***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.
Jennifer says
fifth me!
Andy says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be fixing up an old house with my wife and two kids.
Ashley says
FIFTH ME! In five years, my husband and I hope to have started our family and hope to have gotten some major DIY projects completed on our first house!
Jade says
FIFTH ME! I hope our family will have grown :)
Cherie says
FIFTH ME! in 5 years, I’ll hopefully be reclining on the new couch I bought with this giveaway :)
Vanessa says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I are in the process of buying a 70+ year old house in the historic district of a great little southern town, and plan to do a lot of renovations, landscaping, and other spiffy things (all in keeping with the house’s and neighborhood’s old southern charm)…winning this contest would go a long way in helping us to accomplish that!
Thanks!
Vanessa
Kiki says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’d love to see myself with a classroom of my own filled with crazy, fun kiddos.
Julie M says
FIFTH ME! I have no idea what to expect the next five years, except that I’ll be in my 30s by then (eep). But on the home front I’d love to own a house for the first time.
Lindsey Lindsay says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I will have a kindergartener! :o) Hopefully, we’ll have a 2nd child, will have sold our first home, and will be living in and renovating our new family home. :o)
Penni McNamara says
FIFTH ME! I’m scared to say my daughter will be learning to driving in 5 years. Ack!!! Better give away a car instead!
Tonja says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope my growing family (hubby, puppy, and bun in the oven) is happy, healthy and living in a home we can call our own. We hope to still be reading your blog on a daily basis too! Happy Anniversary!
Terri says
FIFTH ME! I’ll have sixteen year old twins…I’ll be praying while they are on the road!!!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME! I see both my husband and myself working from home in five years. It’s gonna be great. :)
Lauren W. says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope to have a child or two and a new job! Hoping to have a new job sooner than later though :) I’ll be happy if we are still in the same house, but wouldn’t mind a move either.
Happy Blogiversary YHL!!
Carolyn C says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be celebrating my 10 year anniversary with my sweet hubby on some tropical island! We’ll hopefully have a couple kiddos by then and be in a bigger house too.
Raemi says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully adding to our little family in the next five years! :)
Lindsey Judge says
Fifth Me!
I can only imagine the next 5 years will be as fun and exciting as the last 5.
We are military, so I have no clue where we could be living, but hopefully a new little one will be with us!
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Liz Rich says
Fifth me…I will be a mother of a 8 year old and a 6 year old! Wow! Just thinking about that makes me happy! No more diapers and daycare!!!
Jasmine says
FIFTH ME! In five years my husband will be a medical resident. I’m hoping we will have the chance to relocate somewhere warm and sunny and that we will be able to start a family!
Mrs M says
FIFTH ME!
Five years: new state (get this New England girl back up North!); another baby (babies?); and I’d love to either be in a home that we own, or be well on our way to owning one.
Derk says
FIFTH ME!
I suppose right around then I’ll probably be Daddy Derk? Scary thought.
bfish says
Fifth me please . . . I hope to be retired (I’m older than most of your readers). Thanks
Rebecca @This Nest is Best says
FIFTH ME! Not sure where I’ll be in five years, but since my five year wedding anniversary is coming up on the 29th, it’s amazing look back and see how far we’ve come in the past five years!
Leixe says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will be married (check that off the list next May…), will be out of grad school, and into our second home. Fingers crossed that a miniature will be in the picture too!
Whitney Krey-Epstein says
FIFTH ME!
5 years from now, hopefully we’ll be renovating our first home and have our first baby! We just made a big move to the San Fran area, so hopefully we’ll be all settled in!
Britney says
Fifth me! In five years we will have two teenage girls and two tween girls in our house. Ahh! Heaven help me.
Meghan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I would like to be married, in a new home with a baby. On my way one step at a time :)
Heather W. says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be loving life with my sweet husband and decorating our house!!!!
Christina Honkonen says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living with my husband again. Haha that sounds like we broke up but we didn’t. Just living apart for little while for jobs, but man oh man do I miss him, and this ain’t flyin for five years!
Tiffany says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I’ll have a Kindergartner and a 2nd grader!
Sue says
FIFTH ME!
I plan to pay it forward to help my Daughter decorate her house before their 5th anniversary
Sarah says
Fifth Me! In five years I will have married my best friend, hopefully own a house or condo of our own and also have a dog and/or a baby to share the new space with!
Stephany says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I will be– older than 40!! Eek!
Hopefully with our new to us (well in four weeks it will be!) house mostly done with the DIY to do list I have already.
Parents of a teenager- shell be 13!!
Hopefully adoptive parents to a yet unknown child….
Fun to think about!!
Andi's says
Fifth me!!! Finishing my home and sending babies to school!
Colleen says
FIFTH ME!
New home?, new job?, new city?, baby?… all possibilities in 5 years.
Meghan says
Fifth me! My son is just 16 weeks so in 5 years I hope to have a sibling for him!
Erin says
FIFTH ME! I love renting now, but in five years I hope I’ll have my own young house to love!
Pearl says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to be done with school and doing what I love…being a nurse and helping people!
Susan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see my family in a new, bigger home because my husband’s real estate business will be doing so well that we can afford it.
Carrie S says
FIFTH ME! I hope to still have a happy house filled with kids and my husband…maybe even a pet!!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!!!!
In five years, we hope to be transitioning into our “for the rest of our lives” home from our first home. I hope to be so lucky to still be teaching my cherubs…and hopefully we will be blessed with a family! =)
Amy says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
Hope to be sane with 3 teenagers in the house:)
Audrey H. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will have a nine-year old and a five- year -old. Yikes. Hopefully we’ll have a new house too!
shana says
Fifth me! waaay too far ahead… =)
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME!!!
I see my husband and I with a child or two :), still living in her ‘new to us’ home, and I might be working part time instead of full time at that point so I can stay at home with our kid(s). We’ll see what the future holds for us!
Maria says
FIFTH ME! I will be living in our 1700 square foot addition we are in the midst of. With teenagers to boot!
Swarfel says
FIFTH ME
Who knows where my husband and I will end up in the next five years. Hopefully both working great jobs, maybe even a little bloggy something… I’d love to make it a full time job. Own a home and have it decorated up really crute!
Stacy B. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have a little one as cute and smart as Clara :)
Debbie Cutler says
FIFTH ME!
Vinutha says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be married with one (or two!) little ones. I also hope to be in a different city with a different job. . .that’s a lot to do in 5 years, I better get started!