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LOL...same as you. No garter & no bouquet....95% of the guests are married. We are also doing the first look so that we can get most of the pics taken care of prior to the ceremony and enjoy more of the evening with everyone!

We didn't do the bouquet or garter toss either. Honestly, I hate them at weddings that I attend and because of our smaller guest list, there wouldn't be many "singles" there anyway.

We also did a first look.

No mother/son dance. DH and his mom opted out, so we only had a first dance and a father/daughter dance.

We arent doing the garter or bouquet toss. there are so little single people that are invited that it wouldnt be fair.

We are skipping the tosses as well. Its a small wedding with most of the guests being married...might look silly with only 2 girls up there. Plus I hate doing them at other's weddings.

Exactly the same things here, except that my MIL hijacked our first dance, so it turned out we *had* the mother/son dance.

What I hated even more than being dragged to the dance floor to catch the bouquet was doing so to "All the single ladies".

Glad I'm not the only one! Oh, and I'm 99% sure that I'm walking myself down the aisle. My parents are divorced; my mom raised me and my dad hasn't really been a factor.

Yup, no tosses here either. I'm not walking down an aisle, I'm entering the ceremony with my best friend, no parent dances, Kevin has already seen me in my dress... I'm sure there's more but I can't think before coffee :)

We didn't have bouts or corsages either. H absolutely refused to wear a flower, so he had a pocket square. Hence the lower florist bill haha!

P.S. BTW, I thought the helicopter saleslady was too funny! Can I call you that sometimes haha?

Oh, I also didn't walk "down" the aisle. I walked in from the side in front of our guests instead.

(Pictures that somewhat show it. The picture where we are already there kinda shows the path I took)

We didn't a garter toss, for the above mentioned reason, but we did have a bouquet toss (even though we forgot the tossing bouquet back at the church), and it was to Beyonce... but not Single Ladies, it was Run The World.
We also had no bouts, the boys had polka dotted pocket squares instead, but my dad insisted on have one, so he and FIL did have flowers.
We also did first look and the majority of photos before hand, no cocktail hour, just straight from the ceremony over to the reception.

We're not doing a garter toss or a bouquet toss for the same reasons mentioned above.
We're not doing a Groom/Mother dance (FH mom passed when he was 7)
We are spending the night before together.
And I think that's it. :-)
I'm so glad to see that garter tosses and bouquet tosses are loosing their popularity. I have always hated them!

@Mrs S, I will gladly answer to helicopter saleslady anytime! Today I'm working on some big projects for Spain and Qatar. It's definitely a fulfilling career, but I think I may have missed my calling in the wedding/event planning industry. I'm going to reevaluate after the wedding.

No garter or bouquet throw. I want to keep my bouquet! No cake cutting (my mother is dying over this, but I find no one is interested in the cake by the time it comes out! dessert table instead), no procession, no glass clinking, no head table, no assigned seating, and I'm keeping the photos to an hour max, the rest will be candids.

No garter toss - nobody but FH is getting anything that's been under my skirts.

No bouquet toss - considering only 5 of our guests are single, it's pointless & I'm keeping my already fake flowers.

Walking myself "down the aisle" - my parents wont even be at the ceremony (religious reasons)

Unsure of M/S & F/D dances - I'm not that close to my dad (my family isnt the touchy-feely kind) so I'm actually afraid I'm going to feel incredibly awkward & FH already said if I'm not doing the dance he wont either so I dont feel uncomfortable.

Unsure of toasting - if we do it's using whatever drink you have in hand, no flutes.

Not wearing white - I'm not a V, this isnt my 1st marriage, and as pale & freckly as I am, white makes me look worse.

Considering 1st look, but in the half way, like hands held across a door. I dont want full 1st look.

We're doing it all, baby!!!

my MOH, and ONLY attendant .. is my guy friend!! :)

no garter or bouquet toss. Main reception two months later.

No garter toss (yuck) and no bouquet toss. I am giving my bouquet to my Momma.

I'm walking up the aisle by myself.

I think we are going against the norm by NOT doing a first look :-P

No garter or bouquet toss. Surprised at how many others are not doing it also. I've never enjoyed it so why make people suffer thru it.

Ugh. I really REALLY don't want a Mother/Son dance. She'll sob and cry and make it last 4 hours. No thanks.