So. For Valentine's Day this year, I wanted to get Kevin one of those "Edible Arrangements"--you know, the ones you see in airline magazines all the time (and like the one shown above)? It seemed like such a good idea, but then when I looked into the pricing online I was in for a shock. 60 bucks for a little bitty arrangement?? And that's NOT including the delivery price? Yeesh!
So I got the brilliant idea that I should make my own and save some cash. I *do* have experience with flower arranging, so it seemed like something I could do. I'm fairly proud of how it turned out, although I will say three things: #1. Just buying the fruit was actually a lot more expensive than I was thinking. I don't mind too much, though, because the price also included leftover fruit that we ate all week. #2. Cutting flower shapes out of pineapple is MUCH harder than you might think. Those Edible guys must have a cookie cutter type thing to do it with or something. #3 WHY is it so hard to find wooden skewers in stores? I looked at Walmart and Hobby Lobby and they had nothing of the sort. Naturally, the grocery store close to my house that I assumed would definitely NOT have something like that was the place where I finally found them.
(The roses in the pic below are what Kevin gave me, by the way.) I think next time I will just dip strawberries in chocolate and give them to Kevin, because that seemed to be the main part he cared about.
We had a nice Valentine's Day--Kevin took me out to a nice restaurant we'd never been to before on Saturday, and on Sunday we ate lots and lots of fruit. ;) Neither Kevin nor I have really been really really into Valentines much somehow--I think for my part, it's because I spent many years LOATHING "single awareness day" and just wanted it to go away. It's nice to actually have a sweetheart now but maybe I still remember the loathing somewhere in the back of my mind. I read in friends' blogs that they have always considered Valentine's a day of celebrating love and friendship in general. I don't know why I never thought of it like that....
3 comments:
YUM! Nice job!! I've always wanted to try one of those out.
Yes! The chocolate dipped ones are always the first to go. Have you seen the arrangements that are ALL chocolate covered strawberries? That's what you should do next time.
I think that more February is always needed. More thoughts and memories of chocolate is always good.
WOW-Mindy! You did AWESOME! One of my students parents worked at Edible Arrangements so I got one once. YUM. And I saved all the materials (sticks, mug, etc) thinking I'd make one but I've never gotten around to it. Then to thank the women who watched Katelyn for me while I worked we bought a bouquet for each. It was a total hit! If you hunt around online you can usually find a code for $5. But who needs it when you can make it--that's awesome! I'm super impressed with your SKILLZ. Flower/fruit arranging is one thing I've never really attempted before...
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