Well, for us I couldn't imagine having two wedding dates.. I mean as much as I heard that it didn't feel like a real wedding doing the court thing, but we have also dreamed to be married on the beach, and on our anniversary,, So it was important to us to make it legal then. As far as money, we had to hire a WC because they know how to process a legal wedding and do the paperwork and such.. Cost,,, about 1k.