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But I've been to so many where the actual marriage has been utterly buried under dense, cloying candyfloss snowdrifts of wedding...

A good example of this is the TV series "The Worst Week of My Life". In one scene the mother says to some guests (sobbing) "I'm really sorry, the chairs they delivered were Conference Classic instead of Banquet"

Luckily my sister didn't want anything much - marriage in the local church (cost: vicar+organist), reception at a village hall nearby (local one was too small), cost was about £15 per hr. Hired a huge starlight blanket thing to hand across the roof. Bar was run by the local pub at their standard prices (BiL was a regular, barman and chef for years). Catering was the most expensive part, but it was just a posh buffet so pretty cheap really. And the honeymoon was Bournemouth! Can't remember what the wedding car was, some local chap with a Roller I think. I offered the services of my B&W cop car for free but they declined - and my mate hires his out for weddings at £300 a time!

Gareth