Ashley and Zach: Game Plan: Party Like a Freshman!

Last Friday my bff Britt and I left right after work to head to Tallahassee: home of the Florida State University! It took us almost 4 hours to get there, but it ended up being one heck of a time... On the way up there we decided we were going to try to party like freshmen and we defintely succeeded! Hehe. :) I hadn't been there since 2007 and she hadn't been back since she graduated in 2008!

Friday night we checked into the hotel 9:30ish, and we were quite exhausted from a long week at work and a long drive, but we got ourselves ready and headed out at 11 in the freezing cold (literally in the low 40s!) to a bar called Bullwinkle's. We had a few drinks then went to Wal-Mart to make sure we had everything we needed for the game... including a blanket that would come in handy like you wouldn't even believe!

We woke up at 8:30, grabbed some breakfast, showered, and got ready to hit the town. We ended up calling a taxi that drove us to the liquor store then our tailgate area at 11! Our friend has a friend that has an area set up next to the baseball field (he works for the team) with access to their cable and their bathrooms (so nice!). We had tons to drink, great food, couches, flatscreens, lawn golf, and corn hole! What more could you want?! Slowly, but surely, people started arriving and it was starting to look like a garnet and gold game day! :)

Around 3:30 we headed into the stadium to watch the game for a bit, but then we decided we were hungry and left on a long journey to a restaurant/bar called Momo's. Their slogan is "slices as big as your head"... no lie!! We ate our pizza and salad while watching the game and then started our trek back to the tailgate area. We ended up sitting on the grass watching the game on one of the TVs and the wide right loss occurred. No bueno! Soon after everyone that didn't go home to change met back at the tailgate and then we weaved in and out of traffic on foot to head to a bar called Potbellies. We stuck around there drinking and dancing and singing Disney songs until 10 and left to go to a bar called Yianni's. It was 80's for the ladies so we had a fantastic time singing/screaming every lyric to every song! :) Thanks to daylight savings we gained an extra hour to party and made it to last call...

The group walked out and headed to the area where there were taxis and ordered one to take us to Steak n Shake by our hotel... we ate and thennnnn finally made it back into our room where the clock was still reading "4:30"! It was such a long, super fun day with many laughs and smiles!!

Can't wait to do it again soon! GO NOLES!!

Some of our game day goodies! :)