Day 3 + Wedding Wednesday

Day Three: Eight things you couldn't live without.
Well, let's be honest, I could live without everything, besides food, water, and shelter.  So I changed it to what I wouldn't want to live without.

{one}

John.  I mean he's my best friend, and I'm about to commit to spending the rest of my life with him, so of course I wouldn't want to live without him.  :)

{two}

Lily.  We're tight.  Nuff said.

{three}

My family & friends.  There's a lot of us and I love it!  I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by many wonderful people from over the years and I value each and every one :)

{four}

Florida Football.  It makes me happy.

{five}

8 hours of sleep a night.  Not much more, not much less.  If less occurs over an extended period of time (2 days or more) things get ugly.

{six}

My boob pillow.  I have a squishy foam cylinder shaped pillow I sleep with every night.  I need to hold something against my chest when I sleep, hence: boob pillow.

{seven}

A toothbrush.  I can't go without brushing my teeth.  Yuck.  Really, just personal cleanliness altogether.  Teeth, hair, body, face...

{eight}

Exercise.  I'm not happy if I'm sit around too much.  Plus, then I don't sleep well, for results of this, refer to number five.

Wedding Wednesday

Flowers.  You need them, most certainly at a wedding, but what a pain!  

How do I know if I'm getting a good deal?  

Right now my predicament is cost difference between two florists.  One is telling me that my bouquet is going to cost $60 the other $285.  They claim it's for the same exact bouquet.  The more expensive one is young, has TONS of pictures from past weddings and appears to have very nice work.  The other lady is a little older, so she has much more experience, but she does not have past photos.  She does sketches.  I really do not like sketches when it comes to my wedding bouquet...because that is one thing I KNEW that I specifically wanted, and there is no substitute.

This is my bouquet:

Simple. My style. Plus, my Granddaddy had a greenhouse full of orchids, and it was always the plan for him to do my wedding.  Since he can't anymore, I'm still doing the bouquet.

I just wonder how I know I'm not getting screwed over.  The one florist sounds really high, but I worry that the less expensive florist is not going to provide what I am looking for in the end.  How can she be soooo inexpensive?  I don't know how much flowers are suppose to cost.  I'd love for it to workout with the inexpensive one, but how do I know it will what I want it to be?  This is the one thing about my wedding I've had in my head since I was younger, so I want it to be perfect... sentimental reasons more than anything else.  Is it worth the cost?  How can I make sure it turns out right?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!