What makes a great wedding? The answer that people often seem to have is to spend more money, and to spend it on increasingly stranger things. And somewhere in this mass of discussions and pure unadulterated justifiable consumerism the whole point gets rather lost.
Sarah, one of my best friends from UEA got married today, and it was a fantastic wedding because it relied on good natured people and a couple who just glowed with love for each other. They got driven to the reception in a Landrover, the food was solid rather than Haute cuisine, and they had a ceilidh instead of a wedding singer, but all these things were great because the people were just fantastic. Both families were bursting with energy and the guests all jumped themselves straight into the ceilidh.
Oh, and Sarah never stopped smiling all day, because it was what she wanted. I wish them all the best, but they really don't need it as John and Sarah are so right for each other.
On a side note, I got to wear my kilt. Woooo!
