We haven't been on a "trip" or "vacation" in a while. So spur of the moment Sunday night, Laura and I decided that we needed to do something fun on Halloween weekend. Without wanting to spend a fortune we were trying to find a cool, cheap place to have a mini-vacation.
After A&M's nice thumping of Texas Tech, we figured it might be fun to go to a football game. We checked out the price of tickets for the A&M-Iowa State game and figured it would be a little more expensive that we wanted, but we could swing it. Tickets were anywhere from $34 for the highest nosebleed seat to several hundred dollars for the nicest seat. For a decent seat we were looking at anywhere around $50 to $80 a seat from official dealers.
I got on Ebay and found a listing that was classified incorrectly so we ended up scoring 2 tickets, on the first deck, 35 yard line, for $44. Let me clarify. That is $44 for BOTH tickets! At $22 a ticket, that's not a whole lot more than going to see two movies.
So needless to say, Laura and I are excited to go back to College Station and have a fun day in the city where we met. We plan on eating at J Cody's before the game so Laura can get her corn that she loves. Then I wanted to do my post-game ritual and go to Swensen's for an icecream float or sundae. Unfortunately, I just found out they are no longer in business. I guess we will have to think of some other place to go. Any Aggies reading this, feel free to give me a new suggestion for an after-the-game meal.
Both Laura and I have been wanting to go to an Aggie game for some time. Now that they might have a chance of winning a game, we sure are excited.
Oh yeah, it is Halloween as well, so we are sure to see some funny costumes at the game. It should be a great time. Enough to put a smile on anyone's face!
