"Adultification" pt 2

Part two of my original "adultification" post came a bit unexpectedly. I had planned to buy new furniture a few months ago to replace the mismatched college/batchelor pad furniture I had in my living room. Unfortunately, my financial situation changed when my brother moved out of the house and the bills became priority number one.

Recently however, my brother's girlfriend decided that she wanted a new L-shaped couch to replace the ones she already had and was kind enough to offer them to me for free. The only catch was that I would have to pick them up and clean them. I should note that she, at the time, had three dogs living with her and frequently used the couch themselves and there were a number of stains to deal with.

I decided it was worth giving the couches a try considering they were a nice microfiber and I had heard that it's pretty easy to clean. I wish I had taken a picture of the couches when I got them, and I don't want this blog to become an ad for OxiClean, but a single wash of the cushions with that stuff and they looked like they came right from the store. It was pretty impressive. Even better, there was little to no damage to the cushion padding so the couch works great. So, two couches ended up costing me a total of $8. Not too shabby.

Now I just have to find a place to put that white sofa. Hopefully it will sell in the garage sale I'll have in March.

Chick-Fil-A Bowl

Auburn played Virginia in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl this past December 31st and Jillian and I were fortunate enough to have tickets to the game. My friend Gavin and his wife were kind enough to let us stay at their house while we were in Atlanta and it was incredibly convenient in terms of distance to the stadium.

I was expecting a lot of orange and blue at the game but forgot that we use the exact same colors so identifying your own fanbase from the enemy was pretty difficult. Although, the Virginia fans would definitely give it away when they yelled "roll tide". Side Note: What is it with fans of out of conference teams yelling that? Why not yell "Go Virginia"? Oregon Ducks fans did that at the BCS NCG last year too. ANYWAY...

I liked our seats even thought they were nose-bleeds in the Georgia Dome (see pic below). Jillian did a good job of getting tickets in an Auburn section. I ended up sitting by a very nice elderly woman (who started crying after the game when they played "Auld Lang Syne") and Jillian had the misfortune of sitting next to a very, very drunk college girl who had obviously never been to a football game before. Apart from some awkwardness from the crying and the annoyances of a drunk asking stupid questions, the game was enjoyable... once Auburn decided to play QB Barret Trotter.

Auburn ended up winning 43 to 24 and we stuck around with a few other fans for the trophy presentation and to grab some souvenir posters that had been left in the seats. The presentation ended at around 11:40 so we had just enough time to make our way down the road to a hotel bar to watch the ball drop in NYC and drink some free champagne. We decided to call it an early night after that and went back to Gavin's place (stopping once at Krystals so I could feed my face).