floral arrangements

since when did ordering flowers become such an expensive endeavor?  honestly. 

we just ordered some flowers for the mil's bday tomorrow and the price of the bouquet was 49.95.  ok, that's moderate i suppose.  but really, it's a basic bouquet of gerbera daisies and a few other bright colors in a square vase.  nothing else.

initially i intended to order it on line and ended up calling it in to see if it was cheaper because it would have been $72.35 for the fucking bouquet!  oh they add on things like a $12.95 delivery charge, even tho the florist is basically a 10 minute drive from the mil's house, and then they tack on a service charge of $6.  for what?  i'd sure love to know...i'm the one filling out the fucking information on the entire form on line for fuck's sake!  it's not like i'm talking to a clerk in the store about this. 

they said they'll email us with the charges and invoice...it will be interesting to see if they've tacked on the extra prices.  if you ask me, $19 and change is NOT necessary and almost abusive to the consumer.  i dont care if it's february 14th or not.  that's criminal.