***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.
Diane says
FIFTH ME! Maybe in 5 years I will finally have curtains in all the rooms of our house and a couch I don’t hate!
Gretchen says
Fifth me!
I’m never moving again (just did that, all done! I think) so I’ll be right here, with 4 boys instead of 3. My goal is to only add one more baby and no more dogs or cats :)
Emma says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have a baby and a house…but I have no idea in what state!
Diana L. says
FIFTH ME!!!
In the next 5 years my hope is to be engaged/married and hopefully starting a family. I will be 5 years post-grad and well into my career. I hope I am happy, healthy and surrounded by people who love me.
Samantha says
Fifth me! In five years, I hope to be a stay at home momma loving on some babies (I hope to have one of my own and also a foster child).
Michael Wurm, Jr says
FIFTH ME!!!
Alice says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I will be celebrating my 15th anniversary with my darling. I hope we’ll be living in the same home and have several new stamps in our passports.
Dana says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, my husband will have graduated from Seminary, and the United Methodist Church could move us anywhere in South Georgia. If I had it my way, we’d stay here in our first home. I can’t imagine leaving the home we brought our little one home to!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my youngest will be in school and I will probably spend my days wandering around the house trying to figure out to do with all of the time I will have! :)
Congrats on 5 years!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
I’ll be done with my masters and hopefully working to help families become more self-sufficient and believe in themselves! Happy Blogiversary!
HannahJo says
Fifth Me!
I hope to have quit my terrible day job (shh..) and be running my own freelance company! woot woot!
Jordan says
FIFTH ME! Wow five years from now I will have two big boys (8 and 12). I’ll hopefully be in the same house with the same job. And hopefully be knee deep in a major kitchen remodel (or done already would be fantastic).
mirj says
Fifth me!
Hopefully we will have another addition in our family or at elast be ready for one!
Sheila k says
Fifth Me! In five years I hope to be in our bigger forever home!
Gabrielle says
Fifth Me!
Julie says
FIFTH ME! My goal right now is to have a full time job that lasts more than one full year, so I only have to deal with one W-2 on my taxes! In 5 years I hope to have 5 years of easy tax returns.
Kelly says
Fifth me!! I have no idea where I’ll be in 5 years – these past 12 months have sure showed me how quickly things can change! I’ll for sure have my hubby, and perhaps a kiddo, and probably living in the house we just bought!
Rebekah says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to be a stay at home mom with one more child!
Lindsay says
Fifth me!
In five years… I will have a almost eight year old, a five year old, and hopefully one or two other babies! Still happily in love with my hubby! Homeschooling my littles in our sweet home. We will see what else God adds to our story!
Liz says
FIFTH ME! Holy smokes what a giveaway! We’re newlyweds, moving to Seattle (from Indiana) in 2013…. so 5 years from now we could be anywhere! With family in the south & midwest, we’re just excited for the road ahead.
Brittany D says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to have a child (or two!) and in a new, larger home. Congrats on five years of success! I love your blog and couldn’t be happier for you guys :)
Miriam says
FIFTH ME!
Living in Finland (after learning finnish)
Karen F says
Fifth me!!
In five years I see myself enjoying my family (my kids will be 10 and 8 years old – holy cow), beyond that I have no idea – as long as we’re all healthy and happy, that’s all I care about!
Jessica F. says
FIFTH ME!
I’m sure we’ll be in the same house, but I’d love to have one or more kids by then! And though I hope we’re still in the same companies, maybe a promotion? :D
NancyY says
FIFTH ME! Wow, five years? I’m guessing we’ll be in our first home – we are still on fence about buying house since we have a great rental and love living in different places – but within five years I’m sure we’ll be a bit more rooted since our kids will be starting school next year. Gadzooks! what a great give-away, thanks guys.
Dani says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years… gee, I dunno. If we’re dreaming how about living on the beach in Maui?
Realistically, hope to have a house and possibly a kidlet by then. :)
Heather says
FIFTH ME! This is so cool. I think in 5 years I will be in the same city, and possibly a better house. At the very least I’ll have new floors in my condo. :) Five years seems so short but when I think about what I was doing five years ago… it seems like a whole other life!
julianne says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will likely have made it big and have taken over the Judge Judy show (“Judge Julianne”) where I take over for Ms. Judy and get to dispense tough love mixed with some snappy comments in syndication! O one can dream!
Ellie says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully within 5 years I’ll give my 2 year old a sibling and finally get our home completely decorated!
Rachel says
Fifth me! 5 years from now my husband and I will be taking a year off to travel and visit family and friends all over the world!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME!
Happy Anniversary, YHL! In five years…still married, maybe a kiddo or two, and perhaps our beloved home will finally be fully furnished and decorated!
Kim @ Wonderings says
FIFTH ME, in a bigger place!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!!! I hope to have a little bean runnin’ around!
Bryony says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, the husband and I will have been married for 7 years, our son will be turning 6 (eek!), and we’ll likely have a few more kids and be living in another (hopefully bigger) house that I’ll be busy redecorating and DIYing to my heart’s content! I may have even decided to go back to school for my PhD by then, who knows?
Ashley says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a baby and a house.
Kelly Lane says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be a manager in 5 years…and hopefully be in a different house working on fixing it up!
Brittany says
Fifth me!
In five years I imagine myself settling down in the United States after getting my Master’s degree in Europe, buying my first house, and starting a DIY-project like Young House Love :)
Christina says
FIFTH ME!! I hope we’ll have our family started and be able to buy a house in five years.
Michelle says
Fifth Me!
In five years, we hope to have a couple of kids and a house of our own. We also plan to have visited Hawaii (for our fifth anniversary).
Emily says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hop to have at least one little one and hopefully another on the way! and i fully expect that we will have bought a house to start decorating!
Ginny @ goofymonkeys says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years?? Happy, healthy, and blogging!
Devin says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I would love to be sitting on my hand built porch gazing at a beautiful lake, or mountains/hills, or rolling wheat fields, or the ocean, or a rolling river, during the sun rise, sipping on hot cocoa, next to my wife, while the kids are sleeping. Maybe throw in there some light fog and horses… you never know.
Catie says
Fifth mE!
I think we’ll be in St. Louis as my husband works his way through seminary.
Becky H. says
Fifth me!
In five years I hope to be doing the same job- <3 it! Married to the man of my dreams for 11 years…woah!
No kids- infertility has kinda decided that for us :/
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I see myself and my husband in our first house together, hopefully planning (or already started!) our future family. :)
Allison says
FIFTH ME!
I’m hoping in 5 years, we will be in a different (single family!!) house, much closer to family. Happy 5-year blogiversary!
Kelly says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years, I’m hoping we’ll be well on our way to a family of five (or so)! The hubs and I are celebrating our first wedding anniversary TODAY (!!!) and I definitely see some little ones in the future!
CJ says
OMG I love ya’ll’s blog, happy blogiversary!!
Amy says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I would love to see myself as a stay-at-home mom, with a little one running around and settled into our long-term home!
Emily E says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’m hoping my husband and I will be out of school, and our home remodel will be coming to a conclusion. Another kid? Maybe…