***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.
Carrie Kinney says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be right here…still reading YHL!
Alyssa says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope to be a homeowner (which I am working on now, such a hard process!) and engaged planning a wedding (not a crazy girlfriend, that is just the time-line that we have right now!).
Becky says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope we’ll have at least one sibling for our little guy.
Jamie says
FIFTH ME! Still married to my husband, maybe with a child in tow, maybe still in our current home we love or in our forever home, still taking care of patients and doing what I love!
Aaron says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope everything will pretty much be the same, but with an extra baby or two added to our family!
Amber says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to be married to my currently wonderful boyfriend, and at the very least CLOSE to buying a home. I hope to still be living in Chicago and inching my way upward at my current job. :)
Tonya says
Fifth me!!!
I see me growing my new business and watching my son start school
celia says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope my husband is teaching at a college somewhere (his dissertation defends is scheduled for mid-October and if all goes well graduation will follow in December!) and that we will have started a family.
Megan says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, my husband and I will probably be on to another new city, apartment living and trying to save up for a house back in the Pacific Northwest, where both our families live.
helen says
fifth me!!!
Erica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, all three of my children will be school aged, and hopefully we will be able to move to another home with more space for our family.
Dionis T. says
FIFTH ME!
I hope in 5 years to have advanced in my career, started a family, and upgraded to a bigger home.
Amy says
Fifth me!
In five years I see myself back to full time work in some kind of educational setting, two boys in school and a husband with a local job. Sounds great!
April O. says
FIFTH ME! Dreaming of a bigger home in our dream school district. BUT, so grateful for here and now! Thank you for the great giveaway!
Ariel says
Fifth Me!
My husband says he wants to die in our house he hates moving so much (and I can’t blame him, given that we moved four times in four and a half years). I love our house (even though it’s small… something I’ve written about recently). But I would love to spend a year abroad, especially in a country where they speak another language. So in five years I would love to be in another country!
Jennifer says
Fifth me!!!! Five years … I’ll have to think about that one.
alexis says
FIFTH ME! I’m not sure where I’ll be in five years, but with any luck, we’ll finally be done rehab-ing the front yard!!
Congrats on five great years!!
Theresa says
FIFTH ME!!! Hopefully a few more european countries/vacations under my belt plus japan would be nice
Brett Kinney says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I know where I hope to be still constantly changing our home and building our family.
Reina says
Fifth me!! In five years I see my husband and me with a child, in a new city, (maybe somewhere quaint on the east coast) and enjoying our family and beautifully decorated house :) l
Autumn says
FIFTH ME! My sweet hubby & I will be blessed with 2 healthy, happy kids & just finished building our 2nd home in a neighboring town closer to our family. Oh, & he’ll with the same company in a VP position! :)
Jessica says
Fifth me! In five years I see my self with two kids, still happily married, and finally owning our own house, working on DIYing it to fit our style.
Sarah H says
Fifth me!
Becky says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be a mommy and still living in Indonesia (we’re expats)
Karen C says
Fifth me! Five years made me stop in my tracks; I’d have a 12 year old and a 10 year old. Wow. Hopefully, helping them to grow and become great little people. I hope to figure out how to balance a returning to career life with motherhood, wife, etc. As for our house, still enjoying the $2,500 worth of prizes.
Melissa says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to own my own home and also have started a non-profit after school center for kids. Dream big!
Sarah W says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living in a farmhouse on a large plot of land raising chickens and goats and growing a huge garden with my son and husband.
Emily says
Fifth me!
In five years I see myself right where I am now: in my dream home with my dream job; my two babies (who will be 5 and 10) and my husband by my side.
Life is good!
Julia says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
In five years I hope to have moved home to Massachusetts from South Carolina, where I am now. I also hope to have a baby…I have a 2 year old and am not quite ready to try again now!
Alice says
FIFTH ME! I am sure I will still be living in my paid-off condo (hooray!) and 5 years closer to retirement!
Marie says
Fifth me!!
In 5 years I’ll be coming up on 11 years with the husband, hope to have a kid or two and probably still be in my current house. With many more projects knocked off of the list, of course. :)
Shunta says
FIFTH ME!!! 5 years from now we will have a 4 year old (I’m one of those women who clicked “bun in the oven” on the survey today!) And that is more than enough for me to consider the future quite perfect!!! :-)
Jodi says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will be loving my life even more.
KateR says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be loving life, having even more time for family and friends, and in a neighborhood we love.
kathy says
“FIFTH ME”
hopefully married with a kid
Amanda says
Fifth me! Five years from now, both my boys will be in school, I’ll be back to work and hopefully we’ll be house shopping to upgrade from this condo.
Rachael says
FIFTH ME! I see myself in our (much more renovated) home with (hopefully) 2 little ones running around :)
Amber says
Fifth me! Someone has to win — I sure hope it’s me! :) In five years, oh dear! We will be teaching our first baby to, gulp, DRIVE!! How can that be a mere 5 years away?
Joy says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to thinner and even a better happier mom and wife!
Congrats to 5 fabulous years…I’ve so enjoyed reading your blog!
Emily says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope we have a renovated kitchen and brand new shiny addition!
Brittany says
Fifth Me! in five years I will have hopefully welcomed my first baby girl/boy. I am getting married this Summer so there will be lots of changes coming up!
Harper says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully out of my rambling early 20’s phase and working on my career. but mostly just HAPPY!
Joy says
FIFTH ME… I hope to be moved to the west coast in 5 years!
Karli says
FIFTH ME!!! I definitely see myself in a different location and hopefully a job I love.
Mary H. says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be in a larger home with a better layout to fit a few more family members ;)
Happy Blogiversary!
Lisa says
FIFTH ME!! I hope that my husband and I have started our family( hopefully have 2 kids by then…in addition to our lovely cat and dog!). And I also hope to have happiness and good health in the future:)
Allison says
FIFTH ME! I hope we’ll be into a new house and knee deep into making it our home.
Heather R. says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope to have a kid (or 2) and finally be a homeowner. Other than that…still loving my husband and being thankful for life and taking it one day at a time.
Jason says
Fifth me!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have a baby and be lucky enough to be a stay at home mom!!!