YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS ANYMORE!

Daffodils on the kitchen windowsill

It's the end of the first day of the first full working week of January 2015.  You're probably feeling a little worse for wear and exhausted after enjoying the festive season.  It's already the 5th of the month, and you are wondering where has the time gone?  As you sit down to relax after a long journey home, serving dinner for you or other family, completing homework with the children, prepare for an important meeting tomorrow or settle down to start an assignment, you need a little pampering. But you either can't afford it because of time and/or money and you wonder how you are going to get through these dark days of winter without a break for the next few weeks or months...

Treat yourself to a bunch of flowers.  Bright yellow daffodils are appearing in the shops right now and you can purchase a small bunch in your local supermarket for a £1.00. This makes them an affordable luxury.  Flowers look great on the dining table, kitchen and even the bathroom but they also look great on your desk at work or in your classroom.  'Daffs' don't usually have a scent and so don't  usually affect those with allergies or who don't like strong scents. They should be kept in a cool spot away from direct heat - this includes sunlight or radiators.  

You can even buy a larger bunch from your local florist and divide them into several small vases and place them around the house.  It will not only brighten your home, it will brighten your life.  And you can mix different types of daffodils to add variety to your floral arrangements.  

So, don't wait for someone else to buy you flowers...pop out tomorrow tonight, if you are able, or tomorrow morning on your way to work, or taking the children to school and buy some of those bright yellow daffodils for you.  

TIP OF THE DAY

ALWAYS keep daffodils in a vase on their own.  Their stems have a toxic compound that is harmful to other flowers.

Happy Homemaking!