***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 Mac says
FIFTH ME!
Oh man, five years… My wee little boy will be in first grade (wah!!!), we may have moved cross country to my hometown of Portland, Oregon if the stars align right, and I KNOW that my dear sister-in-law will be celebrating being breast cancer free for years by then. I just know five years from now will be awesome for all of us.
Diego says
FIFTH ME
I will hopefully be working at a different company, but still as an engineer, and probably live in a different house and city. We’re just waiting for my wife to finish school to move.
Kristi says
Fifth Me! In the next five years, my kids will be 8, 5 and 5 (I just had twin girls 12 weeks ago) … so I hope to be in a state of sanity. : )
Deena says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope I’m right where I am now. Just older and wiser… and with remodeled kitchen.
Hope Martin says
FIFTH ME! I hope we are in our “forever” house in 5 years. We’ve outgrown our current home and are (im)patiently waiting to find the right place.
Julie B says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I will have 2 out of 3 in college- un-freaking-believable! That just stresses me out!
Jennifer says
fifth me! I think five years down the road I hope to have started a family of my own!
Trissi V. says
FIFTH ME! 5 years from now I hope to be done renoing the kitchen and would be starting on the bathrooms. *sigh* one can dream.
Britt @ Honest to Goodness Living says
FIFTH ME – Five years from now I will be living wherever my sweet husband does his residency following med school…hopefully with a kiddo or two in tow! :)
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be living in a finished home with another kid (or two :))!!!
Allison says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to still live in our first home. We love our neighborhood, and just built a big garage behind our house. My husband will have built his airplane and finished school, and we may or may not decide to have a kid. Can’t wait to see if it will be true! Time has been flying.
Heather says
Fifth Me! Hopefully my husband and I will have at least 1 child by then and possibly moving into a bigger house. I hope I am still at my current job supporting NASA because in 5 years we will be launching rockets! But whatever happens its should be an exciting 5 years!
WendyK says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will be a brand new empty nester! My only child will be a college freshman. Scary.
Vanessa says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’d like to have moved to the west coast (Oregon or Washington) and have jobs, but who knows – five years ago I would not have guessed I’d be married and teaching journalism!
Zahra's Mom says
FIFTH ME!
I hope my home-based businesses will be providing enough income to move, and maybe driving something newer than my 1996 Blazer…
Amanda T says
Fifth me….in 5 years My husband and I will have started a family we will be remodeling our first home (which we will have purchased) and I will have a flexible job that allow me to spend some quality time with my children and yet give me enough money to travel to see out family throughout the country.
Janice M says
Fifth Me!!! In 5 years, I plan on living in my very own little home. I am planning a move soon and I can’t wait!
Joanna S. says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I’ll have a ten year-old (eeek!) and six year-old, hopefully in our own home, and possibly a third child… and hoping, praying a new, much better job!
FIFTH ME! says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully living in my own house that I own and do not rent!
Cara says
“FIFTH ME”
Five years from now…two more kiddos (we have one now), and hopefully moving into our forever home…only time will tell.
Heather says
Fifth ME!!
I hope to be an even better version of myself!
Ann Marie says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll have bought a home and settled in to Charlotte, maybe we’ll have a couple kiddos, and life will be good!!
Katie says
Fifth Me!
Maybe have a Lake House with my siblings and our spouses!
Angela Nimer says
FIFTH ME
I hope to have my first floor remodel done by then. We have been talking about it for a few years!
jacob says
“FIFTH ME!”
Still married to my beautiful wife in a house with many improvements. I hope.
FIFTH ME says
I am one of your older fans. My kids will be out of the house and I will have more time to “maybe” do some of the hundreds of pins I’ve pinned on Pinterest :)
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!
My baby will be starting Kindergarten… Yikes! We just bought a new house… so hopefully in five years it will feel like a HOME. :)
Erinn says
FIFTH ME! We don’t have children yet, but in five years I hope to be a Mom. :)
Tracy Williams says
FIFTH ME! We will have a 6th grader and a 2nd grader! How is it possibly that is only 5 years away?!?
Wendy says
Fifth Me! Looking at my teenage daugher.
Lizzy says
Fifth me!
I will be getting ready to send my oldest off to college, teaching my middle child to drive and hiding as my youngest enters her teenage years.
Aaaaaannnddd, I think I just died a little.
Beth G says
Fifth me!
Amy says
FIFTH ME! The little one will be six and a half (hard to believe), and I hope we will have moved to the ‘burbs or at least out of our tiny apartment in the City!
Jordan J says
FIFTH ME! In a new house!
Michelle Suzanne says
Fifth me!
I plan on starting my masters degree in the next five years so I will probably be super busy!
Kali says
FIFTH ME!!!
I hope to have my house finished already!!! This prize will really help!!! ;)
Laurel Miller says
FIFTH ME! Wow, 5 years….I hope to possibly be further along in my career.
Tricia W. says
FIFTH ME!
Five years? I imagine we’ll have about 4 kids by then – yikes!? And I’ll have no choice but to drive a mini-van. :)
Jake Dicus says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be completing the purchase of a new home and tackling on the challenges in remodeling/decorating/moving that we are currently going through right now.
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
husband, house, dog, baby (or 2)… in that order. if all goes as planned!
Kelsey Niese says
Fifth me!! Hopefully graduated from college and in my first year of teaching :)
Annisa says
Fifth me! Please, oh, please! I hope to give our kids more exposure to other cultures in the next 5 years…maybe with an overseas adventure.
Leah says
FIFTH ME!
Hmmm in five years I hope my husband and I will be starting a family…, or maybe started.. And I’m sure a bunch of other crazy wacky but great stuff!
Stacey says
FIFTH ME!
In five years from now, I imagine maybe living in another home, maybe another town. I will have two kids out of highschool, and our baby almost graduating. I imagine that I will have a successful interior design company, focusing on beach homes in Hawaii. :)
Neil says
FIFTH ME!!!! I will be tattooing worldwide with my beautiful wife and sons to come home to.
Karen says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully both my husband and I will be retired. Possibly owning a second home –maybe becoming snow birds. Big changes ahead!
Nicole @ Lapetitebaker says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will be twenty seven and hopefully making a career out of writing. Fingers crossed!
Karen says
fifth me!
on the beach (or at the rivah) with a fishing pole in my hand sounds perfect to me!
Jan J says
FIFTH ME! Retired!
Chelsea says
FIFTH ME! (Hopefully) my husband and I will have some kiddos and may or may not be in the same house we are in now, which we just bought this year!