had ordered her and Monika flowers on the same day, otherwise she might have been a little mad at me when she heard that I ordered Monika flowers, but not her, especially after the conversations we’ve had about how hot I think Monika is. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’d have been so dead. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Well, the next night, Andy himself called me. He was concerned about the well-being of the orchid we’d ordered for Monika. I told him that this would probably be Monika’s first orchid, and mentioned that it would be in an apartment in New York. He told me flat out that we’d made a bad choice (well, he actually told me that *I* made a bad choice), and that the orchid we chose would require an “orchidarium” to grow properly. He gave me some options and asked me to look at them.<\/p>\n

The next night, I called him after having looked at orchids, and told him I’d settled on one. It was an Encyclia<\/a>, a very pretty orchid. I think I actually like it better.<\/p>\n

Well, he charged me another $6 (no biggie), and said he’d send it out.<\/p>\n

So I get this message from Monika the next day asking what I’d sent via FedEx. She guessed about it a bit, and I wouldn’t tell her, but I did admit that it was “alive” and that she needed to pick it up soon. I think that might have freaked her out.<\/p>\n

But, in the end, I think she liked it, after walking 3 miles to pick it up because she thought it might be a bomb from California. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The next day, Tina’s arrived here, and she opened it up and hung it up immediately, and then she noticed that it was addressed a bit wrong: it was addressed to “Christina Dangler”. She wanted to know two things: 1) was that a message of some sort, and 2) did Monika’s show up addressed to “Monika Dangler”? She thought that Andy might be playing a trick on me, since I did order two orchids for two different women. . .<\/p>\n

Thus ended my orchid-buying adventure. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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