So I'm pretty much a professional bridesmaid. I was a bit mad when I saw the movie 27 Dresses - not because it was unrealistic, but because I thought it was stealing my thunder! That was my script to write, movie to make, T-shirt to design...you get the point! I have technically been a bridesmaid 14 times, but I have purchased 16 dresses to be a part of my friend's weddings. The 15th dress I wore as a hostess. The 16th, was for a wedding for which I couldn't afford to make the trans-continental flight to Nigeria - with 2 other bridesmaids :o( Before you start calling me a heel and judging me for missing my friend's wedding, I recently found out that even though 3 of us never made it to and in the wedding, and our dresses were given to others to wear, I'm the only bridesmaid who didn't get the money she paid for her dress back. So I feel like I did my part in a sense :o) Don't you agree?
Bringing it back to the present, if all goes as planned, tonight, my former roomate and one of my best friends, SKP, should be getting engaged! She and her guy JB had talked about a 4 month engagement. So come April, SKP will be a Mrs. and I will most likely be...you guessed it, a bridesmaid! I am SO excited for S, because getting married has been the one true desire of her heart since we met about 5 years ago. So here's to SKP and JB!
And just in case you think I'm lying, here's a walk down memory lane or rather down the aisle with me!
My 17 weddings in random order. (To be honest it was my best attempt to to put them in actual order.)
14 times a bridesmaid...
- Andrea & Corey
- Kelly & Ryan
- Shanika & John
- Dawn & Mike
- Pamela (my sister) & Shawn - Maid of Honor
- Dionne & Marcel
- Millicent & Mark - Maid of Honor
- Osaru & Jonathan
- EJ & O
- Cyndi & Robert
- Trisa & Douglas
- Devan & James
- Oye & Stephen
- Uche & Dapo
Once a missing bridesmaid - the wedding I couldn't make:
- Banke & Bankole
Twice a hostess :o)
- Heather & Glenn (bride had us buy matching dresses)
- Holly & John
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