Bridesmaids are Beautiful whether Blonde, Blue Eye-shadowed, or Braced

I know this may come as a complete surprise to you, but Braces do not exactly CLASS UP a formal event. Shocking I know.

Let me back track for a second. I am in my mid-20's which means most of the people in my life are embarking on huge life changes. And I include myself in that list, but for some reason my life changes are not accompanied with a registry, haha. Currently, I am in the midst of Wedding Bonanza 2010 with 2 weddings down, 1 wedding to go. I am quickly approaching the last, perhaps the most significant one of them all- my sister's. In 2 weeks I will be the only girl in my family left to bear the last name that I actually do not always bear. (bare? bear? whatever).

Last weekend I stood up as 2 of my dearest friends married each other after dating for about 10 years. They have been together for so long, the wedding almost seemed like deja vu. It wasn't until the brides Dad walked in the room and saw his daughter in her wedding dress that I realized, oh my god, she is getting MARRIED. It is actually HAPPENING.

I am having a hard time really believing that my sister, my roommate of 14 years, my best playmate, and fashion consultant, is getting married. I still remember us like this(Abbe's in green, Maggie-the bride- is in Purple, and I-the baby- am in red):

WHOA, I DIGRESS, INTO SAPPY TOWN, USA.

So where do my Braces play into all of this? (Seriously Chelsea, stick with the subject (seriously stop talking to yourself in 3rd person))

Well, getting married is a HUGE deal. SO huge in fact that in order to document it and savor the moment forever, people hire Professional Photographers!! Which means yet again these braces are famous whether I want them to be or not.

My preparation for these weddings included hair, makeup, manicure, pedicure, new shoes (Payless but still), new jewelry, Bridesmaid dresses, new undergarments to ensure you do not fallout of said Bridesmaid dress. In addition to these I am having the ties on my braces changed so my teeth look crispy clean!

For the Baltimore wedding I did my very best all week to keep the teeth clean. Drank any dark drinks through a straw, brushed constantly (although that is per usual), and carried around my picks everywhere. So the wedding comes, I jammed a toothbrush and toothpaste into my silver sparkly beaded purse, and I'm set right? Well, I would have been but there were unseen events!!!

We hadn't eaten from 11am until 8pm. I am STARVING. We are patiently waiting to do some quick wedding photos before we can finally enter the cocktail hour. THEN, the kind waiter brings some hors' dourves for the Bridal Party. The Bride and Groom are missing because the car never picked them up from the church so we have about 5 minutes to chow down, without an opportunity to brush my teeth before photos. Now what would you do? And keep in mind, YOU ARE STARVING. Well, it went something like this:

Despite the fact that Jane looks absolutely disgusted. I am pretty sure we had an awesome time. I'm looking forward to the final wedding in this series!

*AHEM! All photos in today's blog, minus my childhood sister photo cuz that would be just weird, were taken by the talented Jeff Vautin and his iPhone. For a photo of Jeff please back track to last month to see a photo of him and his Bride Jane. They are a smashingly gorgeous couple.