Victory is oh-so-sweet!

On Saturday my friend Levi and I went to Dave and Buster's for a bit o' fun. We started out at the bar, watching college football and sipping on margaritas - Patron margaritas for him and watermelon for me. I was looking forward to some delicious Goldfingers (Dave & Buster's version of fried chicken - I am a southern girl afterall) but was also considering the peppercorn sirloin steak so I asked the server for her opinion... and thankfully she was honest because it turns out that Dave & Buster's recently changed their Goldfingers and they're now pre-battered!!! WTF!!! Why would they change a great thing??? So I ordered the peppercorn sirloin steak and Levi ordered the Black Jack BBQ chicken & ribs. My first comment was that everything just looked "cold" almost as if it had been sitting on the plate for hours and, well, the loaded mashed potatoes were room temperature and the ribs, chicken, and steak were just below hot but it certainly wasn't the worst meal I had ever eaten and since we opted for the Eat & Play Combo so we would get $20 cards plus our meal for $27.99, it was certainly worth $7.99. When Levi commented that at least our server was quite attentive even if our meal wasn't up to par, I laughed because it reminded me of Mark & Darron's Casual Critics website and blogs so I took a minute to tell Levi about it... (BTW... When are you guys gonna start that up again??? I love the concept and you could be the Zagat guide for the average guy (and gal).).

But this blog isn't about the food or the Casual Critics - it's about the competition and, ultimately, the winner. It's about me, of course... So, after lunch and a couple of margaritas, Levi and I familiarize ourselves with the the Dave & Buster's layout - things had changed since the last time we were there and we noted a few new additions as well as the absence of the Mocap Boxing game (though we later found it in the far corner). We decided to start our afternoon with the new and very "realistic" Nascar race game. Levi whined a little bit because I picked his driver and, honestly, I don't even remember who I picked - it might have been Jeff Gordon - or not. We raced against another man and his son and admittedly I only came in third place but what really matters is that Levi came in fourth, behind us all, and I was ultimately victorious against him! We wanted to play Super Shot next, but it was crowded so we played Skeeball instead... and, once again, I was victorious. Levi, ever the gracious loser, appropriately commented on my soft roll and admitted that he would never attempt a 100-point jackpot (mentioned because I had attempted and obtained one). Victory was so sweet at this point...

Next we played Super Shot basketball (Levi-5, Lali-0 (ouch - guess I'm gonna give up on that WNBA career)), D&B Downs horse racing (Levi-3, Lali-2), and air hockey (Levi-2, Lali-1) and I was starting to get discouraged so I HAD to find something that I could win... So we played what I fondly named "Jumpin Jack Crack." This machine simulated a jump rope, but lights flashed from your feet, up and around an arc and back down the other side. You had to jump over the lights and each time you jumped over them it sped up a bit more and you got more and more points for every jump. I went first to show Levi how it was done and did a respectable 6 jumps (in heels, I might add). Levi tried 3 times, though, and was unable to complete even a single jump - not 1! Mission accomplished - my confidence was back! For the tiebreaker we picked the water races game, where each player aims a water gun at a target, thus causing a car to "race" up a track. Obviously this game takes zero skill... but nonetheless, I won and that's all that matters!

As victor I got to choose Levi's "punishment." I decided to get a SpongeBob tattoo from the prize center and to put it on his forearm... I loved the idea of him explaining his loss to his co-workers when they noticed the tattoo on Monday... Had they offered medals in the prize center, I would have gotten one to commemorate my win! LOL! It's great to be a winner! :-D