Who: Sharon and Madison What: Wedding planning ideas When: Early May Where: The Bug House Warning: Low/None Status: Completed via Gdoc
It was nice to have the place to herself for a bit. Everyone else was out and about, doing different things, so Sharon was on her own for a little while. Sharon invited Madison over so they could talk about weddings and drink. She had a stack of wedding magazines and had cut out a bunch of images from them, creating collages of different ideas like a middle school kid.
She sipped from her glass of white wine, then leaned back in her chair with a sigh. Weddings were seriously complicated, weren’t they?
Madison had zero experience when it came to planning weddings, but, as maid of honor, she was determined to help Sharon have a good wedding. When Sharon invited her over to brainstorm ideas and drink, the blond immediately took her up on the offer. Together they had to come up with something great, right?
After school, she made a brief stop at home to drop off her school stuff and then hurried over to Sharon’s place. Given it was the end of the year, she had nothing left to do, but study for finals. Madison thought she’d more than earned a night off from that. Besides, thanks to Sharon’s help, she was passing her math classes with flying colors. She wasn’t worried about the final.
Shifting her purse on her shoulder, Madison knocked on the door to the Bug house. Somehow, Sharon had managed to have it all to herself today. The two had certainly lucked out; usually the place was all kinds of noisy.
Sharon headed to the door to pull it open, a second wine glass in her hand. As soon as Madison was through the doorway, a quick kiss-kiss to each cheek--how very French--and then Sharon was pushing the wine glass into her friend’s hand and leading her inside. Sharon kicked the door closed behind Madison.
“Come on in, you’ve got to help me start make some decisions.” Sharon said, padding in her socked feet to the table and picking up her own glass of wine. “Table centerpieces? I don’t want to lean too heavily on the flowers.”
“Now that is a way to greet someone,” Madison teased as she leaned in and pressed a kiss to each of Sharon’s cheeks in return. Sure, Madison could be vulgar, but damn if she didn’t know how to be cultured when the time came for it. Accepting the glass of wine, Madison kicked off her shoes and padded after her friend into the living room.
The witch’s eyes scanned the array of magazine cut-outs on the table. Sharon had been busy; there were plenty of ideas here. Now all they had to do was find a way to make use of them. Hopefully, with a wealthy supply of wine, they would be able to.
“Okay, well, let’s see what we have. I’m in agreement. Less flowers equals less tacky.” Madison took a sip of wine and claimed a seat on the couch. She shifted through a few of the images before holding one up.
“How about this? It has minimal flowers and involves candles with some wood work.” It was also minimalist which wasn’t always a bad thing, especially if one was going to go splurge on something else.
Sharon gave a little chuckle at that. She lived in Madripoor amongst the artistic elite--she knew a thing about the kiss-kiss and a glass of wine. With a healthy supply of wine they could do pretty much anything. Besides, a lot of the work had already been done. Sharon had already collected up a lot of ideas. Now all they needed to do was sort through them all and figure out which ones were the best.
There was the whole thing with Alyssa, too, and the flowers. She didn’t want her former housemate to have migraines at the screaming. She nodded softly. “Some flowers are okay--I’m all right with tradition. But not too many, you know?”
She leaned over and looked at the centerpiece. “I like this one. It’s classy.” Candles were romantic and lovely, and the wood was beautiful. “I’m sure we can make these on our own.”
Madison didn’t want Alyssa having a migraine at the wedding either. She nodded at Sharon’s words. “We can find something that has no flowers. There are a lot of center pieces that don’t feature a single petal.” And they still looked amazing on a table. “But, like you said, some flowers are not a bad thing. They kind of go hand in hand with weddings.”
The blond was pleased her friend liked the suggestion. “We can definitely construct these on our own. Especially with a little magic.” At the last sentence, Madison flashed Sharon a smirk. “I know my way around a candle after all.” Among other magical objects.
Bouquets, corsages, and Boutonnières were one thing… but having too many flowers was bound to upset Alyssa. And they weren’t totally necessary. “We could look into silk flowers, too. I bet we could find some things that are classy and not too expensive.” Sharon hadn’t really considered the idea of fake flowers before… but it made sense, didn’t it?
Oh yeah, having a best friend who was also a witch? Definitely helpful. “That sounds like a plan to me.” She was pleased at that. “So… centerpieces? Check.” Sharon opened her notebook to the checklist. It felt good to have one decision down, considering how many unchecked boxes there were on that list. “Next… maybe we can talk about food?”
That really was Scott’s territory, but she wanted to narrow down the ideas so he wasn’t overwhelmed, too.
Madison raised her glass. “Silk flowers. I totally didn’t even think of that. If you still want flowers for your centerpieces, I say we go with fake. If anyone says anything, I’ll turn them into a toad.” The blond took a sip of wine. Madison was dead serious too. If someone even said a single bad thing about Sharon’s wedding, they would have to deal with her and Madison didn’t take too kindly to people putting down her friends.
Yes, that was still really weird for her to say.
“Definite check.” Madison watched as Sharon opened her notebook to mark it off. She knew that list was still long, but figuring out centerpieces was a good start. As Sharon mentioned food, Madison took another sip from her glass. She figured Sharon would want Scott’s input on that decision, but maybe she wanted to narrow down the list for him. Guys did get overwhelmed easily after all.
Setting down her glass, Madison settled back against the couch and rested her arms across her stomach. “Well, are you thinking of traditional fare or do you want something more unique? When I say traditional I mean like chicken, pork, beef, etc and the normal sides.” The staple stuff they normally had at a wedding.
Sharon gave a little snort at that. "Well, that's what I like to hear. The world needs less naysayers and more toads, I think." She grinned, lifting the glass of wine. Then she sipped, and lowered it again. Maybe they could go for refills soon. This whole wedding-planning business was so much more interesting with a glass of wine in hand. "I like those wooden ones with the candles. Maybe we could arrange silk roses around them. In the wedding colors."
Whatever those colors were.
"Probably more traditional fare." Sharon was pretty traditional. "Chicken, beef, fish? Vegetarian." They'd have to find a caterer.
Madison smirked from behind her wine glass. “I somehow knew you would agree,” she replied before taking a sip. Madison didn’t go around cursing people all the time, but if you said something against her friend? There was an increased chance she was going to turn you into a toad or possibly set an appendage on fire.
Lowering her wine glass, the blond nodded. “Then we will do those,” she agreed. Though, Madison was pretty sure they didn’t have any ideas about wedding colors yet. “Speaking of colors,” she added. “Do you have any ideas about what you want?” Usually colors went hand-in-hand with the time of year you got married.
The blond was not opposed to traditional fare. They could always get creative on the dessert table or appetizers. “I think that’s a good idea. We can get creative on the appetizers or dessert table.” This way if people didn’t like ‘creative’ they had the traditional to fall back on.
Sharon chuckled softly. Of course she’d agree. Sharon and Madison were more alike than they were different.
“Don’t they normally say that the color should match the season?” Sharon asked. She tucked her feet up under herself and refilled her wine glass. “Something bright for summer, or a bit more muted in the fall?”
Sharon had her heart set on a big, wedding cake. But she liked the idea of providing other desserts, too. Other things they could enjoy, with fruit and cream and all sorts of things.
“That’s what all the rumors say.” Madison reached for the bottle of wine and refilled her glass. Setting it down, she picked up her glass and sank back against the cushions. She looked over at Sharon. “So, what were you thinking in terms of muted colors?”
She took a sip of wine. Madison would support whichever dessert choice Sharon decided on. It was her wedding after all and Madison wanted her friend to be happy.
“Red, I think,” Sharon responded. “Or maroon? Maroon’s a good color for either late, late summer… or autumn. Or winter.” They needed time to plan. Sharon and Scott hadn’t actually set an official date yet. Soon, though. She needed to pin him down for that.
“We’ve got time.” Sharon smirked over at Madison, a little relieved at her own words. “Plenty of time.”
Madison nodded. “I like red. It’s versatile. Maroon is too.” It could work for a number of seasons, which was good because Sharon and Scott hadn’t picked a date yet. Madison knew Sharon would speak to Scott about picking out a date eventually.
“Like you said, we have time.” Madison took another sip from her wine glass and glanced at the magazine clippings and other information scattered on the table.
“How about we get back to focusing on food and decorations? The layout for the venue?”
“Yes.” Sharon might have gone for blue, too, but she thought that Scott would like red. His suit had red or maroon on it. Blue was so Captain America. The stuff of Sharon’s childhood dreams. She’d given up on that long ago.
As much as Sharon wanted to get it all planned out in one go, she understood that they were going to need to take their time and get all the details right. She sipped again, then set her glass down.
“Let’s get to it. I’m sure Scott will be relieved that we’ve hammered out all the other details.” She grinned. “And the Maid of Honor dress, of course. We’ll have to pick that out for you.”