***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Fefi says
FIFTH ME! hmm possibly getting a new puppy?!
Brittany says
Fifth me!! My husband and I are getting ready to celebrate our 5 year anniversary with our new baby boy, so 5 years from now we’ll be celebrating our 10 year anniversary and hopefully our 5 year old boy will be a big brother :)
Amy says
Fifth me!!!! Five years will be two little ones in school (gulp)!
Elaine says
FIFTH ME! Our goal within the next three years is to save up enough for a second house and we would then rent out our existing home. So, I hope in five years will be in a slightly larger home with great tenants in our exisitng house.
Caitlin says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, we hope to own a house!
Emilie says
“FIFTH ME”
In five years we hope to have completed turning our first home into our family home of our dreams. Not to mention in five years we hope to add at least one other additional to our little crew.
Mallory says
Fifth me!!
I hope that is 5 years from now we are still living in our adorable new home but have 2 more children in the mix! I alsO hope I’m able to resume my photo business that I have put on hold for my family at the moment. I love your blog so much! I have been a faithful reader for the last 3 years!:)
Beth says
Fifth me! Wow, I should have an 11 year old and a 7 year old. Sounds like I’ll be busy…
Sarah Bowers says
fifth me!
I have no idea where we’ll be in 5 years, but hopefully we’ll own a home :)
Sheri says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope my husband and I will be in a new house (maybe in a new city, maybe not)!
Brandy G says
“FIFTH ME”
In five years I hope to have my home in progress, and on my way to my master’s degree!
Ameneh says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now I will be three years out of college, hopefully doing something awesome, most likely back home in California. :)
Lara says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I see myself living in Ireland in a small cottage by the water.
Katie says
FIFTH ME! hopefully living in austin with a kidlet and my husband!
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!!!! i hope to be right where i am but with some much needed updates on my home!
Michelle says
Fifth me, please! New house for sure, hopefully an new child & a new job.
Annie says
“FIFTH ME” More kids and a bigger place to house them in.
Jolene says
Fifth me! Still married to my wonderful hubby, hopefully moved back to the city. This small town life is killing me!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!!
Michelle says
add to that…
in 5 years maybe I’ll be happily running a blog like you! Hopefully in a better spot workwise, enjoying a blissful marriage with my soon-to-be husband (in FIVE weeks coincidentally!!) and just healthy and happy.
Lindsey R says
Fifth Me…in 5 years I hope to have my brand new house decorated more to my liking and maybe another little one running around
Gloria says
FIFTH ME!!!! Hopefully playing with more grand children :)
Christina says
fifth me!!
Pauline says
FIFTH ME!! My husband will be retired from his job, and we will either still be living here in VA, close to our daughter, or we will have moved to Minnesota to be closer to our son and our best friends – and cheaper cost of living. My dream is still to move to a rambler, regardless how old I might be!! You have to have dreams!!
Chasity says
FIFTH ME…In the next five years, I hope to have completed my master’s degree and started my PhD program in education. God-willing, I’ll be happy, healthy and still living life to the fullest.
Beej says
Fifth Me!
I’d love to have an addition on the house, and another set of twinsies!
Chelsea says
FIFTH ME! I see myself at the same job and in the same house, but maybe baby number two will be on her (!) way, maybe I’ll finally have the fast car I’ve always wanted, and maybe I’ll still be reading YHL on my breaks at work! Happy anniversary!
Roseann B says
FIFTH ME!!! 5 years from now…hard to imagine it, but the little boys will be 5 and 7 by then…I imagine days filled with trucks, trains, legos, grass stains, scrapped knees, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, and laughter — lots of laughter.
Jes says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I see myself married (finally, been dating for 6+ years), probably just 1 kid, In the same house (lifetime house – love the location), I hope to be a stay at home mom for a few years until the kiddo is in school, so who know’s where the job front will be. =)
Natalie Arloa says
Fifth me! I’ll have one kid just entering college and one in high school. I’d love to not be in this same house, but still in our same neighborhood. I WILL be a published novelist. Still dancing.
Michelle R. says
Fifth me! I’ll have a young man on getting waaay too close to driving! ah!
Lisa says
FIFTH ME! I see myself hopefully finally fully settled in to the house I bought last year…yes, it takes me a while. :)
Cara W says
Fifth me!!
I certainly didn’t think I’d be in the place I am five years ago but in five years I’d like be married, have a great job, and continue to cherish every day because each day is a blessing.
Allison says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in a bigger house with a better job! I can dream can’t I? :)
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! Wow, my babies (now 5, 3, 2, and almost 1) will be 10, 8, 7, and 5! SNIFF SNIFF! Hopefully, they will still be happy wonderful little people and I will know their personalities even better than I do now.
Callie says
Fifth Me. I hope we’ve moved back out west. I miss the dry heat. I would miss the ocean though… HMM. A toughie.
Julianne says
FIFTH ME
I just got married, so hopefully in 5 years my husband and I will have grown our family and be living in a new house.
…we shall see!
Nancy says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully I’ll be at a better job and have a little one running around.
Sarah says
fifth me!
id love to be on a vacation ;)
Caroline W says
FIFTH ME.
I have no clue where I will be in 5 years. Hopefully with my husband? :-)
Seriously, I hope to own a house (preferably a historic one) and maybe be a “real” published author.
Allie ~This Yellow House says
Fifth me!!
In five years I hope to be in our current home and to keep fixing it up while me and my hubby continue to raise our three little boys :-)
Ashley Moore says
Fifth me!!
My hubby started his own screen printing company, so in five years I think we’d both love to be our own bosses.
Kelley D. says
In five years, I hope to be promoted in my job. I hope to have earned a masters degree and possibly be looking for a new home.
Rebecca says
Fifth Me!!!!!!!!
In 5 years I hope to be where I am just more mature, more developed and more comfortable.
Hope Brownlee says
FIFTH ME! I will have a 16, 15, 13, 11 and 8 year old, hopefully a renovated kitchen and yard, a marriage of 20 years and many more blessings as well!
val bellardi says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself still happily married and with two lil ones :)
Sarah Klooster says
FIFTH ME…First of all, congrats on five years!!! In Five years, I see myself, my husband, and our daughter (due in 7 weeks) still loving life. By then, there may be another one added to our family too. :) I see us in what will hopefully be our forever home in the country. In the meantime, I am loving making our current house a home!
Karina says
FIFTH ME….In 5 years I hope to be happy and healthy. And after our recent move in our first home, I hope there will be no moves in the future.
Katie says
Fifth me!!! Happy Bloggiversary!! I’m not sure where I’ll be in five years but I’ll be surrounded by my four children and husband hopefully having fun!
Ines says
FIFTH ME!
We just moved into our first home, so I expect we will still be here!
lindsey says
Fifth Me! Dreaming big… perhaps in five years, we’ll have travelled/lived in a new country for a brief time, learned a new language and introduced new culture to our then 8! year old son.