When I was little, we'd take the train into Manhattan and I loved seeing the flower seller in Penn Station. Actually, I got a kick out of the men dressed in their business suits buying flowers and knowing they were for their wife back at home. My dad didn't commute to the city but I secretly wished he did so he would get my mom flowers!
I got flowers a few years ago the day before Valentine's Day so I'd be 'more surprised' I was!