Thursday, September 15, 2011

true life stories...peroxide and teeth babies and such

I get a lot of comments on my teeth.  Yes, my teeth.  About how white they are, mostly, although I also get comments on how straight they are.  {Really only the top ones are straight, the bottom ones struggle a little.}  So, I would like to take this opportunity to thank God and my parents for the straightness of my teeth.  {No braces here, woohoo!}  And I would like to thank good old peroxide for the whiteness of my teeth.  Yep, you know hydrogen peroxide, that comes in the brown bottle for like a dollar?  That's the stuff.

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{Side note: I don't even like this pic of me, really, because my hair was super faded and in dire need of a cut and color.  AND because of the weird lighting I look like I had either been overly spray-tanned or rolled around in a bag of Cheetos -- neither of which happened!  But the pic shows off my teeth pretty good, so there ya go.}

A long time ago, I used to use Crest WhiteStrips, which worked, too, for sure.  But they cost way more than a dollar.  And if you know me at all, you know I am a cheap girl.  {Not like that.  Stop it.}  Then I read an email forward {you know, like your mom sends, with all the stuff that might or might not be true at all} about all the awesome stuff peroxide can do, and one of the things mentioned was teeth whitening.  And around the same time, I think my bff Jen told me she had started to use peroxide to whiten her teeth.  So I tried it.  And it works!  No worries, it even says on the bottle that it can be used as a mouthwash.

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{It's my blog, so here's another, better pic of me, still showing off my teeth. ;)}

On top of using peroxide as a mouthwash, I am and always have been an obsessive tooth-brusher.  I like clean teeth.  In fact, I like clean teeth so much that I would probably never date a boy who had jacked up teeth.  Not like a little crooked or something, I mean dirty and gunky.  Ewww.  Yuck.  Can't do it, can't go there.  Shudder.

I notice when people have nice, clean teeth.  And I appreciate it.  I once liked a boy who had lovely teeth: nice and straight and white and clean, if they were just a little bit big.  I told my friend B that if I married said boy, my small teeth would balance out with his larger teeth, and we would have nice teeth babies.  Alas, I am quite certain that I will never be having teeth babies with that particular boy; but I might just refuse to settle for someone who is not a good tooth match for me.  Just sayin'.

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{The term "teeth babies" is pretty creepy sounding to me, so here's a creepy pic of me dressed up sort of like Victoria from Twilight, about to bite B's neck.  Speaking of teeth.....}

So, now you know something about me that you {maybe} didn't know previously.  Tell me something about you in the comments, please.  Make it interesting.  And don't try to steal my awesome phrase "teeth babies".  It's a good one, I know.

~abi~

4 comments:

  1. I envy you (in a good way) and your awesome teeth.

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  2. I am rather jealous of those pearly whites you've got! God did bless you with an amazing smile! I'll have to think of something interesting to tell you...my brain is not working...

    P.S., totally love "teeth babies!"

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  3. ABI!! I LOVE THIS! :) I FEEL AS THO I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR BLOG. I MISS YOU TERRIBLY AND WISH I COULD HANG OUT AND GO TO CHURCH WITH YOU, AND HAVE A PERSONAL STYLIST THRIFT SHOPPER BUDDY! GZZ I DO MISS YOU.. IM GETTING A BOTTLE OF PROXIDE TONIGHT AFTER WORK FOR SHO!! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU.

    AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT ME.... I HAVE A WIERD OBSESSION WITH THE TV SHOW HOARDERS... ANIMAL HOARDERS.. I CANT MISS AN EPISODE AND HAVE PROBABLY WATCH EM ATLEAST 5 TIMES EACH!! :) LUV U MISS YOU.. COME TO IOWA SOON I WOULD LIKE SOME PICTURES!! LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUR NEAR AND WE CAN MEET..

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  4. I do the peroxide too! Mouthwash, and sometimes I'll just put it straight on my toothbrush. :) When I was in college in NYC, I used to use it to bleach the freckles off of my face (my skin hated me for that). I love your perfect white teeth! And they are so not small, but I feel that I have small teeth too, and am always attracted/date big-toothed boys. ;)

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