***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.
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope that my young, little family will be able to move to Austin, Texas as I’ve been hoping. And that I will be running a successful furniture refinishing business! Crossing my fingers!!
Kara says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, we will most likely be in a house in our current area. As much as I’d love to move somewhere different, the husband likes his job too much to justify moving else where. We’ll be having baby #1 next Feb, but hopefully we’ll have #2 within 5 years!
Morgan says
FIFTH ME!
And in five years, I actually hope to be in a really similar place as I am right now. I love where we live, I just got a big raise at my job, we bought our dream house 5 months ago, and I’m just all around loving my life with my husband right now!
Jo says
FIFTH ME! New house, new experiences and hopefully a Europe vacation by that time.
Julie F says
Fifth Me!
Samantha says
FIFTH ME!!!
Rosanne says
FIFTH ME….PICK ME!
I’d like to win the lottery and quit my job and travel the world. (reality..I’ll probably be at the same job, come on lottery!)
Danielle Blake says
FIFTH ME!!
Our current little podling will be nearly five years old! I hope by that time we’ll have added a second to our lives. While it’s very possible we’ll be in a new location I hope that our little family is in a home of our own at that point.
Ashleigh says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’ll have our addition built,we’re doing it all ourselves, and our son will start elementary school.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I 5 years I hope to have my dream job and a home to call my own (so tired of renting…) in a city I love. AND to still be reading YHL :)
Traci says
Fifth Me!!!
In five years, hopefully, my husband will be out of the Navy and we’ll be choosing a place to settle down for a while. Maybe we’ll have a second child (or third, who can tell!) and hopefully we’ll be enjoying our mid-thirties!
Karen says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope to have 2 kids (or more) and be looking into moving out of our starter home and into our forever home!
Congrats on 5 years of blogging!
Senora H-B says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself still married to my sweetie, with a kiddo or two, and a full-time teaching job. Fingers crossed.
Erin says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to have our house renovations done and enjoying the hard work we put into it!
JoLyn says
Fifth Me. Congratulations! I hope to have more grands to love on!
AshleyB says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I will be 29 hopefully with one baby, maybe one on the way and celebrating my 4th anniversary to my hubby.
Career wise I hope to be working in the wedding/fashion industry!!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I hope to have moved into a new home and possibly have a little one.
feep says
FIFTH ME!
We’ll be in the process of sending the second child off to school and the first into middle school. Crazy stuff.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!!! I dont really know where I will be or what I will be doing in five years, thats the beauty of life! :)
Megan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have graduated with my PhD, gotten a real job, and maybe even had a kid (shh don’t tell my husband I might finally be caving on the kids front)! ;)
stlunatic06 says
FIFTH ME! I see myself doing residency, definitely in a new city. I’ll be sad to sell my current house, as I’ve definitely made it into my own in the three years I’ve been here, but I would like to be in a swanky loft downtown. That’s on my pre-marriage, pre-kids bucket list, to live in a loft. Yes, I realize that in going from a single family home to a downtown loft I’ll be moving backwards on the residential ladder.
Jentre says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be in a new home and have another little one running around!
Newbury says
FIFTH ME!!!
Allison says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will have two kids, new job and loving life.
Stephanie B. says
FIFTH ME!
Finished with grad school, in a job that I love, (hopefully) a cute kiddo will have established themselves in our house :), I’ll be more in love with my husband than ever, and my crazy puppy will have finally lost some of his endless energy!
Happy Blogiversary, John, Sherry, Clara and Burger!
Sabrina says
Fifth Me!
I five years, I hoping for a graduate degree and a shiny new job. Fingers crossed!
Katy Kash says
I meant to include where I see myself – got trigger happy. I see myself married with a house and a little baby! Working mother in northern va!
julie says
FIFTH ME
Continuing to work on being a better wife mother and updating our house to make it more of a home
Britten says
FIFTH ME! In five years I am looking forward to my husband being out of college. I’m really hoping that by then we will have moved back to my home town and purchased a house with some land.
Lou Anne says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I currently have a little one on the way, so God willing we will have a 4 year old in 5 years! And possibly another one (or two!). We will probably be in a different house since ours is rather small for a growing family, but hopefully in the same city. What a great giveaway and fun question! :)
Nicola says
FIFTH ME! Maybe in 5 years we’ll finally own a home instead of renting?
Amanda Henderson says
Fifth me! I see my new home transitioning from the before to the after and our family making many new memories there.
Callie says
Fifth ME!
Five years from now… maybe one more babe running around. Probably getting ready to head back to the real world with a 9-5 type job instead of staying home since my oldest will be 8 by then. Boo! Hopefully I’ll find a money tree before then!
Tracy H says
Fifth me!
Where will I be in 5 years? Hopefully right where I right now- surrounded by greatly supportive friends and family!
Alissa Y says
FITH ME
I hope to be in grad school for microbiology, with maybe a kid or two and a nice cozy home
Hannah says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be in a slighly larger home with a kiddo or two (fingers crossed)
Danyel says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope to be making a house a home with my new hubby!
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope we have two little ones and have gotten rid of our rental property!
Michele says
FIFTH Me! I’m never right on these predictions so I’ll just say hopefully in five years I’ll be doing something exciting that I could never even of dreamed of today!
Tiana says
FIFTH ME!
Emily says
FIFTH ME!!
Hopefully the owner and operator of my very own shoe store!
Na'ama says
FIFTH ME
Emily says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to either be in my forever house or get this one into forever house shape; have a career that makes me happy and pays the bills; and most importantly, have a growing, healthy family (the first is on it’s way right now!).
Debi says
Fifth Me!!
In 5 years I will have 4 teenagers!
Michelle Carter says
FIFTH ME
I hope to have one more child (I already have two). I’m sure I’ll be working the same job since the job of a mother never really ends. I do hope to be back in school though getting another degree because when I go back to work I don’t really want to do what I set out to do the first time :)
Caroline says
FIFTH ME!!!!
Husband will finally be out of grad school, so we could be living in a new location, hopefully with a baby or two :)
Heather says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully buying my first home!
Maria says
Fifth me!
In five years, I will probably have toddler or two and either be living in Amsterdam or moving back from Amsterdam.
Jennifer T says
Fifth me!! I have no idea where we be in 5 years … and I like it that way!
Kayleigh says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a couple of babies and be staying at home with them… and maybe starting to look for our second house.