Advice on micro wedding and cancelled reception

Hello! My husband and I were supposed to get married in DC in May of this year and we had to postpone to November when covid first hit. Once we got to August and things still weren’t better (and we spoke to our venue about all the restrictions still in place) we decided to instead do a micro wedding in November up in Cape Cod (a special place for my family) and postpone the bigger wedding to October 2021. There were 20 guests total including us. It was Immediate family plus my MOH and my husband’s best man. We got married at a church the next town over from my parents house, did a cocktail hour on my parents deck, then went to an inn down the road for a lovely (extended) cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres and formal dinner in front of a fireplace. We still did speeches and first dances. It was so incredibly stunning and special. Everything ended with a backyard bonfire at my parents and we had a catered brunch at the house the next day.


So here’s where I’m asking for advice for any brides who have gone through something similar with planning. Everything went so well with the micro wedding that we actually decided to cancel our big party next year for a few reasons. Mainly, we felt it was another year of planning and we kind of wanted to move on with our lives after changing plans 3 times. Especially since we still don’t know if we’ll be able to have over 100 or 150 people next year because of covid. We will also get to use that $ to put towards our future and a trip abroad.
Now after cancelling I’m of course second guessing that decision and wondering if I’ll regret it since we won’t have the opportunity to celebrate our marriage with all of our friends and family and get the band/dancing/party experience. Has anyone else had this same experience of planning a micro wedding and postponed reception? Would also love to hear from anyone who’s done a micro wedding instead of a big reception, and how you’re feeling about it!