The cost of a wedding in Kyrgyzstan.

This is a little humbling, because I never thought I would be the type of person to write this: My most memorable purchase in 2012 was definitely my wedding.

Good morning! Let me tell y'all about this wedding in Dallas.

Our pals at LearnVest have a great story about how a young woman learned to advance her career, save a bunch of money, kick cancer, and have the wedding she and her husband wanted. It's inspiring.

Mike: Logan, it finally feels like spring! This is how spring affects me: iced coffees/teas (I already bought three in the last two days), rooftop bars or sitting outside for a drink or bite. Free time in the park, or walking along the Hudson, which I've missed doing because it's been too cold to really enjoy it.

This year was my attempt to work toward soothing the gut-clutching financial guilt.

Sometimes, your flight gets cancelled the night before you're supposed to fly out to watch your friends get married, and you have scramble and call the airline (in my case, Delta), to get yourself on to another flight.

We got married in a judge's private office on a Friday afternoon. Besides my husband, the only other people present were my sister, and three close friends. I told my parents a week before we got married what our plans were, and they asked, "Why so quickly? What's the hurry?" It wasn't quick or sudden for us; we'd been talking about getting married for months. The major impediment we kept circling around was that we didn't want a wedding.

Soon after her announcement, I received an e-mail invitation to a "Barbecue Wedding." What? No official wedding invitations? The dress is casual, the invitation said. Casual? I read on. Please bring a dish? No filet mignon, or stuffed chicken?

At this very moment I am getting ready to board a flight to fly to the wedding of two very good friends in Dallas, Texas.