By Kelly O'Connell Reporter
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Gas prices are at a new national record.News 3 On Your Side
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Stumble It!They jumped nearly three cents since Wednesday.
The new national record is almost $ 3.65 a gallon.
That's from a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
As for oil prices -- they reached a new record of near $124 a barrel Wednesday.
Mother's day is this Sunday and gas prices may have an effect on one of the most popular gifts, flowers.
The workers at Nosegay Florist have only two days left before mother's day.
And they are working fast to get the roses cut, the bouquets together and the baskets looking great.
“Everybody has a mother and if they don't, they have an adoptive mom and everyone likes to send flowers for mother’s day,” says owner Shawnesse Benton.
Mother's day is the third busiest holiday for this flower shop.
They've been preparing for the rush for three weeks.
But if you're going to tell mom you love her by sending some of these- you better get ready to spend more.
Because of the high costs of gas, it will cost you more to send flowers to your mom on mother’s day, in fact $4 more than last month alone.
Nosegay Florist has to pay more to get the flowers because it costs more to deliver them to the shop.
Plus, add in the fact that the cost of the flowers themselves has gone up slightly.
That in turn will cost you.
If you want those flowers delivered, you'll have to pay almost double for those delivery fees.
“It’s terrible to have to increase the costs, but everyone has been very nice and understandable,” says Benton.
Everyone knows mom still deserves her flowers and her recognition, even if it will cost you a little more to say thank you.
Benton says even after raising the cost, the business has not slowed down.
She says people are still buying flowers but a lot of people are deciding to pick them up instead of get them delivered.