One skeptical, budget-conscious bride-to-be's diary of the frenzied year leading up to the Big Day
Bio: Sara Cardace is a contributing writer at New York magazine, where she has helped edit the magazine's popular biannual issue, New York Weddings, for several years. She has also written for The Washington Post, Interview, Marie Claire, Nerve, and Babble. She is thrilled to be marrying her longtime boyfriend in April 2009 but is less than elated at the prospect of all the stress and planning it's going to take to get them to the altar.