***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.
Amy B. says
FIFTH ME!
Kristin says
FIFTH ME!! Hope to be married and a stay at home mommy to at least one baby :)
colleen says
FIFTH ME! I recently left my secure job of 15 years to start my own business and loving the freedom (and hard work) involved with being self-employed. I also am on a weight loss journey which I am seeing my self-confidence grow as I drop the weight. In 5 years my goal is to grow my business enough to donate a percentage of my profits to a food program for kids. Also to maintain my weight loss (100 pounds) in the next five years, meet a wonderful man and marry for the first time.
Katie M says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have at least one kid and living in a house I’ve gotten to update.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now? Hmm. Five years ago, we’d only recently moved back to the U.S. from Indonesia–a place we spent three wonderful years, and a place we never thought we’d ever end up! So if I had to make plans, I’d say raising a little one, still happily married to my best friend. Where those things will be happening? Who knows! :)
kerry says
FIFTH ME! 5yrs means all 4 kiddos in school which means a cleaner house, yea right.
Bekah M. says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years we will hopefully have added one to our little family and be on baby #2. Can’t wait!!
Courtney H says
FIFTH ME!
Today+5 years=babies
Mary says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to have had another baby, had at least 1 or 2 job promotions and hopefully getting into our second home! Here’s hoping!
Marlo says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope we’ll be futher along in our many house rennovations, with a little one (or two) running around :)
Savina says
Fifth me!! September is a busy birthday month for us so in five years my husband and I will be 35 and our sweet baby girl will be 5 years!
Kyle says
FIFTH ME!
with baby no. 2, our daughter and my hubby in our OWN houses a stay-at-home mom.
Jess says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have at least one more little baby, living in a new house and being thankful for our family’s continued health and happiness!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’m hoping to be in our forever home – I’m picturing a home from the ’50s that needs a lot of love right here in Raleigh, NC. I’d also like to be chasing down a toddler or two.
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME! Just had our first ever housewarming party. In five years, I hope we’re inviting folks back to check out the kitchen remodel:)
julianne says
Fifth Me!
In five years… wow… the second (maybe 3rd) kiddo will be here, my little tornado will be in school(!), and hopefully we’ll have redone the kitchen in our new house. Ha!
kristen says
FIFTH ME! i see myself graduated from college with my nursing degree and working as an RN somewhere in the good old RVA (woot woot! love me some RVA).
Christy says
Fifth me!!! I will be married (as of July ’13!), hopefully have a baby or two, and I better be in a non-rented (ie. purchased) house!
Kathy W. says
FIFTH ME! Congratulations! Hard to believe that you have only been blogging for five years! In five years, I hope that my family and friends continue to be healthy and happy. And I hope that the world is enjoying more peace and prosperity.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! I will hopefully be living in my own little fixer upper in five years!
Lindsey Forester says
Fifth Me!
We are closing on our first house on Friday…I see us still slowly updating it and continuing being a stay-at-home mom to my sweet Annabelle!
Megan says
FIFTH ME! Man oh man, five years from now my little guy will be weeks shy of his 9th birthday, my daughter will be five, the bun in the oven will be four and there will probably be a fourth one in there too! My husband and will be married for 11 years & hopefully we will be in a new house. If not, this one will just have to get re-done again!
Stefanie says
Fifth me! Hope to have a beach house in 5 years =)
Sara says
FIFTH ME!
We’ll have a 5 year old! And hopefully another little one. As long as we’re together, don’t care where we are!
gabby says
FIFTH ME! In five years hopefully I will have settled into a fulfilling career after years of being a stay at home mom.
Ilia says
Fifth me! In five years we hope to be in our forever home, happily raising our babies…who won’t be babies anymore!
Kady says
FIFTH ME! :)
In 5 years, I hope to have started and finished giving birth to 2 kids. I want new floors, new doors, new shower & bathrooms in my house! :)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be raising a couple of young kiddos… and maybe a goat or two as well.
Congrats on 5 years!
Wilhelmina says
Fifth me, please! In five years, I hope to be a homeowner!
Evelyn C. says
FIFTH ME!!
Hope to be buying my own home or happily decorating one. :)
Carly says
Fifth me! In 5 years I see myself living in Denver (we are an hour south now) and just graduating from culinary school with a degree in Culinary Nutrition. My lil guy will be 7 1/2 then, which is just crazy to think of. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Allison O. says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully a bigger family, maybe a bigger house, and hopefully a bigger paycheck! :)
Jill Stigs says
“FIFTH ME”…in 5 years I will be seeing my one and only daughter off to college.
Staceys88 says
Fifth me.
Please please in five years let us be in a house on that piece of land we bought a few years ago. I dream of or little urban farm house that we hope to build there (along with some chickens and maybe even a goat)
Kyle says
Oops! Darn iPad…our own house, not houses :)
gina says
FIFTH ME! Not sure where I’ll be in 5 years…maybe married, maybe kids. Can’t wait to see!
Molly says
FIFTH ME!!
Charlene says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I will still be married to the most AWESOME man I’ve ever met. We’ve known each other for 22 out of our 37 years on this earth. By then we will have 3 children in college and 1 entering into middle school. I’m a certified teacher and wouldn’t change it for anything.
Angela L says
FIFTH ME
In five years, my husband and I will have paid off our house!
Garin says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’ll be wherever the wind takes me (and my family, of course)!
Jordan G @ The Happy Homebodies says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be (still) happily married, hopefully with one or two children, enjoying every day and counting every blessing!
Nora says
FIFTH ME
Five years from now we will for sure have a 4 and a half year old and hopefully another little one. I see us in a new home as well, as we will have outgrown the current abode. Hopefully by then I will have also realized my dream of owning my own business and hubby will have progressed along in his career.
Courtney J says
FIFTH ME- I 5 years I hope to surviving having 3 children under 2 & will be sending my twin babies off to kindergarten & I am sure I will be sad & happy all at the same time.
Kate says
FIFTH ME! All three of my kiddos will be in school, and I believe I’ll be getting back into my teaching career. Time will tell! Happy blogiversary! :)
Jen P says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be in a new job, same house with a college student, senior and middle schooler…..
Lauren P says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be in my big girl home with my awesome sig. other, my cat Marlee, and kick major butt in my marketing career. You know, living the dream!
Rachel says
I see myself (hopefully) married to my boyfriend of 2 & 1/2 years, with a new job, and living SOMEWHERE other than Florida (where I currently live/work) because the bf and I have been long distance since grad school and we are MORE THEN READY to be happily ever after-TOGETHER :)
beth shepard says
Fifth me! Now that the last child is in college, in 5 years I hope to see retirement and much more time to do more DIY to our home.
Ishra Solieman says
FIFTH ME!! I see myself happily married, living somewhere where I could ride my bike everywhere, with a bundle of joy in the back.
Becky says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, my husband and I will hopefully still be living in our current city, but with the addition of one or two kiddos. (And hopefully we will have at least hung a few more pictures on our walls by then!)