Hot Lunch Dates Review and Giveaway CLOSED

Since having Wiggle Bean in January, my husband and I have had only one "date". A while ago I wrote about wondering how to balance all my roles as a wife, mother and individual.  My sister was kind enough to offer to watch Wiggle for an evening and we planned our first date night.  Things did not work out as we planned and date night turned into a group gathering.  We still had a great time but wanted time for just the two of us.   

We are always so busy with Wiggle Bean and do not want to bother family and friends with babysitting her while we go out.  So I planned a stay at home date for after she went to bed Friday night.

Other than the basic grocery shopping, I find it difficult to get out and do any shopping. I did not want to have to go out and buy all the date night supplies, that is where Hot Lunch Dates came in.

After browsing their date box selections, I decided that  the Night At The Drive-in kit would be the most fun (and feasible)  for my husband and I.  I received my kit in the mail and it included the following items:

It was so much fun unpacking it and seeing everything in there.  In the spirit of it being a "date", I took the invitation to work and mailed it to my husband.  I took the Blockbuster card and stopped at the rental store on my way home.  We rented then new Transformers movie, not romantic but still something we wanted to see.  The trivia cards were fun and we had a blast writing and performing our funny acceptance speeches.  

As for the snacks, YUM!!! The Funky Chunky popcorn might be the best popcorn I have ever had.  My husband had to fight me for some.  The candy was perfect, we received some Bunch-A-Crunch and Twizzler bites.  This worked great for us since I am a huge choc-o-holic and hubby like the chewy fruit type candies.

We did not use the camera during the date because we were camped out in the living room in our PJ's for the movie and we do not need pictures of that!  I will put the camera to good use later.

The kit suggests taking your TV to the garage and watching in the car for a more authentic Drive in experience but that was not an option for use since it took hubby two days to get the TV mounted to the wall above the fireplace and all wired up so that the wires were invisable.  Just remember, if you do watch from the car, do not turn the car on, get a blanket to stay warm (and safe!) and watch out for the mid movie "Yawn and stretch trick from hubby!!!

I loved the lunch box that the kit came in, it is a nice metal old school style lunch box and my daughter loves playing with it.  I am sure it will get a lot of future use hauling her toys around.

Where to Purchase

Hot Lunch Date Boxes can be  purchased directly from the Hot Lunch Site.

WIN IT!!!

Hot Lunch has  generously offered one lucky Over Thirty Mommy reader their choice of Lunch Date Box.

Limitations:
This giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address and be age 18 years or older. If you enter anonymously and fail to include a valid email address in your comment entries, I will not be able to notify you should you win this random drawing.

How to Enter

Mandatory entry: Please visit Hot Lunch Dates, come back and leave a comment with the date box that you would select if you won and why it is your favorite.  Both parts must be completed for your entry to count.

You must complete the mandatory entry before doing any extra entries.

Extra Entries

-   Suggest a new Date Box idea and list 3 items you would include.

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- Post a blog about the giveaway on your site and link back to Over Thirty Mommy and Hot Lunch Dates (leave a link to your post in comment) (3 entries!!!)

Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Please leave a valid email address for winning notification purposes or make sure your blogger profile is public. Good luck!

Winner will be chosen via Random Drawing.  Winners that I am unable to contact or who does not claim their prize within 72 hours of being sent their winning email notification will forfeit their prize.

Giveaway ends midnight PST on 11/20.


**Disclaimer: I was not paid in any form of cash for this posting.  I did receive a Hot lunch date Drive in box  to keep for my testing purposes. This is solely the opinion of Over Thirty Mommy. Other people may have different experiences with the product.**