I'm thinking I might be making a really crazy mistake with flowers, so I could use some (kind) advice if I am. I live downtown near the Strip and every week my fiance and I buy fresh flowers from the same street vendor in the Strip when we grocery shop. So, our reception is at the Heinz History Center next fall, which is already pretty well decorated and busy with antiques, artifacts, etc. that will be on display during our reception, so we just want really simple flowers on the table, a small vase with maybe 1-2 flowers in each and we already have some antique postcards of Pittsburgh we found that we're displaying as table numbers on each one.
My thought is this: instead of spending the money from a professional florist for floral arrangements for the reception, is it completely insane to go early in the morning of the wedding and buy a bunch of flowers from a street vendor? The one we go to every week has bouquets ranging from $1 to $3 that will last an entire week; and I'd only need these to last a day. My mom thinks I'm crazy and being too laid-back, but since we're not looking for anything really complicated, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around spending a lot of money on a professional here.
Has anyone tried anything like this before or have any advice?