Totally Shown Up on Valentine's Day

Rachel's sister Ellen came to visit the day before Valentine's Day. They have this thing where they go out to a fancy NYC restaurant on birthdays each year. (This visit was the belated celebration of Rachel's birthday back in December.)

As soon as Rachel and Ellen were out the door, Schaun took the opportunity to run out to a flower shop and get some flowers for his wife for Valentine's day. We have a little corner market that sells nice flowers. These are the ones he picked:

He got home, laid the flowers nicely on the bed, where Rachel could see them when she walked in the door. He then sat down and waited happily for his wife to return home. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. The person on the other end of the intercom said it was a delivery. We weren't expecting any deliveries, so Schaun was a little confused. This is what was delivered to the door:

These came from Todd. Todd is a high school friend of Rachel's. These flowers were part of a present Todd sent in honor of our wedding which, because he is currently stationed in Germany, he had unfortunately been unable to attend. (The Tiffany atlas vase next to the flowers was the other part of the present.) The picture doesn't do either justice.

Schaun's flowers were nice. Todd's flowers were AWESOME. Schaun set Todd's flowers on the computer desk and sat back down to wait for his wife, still happy but a little deflated. When she came home, she literally SQUEALED at the sight of Todd's flowers. She saw Schaun's flowers and thought "Oh, how nice. Schaun got Ellen some Valentine's flowers too!" Schaun, however, was honest, and explain the origin of both bouquets, to which Ellen replied, "That was stupid. You should have said that Todd sent the lame bouquet."

Thanks for the great wedding/Valentine's present, Todd. Rachel got a great bouquet as well as the coveted blue box from Tiffany. All from you. It made our first Valentine's day together a memorable one, and set the bar just a little bit higher for Schaun for next year!