I went to meet with a florist this afternoon for the first time and while I was going over my thoughts with her she had a bride come in to pick up a bouquet and a single boutonniere. The florist excused herself for a moment to assist the bride (which I had no problem with) and as the they said their goodbyes the florist said something along the lines of "hope to work with you again soon!" and the bride responded with "Oh of course, we'll contact you when we do the big wedding for real!". After the bride left the florist mentioned to me how that bride was doing a private NYE ceremony tonight because she wanted to have a NYE anniversary and was planning to do a larger wedding sometime in 2014. She wasn't promoting a PPD, but saw my confused look after the other bride's comment.
So apparently private weddings aren't "real" weddings.
On a positive note, I loved the florist, so yay!