I keep fresh flowers in my home weekly. It’s because living close to a Whole Foods Market makes it affordable to grab a dozen tulips or hydrangeas a week for $9.99. I mean that’s a lunch somewhere (really less!) and I figure I deserve it too. Our house deserves it as well. I’ve come to the conclusion that the English treat themselves to things more than we do. And the reason?? Easy access. The English walk everywhere.  We don’t. It takes effort to pull into a florist or a chocolate store, find a parking place and then go in and fight traffic to get home. The English (lots of them) take the tube, bus, or walk home from work. They walk to restaurants. And on every corner there’s fresh flower markets and chocolate shops. So why not grab something along the way. We need to take time as Americans to “smell the roses!”