...take me out to the ballgame!...

Adventuring can be costly, so Andy and I are constantly looking for ways to save money through coupons and special deals. With coupons, we purchased half price tickets to tonight's St. Louis Cardinals vs. The New York Mets baseball game, where we sat in the first row along the third base line.

I love sports, not because I like sports at all, but because I love how happy they make Andy. It's so fun to see him giddy when his team does well (and kind of hilarious to see him grumpy when his team does not do well.) When David Freese hit that home run, we jumped up and down around the living room together, not because I had been watching the game, or even cared what had happened, but because Andy went from glum to gleeful in a matter of moments.

I love it when he's happy.

Mostly, I'm indifferent toward most sports because I don't understand the rules, I rarely know what's going on, and half the time, I root for the wrong team ("But last time you said that our team was the team wearing white." "They only where white when it's a home game, babe.") (I can appreciate the need for an outfit change.)

Sitting in the front row, it's much easier to grasp what's going on. Of course, there's something magical about sitting in the nose bleeds. Like the wave! They had an incredible wave going on up in the bleachers, but it was cut short by a play on the field, as everyone stopped to cheer. (I hate it when the game interrupts the wave.)

Here are a few pictures from our amazing evening:

My view of the game

It's Fredbird! He's my fav Cards player!

Andy laughed at me bc I was so excited when he came out.

Aww...look, my hair's brown again!

We took Andy's dad as a Father's day and birthday present.

Rocking out outside the stadium. They were great!

If you are ever interested in doing this with us, let us know next February as that is when you need to buy tickets. There are stipulations, of course, (it has to be a Tuesday evening game) and you have to work around their availability, but it is completely worth it!

And the best part? We won the game! Yeehaw! Go Cards!

For more information on the St. Louis Cardinals, click here.

For more information on the New York Mets...