Taking Candy From Strangers

Back on March 6th, exactly one month ago, I wrote a post where I tried Dove chocolate milk for the very first time. I made it embarrassingly clear that I loved the stuff. :)
Well, I'd completely forgotten about writing that, when I got a comment on that post two days ago from someone named Lauren. Click here to read the comment (Scroll all the way down; it's near the bottom).

My first reaction was "Wow, cool!" But then the skepticism and caution crept in. Was this for real? It sounded too good to be true. And she left her comment at 7pm... that seemed odd to me. Wouldn't someone in an office, working in PR, have hours that were closer to the regular 9-5 schedule? So I wondered whether or not to respond.
Eventually I decided what the heck. Let's be brave.

So I sent her this e-mail:

Tell me more about this!
Free Dove chocolate sounds too good to be true.
it must be nice to have a job websurfing for chocolate hits at 7:00 in the evening. I definitely need a career change.
--Janna

And she responded with this:

Yes, PR does have it’s perks! One of them is the great amount of chocolate here that we normally use to send to editors (and sometimes snack from!) Occasionally, if one of us happens to come across a blog that we find interesting, or fun, we can send chocolate just as a thank you for mentioning it. Yours seemed pretty cool! So that is it— no strings. Basically, we’re just glad that you like our chocolate! If you would like me to send you some, just let me know where I can send it, and I can overnight you some treats. Best, Lauren

So I daringly sent my address to her yesterday, at about 3:00pm.
And TODAY, at around noon, a FedEx truck pulled up and left me a package!
Oh, my gosh! Look at this! There's a bag of the foil-wrapped "Rich Dark Chocolate" promises, and a bag of the foil-wrapped "Dark Chocolate Raspberry" promises (caramel filled)! And two bars of the "Extra-Dark" chocolate-- one with 63% cacao, and one with 71% cacao. (When you're Dove, you get to spell COCOA any way you want. :)
Plus, there's a card that says this:

Dear Janna:
This shift (with new packaging for the dark chocolate) doesn't hit shelves until June. Enjoy!
Best, Lauren

Wow! How very cool!
What a nice surprise!
Thank you, Lauren and Dove.
Thank you very much!
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