Celebrate Valentine’s Day at home with @MinkChocolates and @hummingbird604
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Certainly, I do. And I could almost bet that my readers do too. It’s become a bit of a tradition for my good friend Chet Woodside and I to have chocolate beverages at one of our absolute favorite places: Mink Chocolates Inc. Mink is a short walk from The Network Hub.
Being so close to my office means that Mink is always a very strategic location to meet friends for a quick chocolate break. I certainly have no qualms about recommending their chocolates (and in fact, they have a Valentine’s Day promotion). And they are partnering with me to sweeten YOUR Valentine’s Day celebration at home.
I am giving away (in partnership with Mink) a price package consisting of one boxed set of personal fondue pots and a jar of fresh milk or dark chocolate ganache, retail value $47.00, so that you can prepare a home-made chocolate fondue date with your loved one (or heck, with yourself, why not?)
I love how connected Mink is: They have an e-commerce website, Twitter
Tweet: www.twitter.com/minkchocolates, Facebook, blog, YouTube and obviously their site location, 863 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, BC V6C 3N9.
To enter my random draw, simply drop a comment on this post indicating what is the sweetest thing a partner, boyfriend, girlfriend or even a friend has ever done for you?. In my case, I can tell you many, but one of the sweetest things that always warms my heart is when my offline friends invite me to do stuff “just so that Raul can blog about it“. Knowing how integral blogging has become to my life and making sure that I succeed in the field is an example of some of the awesome things my friends and loved ones have done for me.
This is your chance to tell me your stories of sweetness, and win a great prize package. I will draw a random winner on Friday February 11th at 2:00pm. You can earn an additional entry by posting on your Twitter stream:
For Valentine’s, @hummingbird604 & @minkchocolates will give away a chocolate fondue set. I entered 2 win, u could too: http://is.gd/ZHMSlt
A third entry can be earned by posting a short note on Hummingbird604′s Facebook Page Wall indicating what is your favorite chocolate (milk, dark, white, or any combinations thereof). If you do all three (comment, tweet and Facebook wall post), I’ll count 3 entries in total. I’ll deal with this once I deal with Facebook Promotions and set up my contests there, heh.
Good luck everyone and happy Valentine’s Day!
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The most incredible thing my wife has ever done is give birth to our son. Because honestly I have no idea how woman can go through pregnancy and child-birth, and be okay with it.
He married me
And then he put his family before everything. (And I know you know how hard he works!)
I was volunteering for an all day Music Fest and had been on my feet in heels all day and they HURT! My fiance showed up at the end of the event with a foot massage kit and gave me the most amazing, pampering foot massage ever. My sore feet felt so great after I could have danced the night away.
I think it’s sad that I have yet to try out Mink considering that I walk by nearly every day (for the past 6 years). Shameful.
My experience is quite similar to Ruby’s – after refereeing soccer for a full day in the cold rain, I arrived home to an unexpected hot epson salt bath, homemade hot chocolate, and a full foot massage afterwards. I kid you not, knew I had to marry the girl after that.
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My BF does sweet things for me all the time – it’s like Valentine’s Day several times over!
One sweet thing he does is sometimes, he’ll have a healthy dinner ready for me after I’ve hit the gym. Even if it’s a simple ramen and baked salmon dinner, it’s always soooooo good!
My sweetie made me a surprise dinner this evening.
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Last valentines day my boyfriend made me a homemade dinner for the first time!! It was so sweet how he decorated the dining room and made me a card that outlined the 10 things why he loved me =).
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Since he couldn’t be with me, he arranged a series of clues that led me from one present, experience or adventure to the next. He even involved my friends and colleagues so I wouldn’t spend the day completely alone on my adventure.
The final clue lead me to him and we were able to have a lovely dinner together.
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The sweetest thing for me is when my friends remember my birthday (even friends that I haven’t seen for a long time).
I am lucky to have married the love of my life – every single day with him is a sweet gift. Big gestures aside, one of the sweetest things he does for me is what we call ‘nose check’. Whenever my nose is cold, it’s a pretty good indicator that I’m cold. My hubby will check to see if my nose is cold and then put a fleece blanket on me and tuck it in all around me so make sure I’m warm and snug.
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Since then, she has done many other sweet, generous, and just plain selfless things for me. She is a very special human being and one of the sweetest things that has ever come into my life.
Love notes! Lots and lots of random love notes.
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my fiance is a big sweetheart all the time to me, who else would make my tea every morning, and massage my feet every night? I am blessed….
My husband had supper ready for me when I came home from a long day of work – and not just any dinner, but a home-made lasagna! Delicious! And then he did the dishes after so I could just relax.
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No lie, my bf kisses my feet every morning before heading to work.
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Mink is deliciousness.
UPDATE – And the winner of Mink Chocolate’s fondue set is @manjotb (Manjot B) – congratulations!