Flowers travel better than cookies

I sent some cookies overseas a couple weeks ago. I wish I had taken pictures of the process, which included [baking*,] freezing them overnight, sealing in airtight baggies, packing in styrofoam with ice packs and sending on a prayer that they would only take a week to arrive. This is what I received upon their arrival, "It was a melted mess. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Great response!! It's the thought that counts...as long as they tasted good, right?

Apparently there are things that ship better than others...

If only a camera could've captured the look on my face when these showed up at work yesterday! Absolute perfection on a rather dreary week.

Is it amazing to anyone else that these flowers were sent all the way from Iraq? :)

ps, I do know that they came from a local flower shop, but still! Do you want to know what really made me swoon? When he said after that he had tried to find pink peonies [my favorite], but they aren't in season. Uh...who are you and where did you come from?