Pawn Grabbing

Here is a game in which I employed my 'get greedy and grab pawns' technique which led to a winning endgame. Comments are greatly appreciated.

If you were planning e5, I think it was possible to play 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Rxe5+, and 8...dxc3 fails to 9. exf6+ Be6 10. Nd4 Qxf6 11. Nxc6 picking up the rook. 

Of course 9. f4 is probably stronger, and I think 8...Ne5 was a blunder. 

I liked 15. e5, as those queenside pawns aren't going anywhere and don't need to be immediately taken. 

18. Nc8 was smart, making sure not to get trapped. 

I think 44. a7 Ba8 45. Rc1 speeds things up.

All in all, good game, though it seems you missed some nice tactics and grabbed pawns instead of pieces. Your pawn grabbing worked as you were ahead in development (he still hadn't castled), but doing so in even or slightly worse positions can be deadly. Be careful. 

Can you elaborate on this bondiggity?

Thanks alot for the helpful comments, guys!

44. a7 Ba8 45. h3+ (necessary to avoid backrank stuff) ...Kxf4 46. Rc1;

now if Bb7, just Rc8 

or if say a waiting move like Ke5, still Rc8 Bb7 a8=Q. 

The benefit of this is you still win the bishop, but maintain the pawn on b6 which you can push.

Of course your method works easily too, just saying that if you were in time trouble or something that looked quicker.