(After) The Annual Chocolate Crawl

I meant to do this before, but that’s okay. Knob Noster had it’s Annual Chocolate Crawl on Saturday, Feb 8th (it’s always the second Saturday in February) and Karen and I teamed up for it! I did a horrible job on notifying anyone the extras we had going on for it, and then we ended up winging the rest of it. First, what even is the Chocolate Crawl?

The Knob Noster Chamber of Commerce has the Chocolate Crawl as a fun and free, community event, where you (the participant) get a stamp card and a list of participating businesses.. you have to physically go into each business on the list and the business will stamp your card. Not only do you get your card stamped, but each business spends their personal $$$ to supply various chocolates / treats / whatever you would like to call them.. for each participant to have (for free - so when you participate, be nice, we don't have to do these). When you collect all the stamps from every business, your turn your card in for a basket drawing. They introduced a kids basket at the December Cookie Stroll, and since it was such a success, they did it this time, too (because.. it’s free cookies and chocolate.. what kid doesn’t want to participate in that). Okay.. so that’s what it is. A fun event where even if you don't win the basket, you still win from going around collecting chocolate and exploring businesses in your area. It’s a bonus for the businesses, since they have to actually go in your business to get the stamp. Massage therapy is pretty low key, and we’re not open regular hours for walk-ins, so we heard loads of “We didn’t know you were here”, and appointment booking following it 😅.

Karen and I collaborated and created cute, “ready to go” Valentine's Day themed (but not over the top.. soft muted colors, thank you) gift bags to be given free with any gift certificate purchase.