I am the mother of the groom, and I know that we are to pay for the mother's corsages, grandmother's corsages and the bride's bouquet. The bride, of course, selected her bouquet and I paid for it, but what about the corsages? They had selected the corsage colors and the flower types that they wanted, but I was hoping for something a little less fragrant in a little softer color for my corsage. I also decided to add a corsage for another family member and I paid for everything at the same time. I changed the flower type from white gardenias to white orchids and changed the ribbon color to a softer version of the color they had selected.
The next day the florist called me and asked permission to refund my credit card for the original charge and resubmit it for the less expensive gardenia corsage and to remove the additional orchid corsage I had ordered. I guess the MOB decided to only order corsages for wedding party members, and since my sister is not a member of the WP, she can't wear flowers (which I am paying for). It would not be fair to the MOB's and FOB's siblings, since they decided not to order flowers for them.
Do I order my 2 corsages from a different florist, in my choice of flowers and colors, and pay for their flowers and not mention that I got my flowers elsewhere? They would probably not know until the flowers were delivered and my corsage is missing. I paid for the MOB's corsage, 3 grandmother's corsages and 3 great grandmother's corsages and the bride's bouquet. The third grandmother's corsage is for "Nana". I asked the florist who Nana was, and she said the MOB said she was a dear old family friend and to make her a grandmother's corsage.
Suggestions? Do I just suck it up and wear the gardenia and sniff all evening? Do I sneak my sister's corsage in when no one is looking?