Having planned a big wedding I never wanted with an ex fiance, and having always wanted to elope (real elope, just the two of us, no one else) my husband and I had a lot to talk about when he proposed. We ended up with an extraordinarily small ceremony, followed by a casual cocktail party for all of our friends. I wasn't interested in the wedding, just the marrying, so didn't put a lot of effort into it, and frankly sort of dreaded the whole thing. I never even bothered to iron my $70 wedding dress. It was a very unwedding wedding. And so I was FLOORED by how much I enjoyed it. I loved everything about "our day." I couldn't wipe the grin off my face, my cheeks throbbed! Every bit of it was so us, and so right, and we still talk about how surprisingly wonderful that day was (and as much as we loved our wedding day, I smile even more when I realize how many even better days we've had since then.)