Try it Out Tuesday - It's a Date in a Box

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    Date in a Box has arrived
    1/17 Date in a Box has arrived
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    So cute inside! Excited already
    2/17 So cute inside! Excited already
  • 3/17
    Little heart full of conversation starters around our date theme - Coffee!
    3/17 Little heart full of conversation starters around our date theme - Coffee!
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    All the coffee themed goodness inside...even the plunger and mugs!
    4/17 All the coffee themed goodness inside...even the plunger and mugs!
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    Tasting notes so we can discuss the coffees we try
    5/17 Tasting notes so we can discuss the coffees we try
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    Even a curated playlist
    6/17 Even a curated playlist
  • 7/17
    Sunday arvo coffee date. Outside for some fresh air and freshly brewed coffee
    7/17 Sunday arvo coffee date. Outside for some fresh air and freshly brewed coffee
  • 8/17
    Date had to include everyone at our house....including Hogan and Penfold!
    8/17 Date had to include everyone at our house....including Hogan and Penfold!
  • 9/17
    Mugs to decorate and chat to have
    9/17 Mugs to decorate and chat to have
  • 10/17
    Mm mmm sniffs good this C4 coffee
    10/17 Mm mmm sniffs good this C4 coffee
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    Contemplating what he thinks about me haha. One of the suggestions in our date box - Use each letter of the word coffee to describe your partner, it's got my mans brain ticking
    11/17 Contemplating what he thinks about me haha. One of the suggestions in our date box - Use each letter of the word coffee to describe your partner, it's got my mans brain ticking
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    Plunger number two of the coffees to try and getting ready to decorate our mugs
    12/17 Plunger number two of the coffees to try and getting ready to decorate our mugs
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    Gibby using each letter of coffee to describe me...O for Odd bwahhahahaa
    13/17 Gibby using each letter of coffee to describe me...O for Odd bwahhahahaa
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    Me using the letters of coffee to describe Gibby
    14/17 Me using the letters of coffee to describe Gibby
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    C4 Coffee going down well
    15/17 C4 Coffee going down well
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    Gibbys taken over the decorating
    16/17 Gibbys taken over the decorating
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    A mug of all the things he loves....bacon features more than once!
    17/17 A mug of all the things he loves....bacon features more than once!

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I discovered Dandelion Date in a Box when I saw that creator/director Odette had liked a few of my photos on instagram. I was curious on the name so searched her back and discovered a really cool idea.

Here's the beginning story for Odette and her small business Dandelion Date in a Box - 

"I was on a search to find “out of the ordinary” things we, me and my wonderful husband, could do on our date nights. As my husband works some odd hours and gets home late, going out to do things became quite a challenge.

And here’s where the dream started… Why not make date night boxes we could enjoy in the convenience of our own home? Then I got to thinking, I’m pretty sure we can’t be the only couple in New Zealand with challenges to get time to go out and do things. And that should in no way mean date night can just fly out the window. So, I started Dandelion Date in a Box.

It’s not an entirely new concept to the world, but it’s a product that I feel New Zealand couples also needed. Other products like these around the world usually consists of a subscription where you don’t know what you get until you get it. Which is a great idea, but hardly everybody’s cup of tea and right off the bat I wanted to offer couples the freedom to choose what dates they are interested in." Odette.

Perfect timing for my man and I. This time of year is when we get booked up with a lot of Christmas events, MC work and acting gigs. I'd been away most of the weekend hosting an event so we made Sunday afternoon 'date-a-noon' and got our Coffee on with the Coffee Lovers Date in a Box. Three coffees to try, coffee themed games, conversation starters - which we really enjoyed, even learnt a thing or two about each other and our coffee journeys. A curated soundtrack, mugs to decorate, tasting notes. Made us relax, talk about things other than work and enough coffee to fuel our binge watch of Stranger Things 2 later that night hahahaa.

If you want to know more about Dandelion Date in a Box click HERE - Great way to make time for each other without panicking about getting out of the house or sitters, could also make a really great gift.