We recently booked our venue and (lucky us!) our flowers for the reception are included. We went to an open house and got a chance to speak with the florist that they use and she brought up a very good point that I thought I would share with you ladies.
Since 5.11.13 is the day before Mother's day, make sure to book your florist very early. (She told us no later than early fall) Mother's day is one of the biggest flower holidays of the year and many florists do very few weddings that weekend. She told us that we would be the only wedding she will do the entire weekend.
Also, high demand bakeries are quite busy then too.