We had a really fun wedding/reception. Most of the guests said it was the best wedding they'd been too. It was my dream wedding. The guests asked if the DJ would play for an extra hour and he was enjoying it too so he offered to do it for free so we just left when we were ready and left them to it. I wouldn't change a thing. It's your day, do it how you want to. I was like this most of the day and my jaw muscles ached for a couple of days afterward.
I loved our wedding.
The wedding part was important to us and my family so we actually got married in a Cathedral (my parents are priests). Dad walked me down the aisle then married us
For the reception we did our own thing and didn't want to invite cousins who we only saw at weddings and funerals. We each invited our parents, siblings and one favourite aunt/uncle then the rest were all friends. Basically it was a dinner party with 80 friends.
Little did I know that people weren't supposed to leave until the bride and groom had done - we were the last to leave!