Weddingbee Blog

I’m sure you could consider me vain. I very much care about my appearance, and will take as many repeat photos as it takes for me to find an “acceptable” one. Oh, the joys of digital cameras.

Well I’m not really going to have that option at the wedding. I’ll be trusting our photographers and wedding guests completely. Hence, I need to make sure I look as good as possible. Obvs.

A few things I’m worried about:

1. Getting a cold sore. Not just fever blisters or canker sores…I’m talking full-blown, caused-by-genetic-herpes-simplex-virus-1, can-only-get-rid-of-it-with-prescription-meds type of cold sores.

I won’t go too in depth, but I tend to get these when I get stressed. Before my doctor recently informed me of the wonder that is Valtrex and how well it works for the kind of cold sores I get, I would be stuck with those suckers for weeks. It hurt, it looked like I had a fat lip, it was disgusting. Naturally, I started getting worried that one would show up around the wedding. The meds definitely help—I just take a few pills when I feel the cold sore first coming on—and it’s usually only bad for a day or so now (instead of two weeks). Still, no amount of lipstick or makeup can cover that baby up once it’s there. So, to all that is good and pretty in this world, please do not let this happen!!

Go Mets!

2. “Asian-flush” red face. I promise this isn’t racist—it’s seriously called the Asian-flush (or glow), even though I’m not remotely Asian (or am I??). It tends to happen when alcohol is consumed, which I definitely plan on doing at our wedding. Sometimes I’m fine—fill me up with some drinks and I look like any typical, tipsy normal person. But sometimes? Oh my gosh you guys…I get red. Combine that with the red hair and I look like a freaking tomato. The thing is, like I said, it just happens randomly. I get red or I don’t, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Some people have suggested taking Pepcid AC at least 20 minutes before I start drinking, but I’m a little wary. I can’t really do a test run for this because the flush is so unpredictable. Needless to say, tomato face = not attractive = bad pictures. Harumph.

Yes this was college, but still SO not attractive!

3. Losing my baby tooth and having a gap-y smile. Yes, I still have a baby tooth…my left bicuspid (canine) to be exact. Apparently the adult tooth is up there in the gums but lying horizontally and hence cannot and did not push the baby tooth out. Like an idiot (who hates pain and surgery), I never got it taken care of even though I’ve known about it since I was about 12. Very long story short, if I had it dealt with now, I would need braces. And not those fancy invisible ones…we’re talking full on metal mouth, people.

Um, no. Because they wouldn’t be off in time for the wedding, and I am decidedly not getting married with braces. Just not my thing. So even though the dentist tells me the baby tooth still seems in good shape and should be as long as I take care of it, I freak out every time I take a bite of an apple (or any other hard, crunchy thing for that matter). Purely terrified.

OK. So now I’m having a vision of me being red faced and cold-sore ridden, with a gap-y metal-y smile at the wedding. Oh please, no!

Anybody else have any vanity-related worries for the big day? Tell me I’m not totally superficial and vain?