Not that i'm an expert in keeping pawns, but i thought that the game seemed to go downhill because your position didnt seem to get any better when you gave away your pawns.
What was I thinking?? (Elephant Gambit)

Philip Corbin annotating a win of his over Nigel Short using the Elephant Gambit at a simul in the Barbados.
I bombed this game and was quite upset with myself. Hahhah. I needed this game to advance to the final round of the tournament and totally threw it away. I haven't had a chance to analyze my self but I let FireBird 1.31 do it with Fritz11.
~Boog