We had an unconventional wedding, but I couldn't agree more about the favors! I feel a little bad to say it but nine times out of ten any favors go from the wedding to my purse to the wastebasket. I can't stand clutter or something not useful.

I wore a fabulous red dress and we had a cocktail hour before our wedding - so everyone saw me, not just my soon to be husband! We also did not register for gifts, although we did do a charity registry for those who really wanted to give something.

By the way it wasn't MY day it was OUR day!!

We traveled to St. Lucia, just us, then had a intimate family/friend party afterwards. We had a cute slideshow, and it quick and easy to plan out.

I agree with all of that but how does everyone feel about not having children in/at their wedding? I may have to suffer through my own ceremony to please my relatives who are dumb enough to breed and bring their awful little brats, but I'm putting my foot down for my reception!!!!!

My husband and I had a no-kids policy for our wedding AND reception - even my own nephew was with a sitter - and it was awesome. It's your wedding after all, so you call the shots and nobody has the right to pressure you about it.

My fiance and I are getting married next year, and all of those busted myths pretty much sum up the day we're planning. We're not registering for gifts, just asking for donations to charity; her dress will not be the typical white one-use gown; we picked a day in September, because that's typically the sunniest month in Vancouver; we are doing our wedding photos in the morning, before the ceremony, so that our guests don't have to kill two hours between ceremony and reception; and our favours are going to be balloons with supportive messages inside so our guests can release them and hopefully brighten someone else's day, wherever they land.

Also, we have decided to have a child free wedding (save for my nephew and her god-daughter, during the ceremony, not the reception) and if our guests don't like it, they don't need to come. Oh, and we're renting an adult-only bouncy castle.