Lunch with F500 CEO

Recently met the CEO of a major American corporation while waiting to get my car's oil changed at the dealership. Being in finance, was able to recognize him/her right away. They were pleasantly surprised and we chatted for two minutes. Got nervous and cut the convo short (CEO was there with spouse, so felt like I was intruding). 

Got home and emailed the CEO right away and basically said "nice meeting earlier and pretty neat that you live in my town-- we should grab lunch sometime." 

Believe it or not, did get somewhat of a positive response. Told me to follow up again in a month or two. Not sure if that's genuine or if the hope is that I forget. 

Anyway, I saw this morning that the CEO just received a civic award. In your opinion, should I send a quick, personal note of congratulations? Our original email was about a week ago (when we first met). Part of me feels like I would just be clogging their inbox for no reason.

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