Florist Dear F.F., Presenting your date with the snipped-off sex organs of another species might not be the best way to make a favorable first impression, but I think it's splendid. It's a tacky filler. Overly large bouquets tend to make you seem a bit like a stalker. Choose one type of flower, like tulips, dahlias or freesia.
Arrangements seem too arranged.
It is also important to know or learn the name of the flower you will be giving. As for roses, don't discount them. DuPree Dear Ms. DuPree, I swear if I had a diamond for every time I was asked this question, I could make DeBeers seem like the Shane Company. Fashion is an industry as well as an expression, and economics demand that consumers are first made to feel constantly inadequate and then given the hope of deliverance every three months or so. If gray and slim were all the rage for fall, it must be pink and A-line for spring, just so that consumers will have to go out and buy.