Wednesday's Words on a Friday
The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.
The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.
If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.
This month the words/prompts are supplied by messymimi and can be found here
Charlotte's colour of the month is Sea Green
This week's words/prompts are:
1.elegant 2.limited 3.spontaneous 4.bother 5.list 6.pin
and/or:
1:don't count your chickens before they hatch
2: par for the course
3.a piece of cake
Here is my story:
Lucy looked at the invitation
list pinned to the board by her fridge and sighed. "Maddie wants us to dress
elegantly for her graduation party, but being much more poor than everyone
else, my options are quite limited."
Carol sympathised but
said, “elegant surely can’t be too hard?” “Have you seen what’s inside my
wardrobe?” said Lucy. “Not lately,” said Carol, “so open up those doors and let
me see.”
Lucy marched to her
bedroom with Carol close behind, “I don’t know why I bother saying yes to these
things,” she muttered. “I always feel like the poor cousin invited out of pity.”
Carol said, “well, you
are the poor cousin, but I’m sure we can find something suitable.” She began
hauling hangers filled with dresses and laying them on the bed.
“This silky sea green
thing is lovely and such a simple style!” she said to Lucy. “It belonged to my grandmother,” said Lucy,
“and it’s a nightgown!” “Looks like a dress to me,” said Carol. “Add your
pearly white kitten heels and a string of pearls and voila! Elegant!”
“Where would I get a
string of pearls from?” asked Lucy. “My mum,” said Carol. “She’s got heaps in
different lengths, though none are actual real pearls, they’re all fake but
they look good and I will lend you my fake fur short white jacket. Come on, be a bit
spontaneous! I don’t want to go to Maddie’s party on my own.”
Lucy smiled and said, “well
I am glad you are going too, so let’s try this “dress” on and see how well it
fits.”
I often think nightgowns are too pretty only to be worn in bed. Dressed up with the right accessories, they can look splendid.
ReplyDeletejabblog; true, unless said nightgown is too ruffled and lacy.
DeleteWell, that was a lovely little story, River. Gave me a smile.
ReplyDeletejeanie; thank you. I like to make people smile.
DeleteIt's always nice to go to party with someone because you're never going to know what you will if you go by yourself. Good uses of the prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
lissa; going with someone is a good idea if you think you will be uncomfortable alone. Thank you.
DeleteIt's great to have a friend who can help you think outside the box.
ReplyDeleteKathy G; it is, and Carol is that friend for Lucy when she needs it.
DeleteHow elegant she looked but time was limited so my proposal had to be kind of spontaneous. I did not wish to bother the proprietor but looking at his bar list I failed to see any champagne on there. Mind you, the writing was not exactly pin sharp. Anyway, as my old mother used to say, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch". And maybe the absence of champagne was a sign that I should delay popping the question to Kathy G. After all, we had only been going out together for fourteen years.
ReplyDeleteA golfer with thick forearms came into the bar and I asked him how he had done. He said "Par for the course". Then I asked Kathy G what she would like to eat and she said "A piece of cake". When I enquired what kind of cake, she said "Wedding cake!" and looking deep into her sea green eyes, I realised we did not require champagne after all.
Nice done! Thank you for playing along with Words for Wednesday.
DeleteYorkshire Pudding; very well done! I like this a lot. Thank you.
DeleteI’m glad she is going, I think she will have fun. Nice use of the prompts!
ReplyDeletemessymimi; I agree Lucy will have fun especially when several other girls admire the simplicity of her outfit. Thank you.
DeleteYou did a fabulous job.
ReplyDeleteRuby Roase and the Big Little Angels 3; thank you, it took me a while to get started, then it wrote itself mostly.
DeleteThat is a lovely story. One of my cousins used to wear long nightgowns out years ago to dinner.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D; thank you. Some nightgowns are very much like a"real" dress.
DeleteThat´s a wonderful use with the words. Ingo also bought me a dress. And corrected it is a nightgown. Hmmm, will see - if we get a Summer...
ReplyDeleteIris; you will get a summer one day, maybe it will only be for one day ha ha, or maybe you will have to visit Perth again for a proper summer.
DeleteI met a couple from Great Britain who lives in Joondalup since 10 years and the said.. it was a summer too cold! It was not my imagination! Wish me luck here, please...
DeleteA very good story and I love the drawing too.
ReplyDeleteDVArtist; thank you.
DeleteFun little story.
ReplyDeleteDora; thank you
DeleteLovely story, River.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how Carol’s encouragement turned Lucy’s nightgown into something elegant.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Veronica Lee; thank you, it's good to have a friend who thinks outside the box.
DeleteQue linda tua história,Rio! Gostei muito!
ReplyDeleteTrago o link da minha participação que acabei de publicar lá:
https://chicaparticipa.blogspot.com/2026/04/felicidade-nao-tem-idade.html
beijos, tudo de bom, ótimo fim de semana! chica
Pretty dress. Though poor or not poor, I'd still rather stay home. lol.
ReplyDeleteThat's a double good friend: fashion sense, and party companion.
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