The Battle of Dress Colors is Over. We are eloping!

I was pretty miffed at the drama over the dress colors by one of my cousin's.  But at my age, it was enough to make me draw the line and say, 'We don't need no stinkin' ceremony!' 

My other half and I were going to visit his mother in Florida in which he promised to take me to Key West to tour the 'Hemingway House'.  Voila, 'Let's elope in Key West!'

This idea quite possible was the greatest idea of all. I had never been to Florida.  We were going to spend two weeks there. It turned out absolutely the best decision ever as we were non stop touring everywhere from Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, Boca, Miami, Miami Beach down to the Keys!  Hence back to eloping. 

If you plan to elope in a state you are not familiar with, yes get on the internet and find out the local laws.  If we were Florida residents, we would have had to get our license, wait two weeks and take a class at your local church.  Since we were not residents of Florida State; we were able to do it all same day.  Just have your driver's license or Govt Issued ID in tow.  Literally same hour and be on our way.  The license is sent to a couple of bureaus and you get it all nice and neat in the mail at your home a couple weeks later.  The cost for us vs a Florida Resident was about $30 more but overall around $90 something dollars.  Again always check with the courthouse in the city/county where you plan to elope to make sure you do not forget anything.  And maybe make a call to verify what you are reading is current.