Super Bowl Recap (And There Are Absolutely NONE About the Game.)

Ahhhh… The Super Bowl. One of my favorite nights of the year because it marks an end to the madness. For six months, at least. Now onto more important things we can do as couple!
Like Sunday afternoon shopping trips,

And lots and lots of Sunday Lifetime movie marathons.

OK, let’s be real, people. None of this will happen. But he does owe me a nice dinner or two.

What kind of blogger girlfriend to a football fanatic would I be if I didn’t give a quick recap of the Super Bowl?

I donned my favorite pair of elastic stretch “eating pants” and made and ate a ton of food. Spinach dip, pizza dip, buffalo chicken dip (yeah lots of dips) and more. I maybe had a few pudding shots and beers, too.

Being a marketer, I love watching all of the ads to see what the brands have come up with. I’m enamored with the whole psychology aspect of advertising, and why brands serve the ads they serve to influence buyers’ decisions the way that they do.

For example, you’d better believe that I’m going straight to H&M after work today to purchase my boyfriend some white briefs. I mean………..

Ummm Yeah…..

But don’t hate on me for being too superficial, folks. All of the men in the room were basically licking the TV screen when this ad came on:

Understandably. She’s hot.

Besides all of the companies and brands selling sex to get consumers to look their way, there were a lot of funny ones, too. Lots of dogs. Lots and lots of dogs.

My personal favorite was the Volkswagen spot. That St. Bernard had some SERIOUS will power.

I would love to sit in on some of the board meetings when some of the ideas for these commercials are finalized. The good, the bad and the ugly.

The one thing  that the Super Bowl should give us is a pee/stretch break very similar to the 7th Inning Stretch in baseball. Because seriously, WHEN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PEE?? I can’t get up during the plays (well yes, I could, but I don’t want to look like a loser in front of everybody for not being into the game.) And I certainly can’t get up during commercial breaks! Risking a bladder infection in the name of football and advertising is just not worth it.

Now onto the halftime show…
So what did we all think?

Well, at 53 years old, she’s a fox and can move better than I could ever hope to. When ‘Like a Prayer’ started, I got chills.

About the lip singing… I was in show choir and musical theater throughout my high school career. (Don’t judge.) And to jump, dance and rock out all while keeping the lung capacity to belt out an acceptable-sounding tune is REALLY difficult to do. Although I always appreciate live vocals, and would have liked to hear her actually sing, I still have mad love for the woman and I think the performance was spectacular. Everyone’s a critic when it comes to halftime shows.

I am, however going to throw out that if I could spend just ONE day where Nicki Minaj isn’t featured in a song, video or performance, that would be a fantastic day for me. I’m over it. It’s great everyone wants to feature her, but if you ask me, she hurts a lot of songs by being featured in them rather than adding any type of value. She doesn’t need to be in every song!!

And last but not least, who didn’t love Betty White’s congratulatory speech to the Giants? Hehe!

We ALL can dream, can’t we? It will happen in my lifetime. And this city will be on a six month-long party status.

So there’s my Super Bowl recap, and I just realized that I didn’t include a single thought about the actual game itself. Go figure.

Oh, and by the way, in case anyone’s counting, 58 days until the Indians Home Opener, and 38 days until March Madness begins.