It was a cold autumn morning, and Godric Gryffindor was struggling with a rather difficult dilemma.
In the past, he had overcome many; he has slayed dragons, fended off violent mermaids, evaded the advances of distasteful girls. But this problem was more difficult than all he had conquered in the past: he needed to find a suitable spot for his first outing with Rowena.
He had loved her for years, since their first meeting, and had not believed his luck when she happily agreed to his proposal. But now, as he rushed to find the perfect location, he realized that the little village they and Salazar and Helga had built was fully functional but for one purpose: romance.
Godric, though, was Godric, bold and a bit less concerned about the well-being of his acquaintances than he perhaps should have been; so the next time he was in Hogsmeade, less than a week before Godric and Rowena's promised outing, he visited his friend Githa, the wife of the school's future Care of Magical Creatures professor.
"Githa," he pleaded, "might you not open a new little shop?"
"No," she said conclusively with a little sigh and a roll of her eyes.
"Githa, please. You wouldn't have to do much work. I'll bring in some of the other wives, they'll help!"
"No," she repeated.
"Please? I need somewhere to go out with Rowena!"
"You're romantically involved?!"
"Now, yes."
"Why, absolutely, then! What a lovely couple! I'll have a shop built in two days."
"Thanks, Githa!"
And so it was less than a week later when Godric and Rowena stepped inside a cozy little cottage decorated with roses and wildflowers.
"How lovely," sighed Rowena in admiration of the tiny shop.
"Welcome to Madam Puddifoot's," said Githa.