Do you manage to keep romance (and friendships) going all year round? Or does it all feel a little impossible with so much to juggle? As partners, business owners and parents, we 100% get it. Life can feel so busy and demanding, making real, uninterrupted time for loved ones can easily begin to feel like […]
Category Archives: Our Year of Dates
The date
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Oct
Oct
We ALL know someone who is seemingly impossible to buy for, so much so you end up at risk of either buying them the same generic gifts you buy each year; getting them a gift card (which you’ll more than likely spend more on in fear of looking like a cheapskate) or- worse still- not […]
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Sep
Sep
We get it… as partners in life, parenthood and business, making time for each other can so easily become non existent. In fact we’re still making our way through the very first set of date cards John gave to me- the cards which brought our whole business to life- back in 2016! (Ah the joys […]
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Jun
Jun
‘It’s been a brilliant adventure, we can’t wait to see what comes next.” You know we love seeing you on dates, we also love finding out about how the dating adventure came about. So we were delighted when Gemma and Matt agreed to share how their A Year of Dates box has helped their new […]
25
May
May
All our gifts are designed to inspire, to provide ideas and to encourage the couple/individual/family to make memories. We can’t, and won’t, tell you what to do. We want you to use the suggestions on our cards to come up with ideas and ways to have fun. If it’s not fun for you we don’t […]
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Dec
Dec
Dear 2020, What was that about? We started off well – booking holidays, arranging a weekend away with the girls, looking forward to a family wedding in 2021 and generally excited for what was to come… And we ended it, well, where we have been for the last 9 months, at home! Don’t get me […]
20
Nov
Nov
Soft lights, cosy nights, all the food… Christmas isn’t just magic for children it tends to make even the least romantic soften around the edges (it could be as it’s also the only day drinking at breakfast is legit!). We know Christmas is the time when romance re-surfaces – how many babies do you know […]
21
Oct
Oct
We love that our customers share their experiences on social media, it genuinely makes us smile. So we were delighted when one couple agreed to share their year of dates story (so far) with us. Kirsty Grant and Katie Rushton completed a date a week from A Year of Dates classic dating box after Katie […]
06
Jul
Jul
We always want to show our friends how much they mean to us, but when it comes to buying presents, sometimes knowing somebody too well can make it harder than buying gifts for someone we barely know. We like to think we know our best friends inside and out. Sometimes we think we know them […]
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Jun
Jun
We’ve enjoyed our A-Z’s during the last few months, and we hope you have too! We felt there was one more we could add – as things change again a look back, maybe with some element of rose tinted glasses? Whether lockdown has been business as usual, furlough or home schooling there is bound to […]