I like to keep it real with y’all. I like to tell you about my strikeouts as much as a my home runs. This was one of the times my batting average took a dive down. I don’t think it was a fail necessarily because of the DateBox itself, I think it just wasn’t good for our personalities. It may be good for couples that like to do more of the journaling communicating type stuff.
For Christmas last year I signed us up for DateBox, a monthly subscription that delivers a ready to go date in a box. I thought it would be a fun addition to our regular date night. I was wrong. It was definitely NOT worth the money.
Month 1: mystery date. This was entertaining. The preset playlist on Spotify left much to be desired. The kettle corn was an epic fail so we ended up popping our own bag of popcorn. The suggested talking points/questions were useful and made us think/discuss things we wouldn’t have normally. The actual mystery game thing was cute and we enjoyed it. Overall we gave it a B+.
Month 2: journaling. This one didn’t even have a chance to come out of the box. We both shot this one down instantly. What part of the evaluation questionnaire made you think to send this box to our house? Was it the portion where we said we liked active adventure over silent meditation?! Overall we gave this one an F, I was also put on notice by hubs that if month 3 wasn’t a home run that this subscription had to be canceled.
Month 3: breakfast in bed. Alright so this has me all over it but hubs doesn’t like breakfast... but we shall give it a go. Spotify playlist was alright I suppose. Thinking I’ve got time to hand squeeze orange juice to go with this date is absurd. And it was incredibly annoying to read through the whole box to find out what I needed to get from the grocery store to just use the DateBox, maybe we could put a gather list right on top so I have everything together THEN OPEN THE BOX. Overall we gave this one a B- but it was time to cancel the subscription but I was obligated with 3 more prepaid boxes to arrive, maybe it would turn out to be cool after all.
Month 4: art; water color paintings and cake pops. This was cute with everything you needed in the box. It sat on the counter for a week with hubs saying he wouldn’t paint me love picture like a preschooler. My younger cousin (middle school) came over for the weekend and spotted the box on the counter. She and I did date night. We had a grand little time making cake pops and painting. I also discovered they provide a card on the outside of the box with what you need to get from the store to complete the box... whoops I guess we missed that in the earlier boxes. I give this box an A- because the cake pops weren’t very tasty but it was fun if you have someone who isn’t a total grump.
Month 5: make pottery. This box is still sitting on the counter. I’ve waited 6 months for us to open the box so I could grade it for you but my grumpy husband didn’t cooperate and Lord help us if we have to skip one weekend of hunting to do a DateBox.
Month 6: we somehow managed to lose this box. If you really want my opinion I think hubs threw it away so I couldn’t even ask him to play.
Now we are back to square one looking for new and creative dates for our weekly date night. What are your favorites?! We would love some ideas for fun date nights!
XOXO
The Mr. & Amanda