Jinx

You can blame us for the Cowboys loss last weekend.

Last Sunday is the day the Lyle family officially jumped on the Cowboys band wagon.

Jeff sent me to the store looking for Cowboys jerseys for our

non-football-following-family-of-four.

Said they should be about $5 per jersey.

You know, like the Old Navy Fourth of July Shirts that are falling off the racks.

That tells you how much he knows about jerseys.

For the record, they are $80 each. And after learning that

we decided to take baby steps toward becoming Cowboys Fans.

So there I was pacing through JCPenney with

10 minutes until kickoff time. Clearly I was not a real fan.

Four phone calls to Jeff later, and we were outfitted.

Phone Call #1

Lisa: Large or Extra Large?

Jeff: Large

Phone Call #2

Lisa: Romo or Witten?

Jeff: Witten, definitely!

Phone Call #3

Lisa: Jerseys are eighty dollars!

Jeff: EIGHTY DOLLARS??!? Stick with the five dollar t-shirts.

Lisa: Five dollar t-shirts don't exist.

Phone Call #4

Lisa: Was Ricky Williams traded or something?

Jeff: Who?

Lisa: Ricky Williams?

His jersey is here on the clearance rack.

I can get you that (in extra extra large) for only $4.88.

Jeff: Do you mean Roy Williams?

Lisa: Oh yea. Roy. The back said R. Williams and I was just guessing.

(I said this quietly in hopes of not giving away the fact that I was a fake fan).

Jeff: No. Definitely not a Roy Williams jersey.

Throughout the game, I had high hopes.

For the Cowboys, of course.

But also envisioning how cute the four of us would look in our

matching navy on Super Bowl Sunday.

Maybe we would even upgrade to jerseys, I considered.

As you know, it was not meant to be.

But we are ready for the 2010 season

and promise to start watching before they get into the playoffs.