Wedding Vow Renewal

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Let me start by saying that my husband and I will be married 10 years in August. When we got married we went to the courthouse one Friday morning (Friday the 13th), then went for pizza then he went to work. Nothing really romantic about it. Afterwards we wished we would have done the wedding with our family and friends there. Well we want to renew our vows this year and I want the big wedding thing that we never had. I want the big dress and cake and flowers. I have read where if you do that it looks like you are trying to get gifts. I don't want gifts I just want the wedding I never had. WHat do ya'll think about this? I have the dress. It is beautiful. Lots of beads and long train. It is the dress every little girl dreams of. I can't see asking my friends to go out and buy dresses to be bridesmaids and all that I would only have my daughter stand up with me. When we got married 10 years ago there is no way we could have even afforded this dress let alone the rest of the wedding. I talked to my friend and she said who cares what anyone else thinks. When we got married there was a girl that I worked with that had gotten married the month before we did and by the time we got married she was already seperated. When my husband said lets talk about planning a wedding I said no let's go to the courthouse. I had just seen this girl spend 10 grand on a wedding and the marriage didn't last a month and there was no way I could or would do that. I know that with a vow renewal I don't need a preacher since we are already legally married. So I wouldn't get one. When my mom got married they made the flowers from kleenex and I think that would be cool. And my aunt will make my cake. My dress was given to be by a friend. I just don't want it to look like I am doing it to try and get gifts or anything because really the only reason I am doing it is for myself and my husband.