Here we go. Another installment. (I told you it would be a long 23 chapters)
Chapter 9
Claudia opens her chapter with a journal entry. Yay? It's illegible, but I was able to comprehend that Claudia has found her calling! Again, yay?
She's talking with Lyle the Florist, and he's helping her pick out flowers for Jack and Carol's wedding.
Apparently, when Claudia's parents found out how much it was going to cost to send her to the left coast, they told her she couldn't go. Jack offered to pay for part of it if she would be willing to work as their wedding consultant. Mr. Kishi didn't like that idea because he was afraid it would make him look bad. Long story short, Mr. and Mrs. Kishi agreed to pay for her ticket, if she would be willing to pay them back. Claudia would earn the money by being the wedding consultant. Claudia explains that that's why she is with the florist.
Next, she went to the catering company. Stuart, the caterer seemed annoyed with Claudia and didn't know why she was there. After a quick phone call to Mr. Schafer for an explanation, all was well. This was a really boring chapter.
Chapter 10
Mary Anne opens with a journal entry. She doesn't seem happy about the idea of a beach wedding. She complains and complains. She wonders about the music and if someone is to bring a harmonica or accordion. Hey MA, don't hate. Accordions are cool!
Dawn comes down the stairs wearing the bridesmaid's dress. She says that she bought one for Mary Anne too. Dawn realizes that she never asked Mary Anne to be a bridesmaid. Whoops.
Mary Anne tried it on and didn't like the way that her shoulders looked. Looking at the cover, their shoulders aren't visible in the dresses that they're wearing. The dresses on the cover look like the pink version of the bridesmaid dresses for my parents' wedding.
Anyway, Dawn and Mary Anne have a huge fight about the wedding, and it's too boring to recap, so I'll spare you the details.
Carol got dinner at a macrobiotic restaurant called Body-Soul-Joy. Yum? I don't know anything about macrobiotic food, actually. Dawn seemed very happy with the selection of food that Carol brought home.
After they ate, they had a wedding rehearsal. I guess the macrobiotic dinner was their rehearsal dinner.
Carol and Jack make a comment about the four of them. Meaning the bride, groom, maid of honor and best man. No mention of a bridesmaid. Apparently, Dawn never asked her dad if Mary Anne could be a bridesmaid. That sparks another fight. This is where I get confused, though. A few Super Specials later, Mary Anne is talking about her relationship with Mr. Schafer, and mentions that she was a bridesmaid in his wedding. I'd blame it on poor ghostwriter research, but I'm pretty sure Peter Lerangis wrote both of them. Oh well. Moving on.
Chapter 11
On to Jessi's adventure as Bellair's Santa. Jessi tells us that she likes big breakfasts, but Mme Noelle wouldn't approve, because Jessi is supposed to watch her weight. Mme. Noelle says that "no one wants to watch zee doncing hippos" Jessi says that she doesn't get too crazy about her weight now, but she will when she's a pro.
This is boring. She goes to Bellairs, no one stares at her. Blah Blah Blah. She meets some kids, they all love her, she asks to stay late. One kid says "I know you're not Santa!" Jessi is all "aw, crap" The kid goes "you're his helper!" (Whew!) The kid asks Jessi to give his wish list to her "Boss".
Chapter 12
Another Mary Anne Chapter? Odd. Anyway, here we go. Dawn and Mary Anne make up in the first few chapters. All is well in Palo City. Mary Anne even decides to wear the dress that Dawn bought for her. At first she's concerned that people will think that it's odd that she's dressed like the bridesmaid, but Dawn says that it's okay because they're sisters. The U.P.S. truck comes. Jeff doesn't realize that it's an acronym and calls it the "ups" truck.
Then Dawn and Mary Anne have that cliched moment that seems to happen in every wedding book, tv show or movie. They're wearing each other's dresses. haha. Not.
Mary Anne says that her dress (which is actually Dawn's) feels way too big, and wonders if she lost weight. Is she calling Dawn fat? The interesting thing is that Dawn's dress was too big for Mary Anne. I thought Dawn was often described as being really thin. Oh well. The discover the mistake and exchange dresses.
Claudia helps everyone with their hair, and they're on their way. Woo!
Now, we're halfway done!
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