***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.
Lori G says
FIFTH ME! We won’t be having any more kids but in 5 years, my oldest will be 14 and youngest will be 7 so I will hopefully be returning to work with a job at the school so I can continue to be home for the kids when I need to be. Don’t plan to move, but you never know how the finances will be in 5 years. A bigger house would be nice, in the same town.
Kristen says
Fifth Me! Geez in five years… Probably in the same house… probably more kids… who knows the rest?? Good things, hopefully!
Brent says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be a marketing executive!
Rachel H says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I’m hoping to be a SAHM (even though I adore my job) in a new home for our growing family. :)
Ann says
Fifth Me! Sadly, my oldest child will be in college :( Time goes too quickly!
Sarah S. says
Fith me…In five years rennovation wise I’ll have the same house in our great neighborhood, but with a totally updated (from 1950’s) kitchen and basement and possibly a different roofline (if I can convince my husband about that last one)! ;)
Aimee says
Fifth me!
On a beach in France!
Krystal says
FIFTH ME!!
I will be with my awesome husband and hopefully have a couple little ones to share it all with! Hopefully our first house to give a little DIY TLC to!!
Skye says
FIFTH ME!!
I am currently preggo with baby #2, so in five years, I hope to have finished my birthing days with a grand total of 3 kids. We will hopefully have moved from our 3-2 starter home into a larger family home- and probably be in the middle of some sort of renovation! :)
Jenni says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to still be happily married to my awesome husband, it’ll be 5 years for us! I hope to have moved into a house we can do lots of DIY in, and to be having plenty of adventures with my Husband.
Stacy Rae says
Fifth me!!
Hmm…in 5 years, I see myself out of school! Whoot!
Jyotsna says
FIFTH ME! I see myself sending my first born to school around this time in five years…gosh!
Erica D says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!!!!
I hope to have found a home that is completed with all of our renovations :) Possibly thinking about adding to the family… and praying that I have a job by then! I also hope that we will be celebrating 10 years of marriage in 5 years!! That is the most exciting thing to look forward to five years down the road!!
Kim H says
FIFTH ME!
in 2017… hopefully spending more time with my (bigger by then) family and less time at work!
Marci says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be coming close to moving back to my home town and buying a house there! I also hope to have a couple more additions to our family by that point.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living in a home that’s mine (no renting) that is hopefully full of children’s laughter!
Allie says
In 5 years, my hubby and I hope to live in Boston in our forever home (*fingers crossed* for a fixer-upper Victorian) maybe with a toddler and a few more pets added to our household.
Hollis says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be FINALLY living with my boyfriend after many years of long distance and settling into our first home together (that we own, not rent :).
Bran says
FIFTH ME!
We just found out we’re expecting our first child. So oddly enough my immediate answer for us in five years? We’re going to Disney World! LOL, seriously, we just had that discussion last night on it being the best age for a first trip. Can’t wait :)
Laura S says
FIFTH ME! PLEEEEASE!! In five years I see myself even more madly in love with my husband, hopefully putting the final touches on our current home so we can transition into our forever home, and I hope I have a few little ones running around :o)
Meg M says
Fifth Me
I see myself having a few more kiddos and still tackling fun DIY projects.
Laurie Bell says
FIFTH ME!
In five years…another baby and a bigger house!
pds says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’ll be an empty nester, ready to take on a PhD or change cities or BREATHE!
Jackie W says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we plan to be in our next home and hopefully have another little one keeping us busy! Our home business is really taking off so it will also be exciting to see where that is in 5 years.
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to Be living in a beautiful home, filled with love!
Paloma R says
FIFTH ME !!!!!!! WOOO!
In five years, I really want to have had a kid and be living somewhere with real seasons. I’m not super concerned with what I am doing so long as I’m happy! Not that I am not career minded, just open to change!
Lisa says
FIFTH ME! I envision our lives being very similar, just more kiddos and a few more house projects completed!
DebInNYC says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to be living in a house by the water, my dream!!!
Christina says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years I hope to be out of grad school with a great job and married to my love who will hopefully also be out of grad school with a great job! And maybe even moving into our first house!
emma says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope to be married to my boyfriend in the same house I’ve been renovating for the last 3 years. I hope to be able to have more direction in my career and spend time out in my yard with my (hopefully) hubby and our imaginary dogs!
rebecca says
FIFTH ME! I see a lot of changes for myself in the next 5 years. The boyfriend and I are talking marriage, babies and buying an apartment!! I’d love to make it all happen in 5!
Kaitlin says
FIFTH ME!!!
Hopefully in five years I’ll have a baby as cute as Clara!
Mariah says
FIFTH ME!!!
I hope to have another little one running around and maybe building our dream forever home!
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME! :)
Five years from now I hope we will have our family (kid wise) started and move on to a new home :)
Kelley T. says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years I imagine we’ll have sold our beloved starter home and upgraded to one of the larger homes I’ve been admiring in our fabulous neighborhood. Mommy needs more storage and a craft room!!
Annie & Chris says
5th me! We’d probably be in a new house because our current one is sized just right for two (and a dog and a cat), but no more than that.
Anne says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully, in 5 years, I’ll have saved up enough to stop renting and finally buy a house!
John says
FIFTH ME
semi-retired
Julie B says
FIFTH ME!
I see my husband and I with kids and building our dream home!
Kelly says
Fifth me!!!!!!!!
In five years, I hope to have a little one running around. Other than that, I’d be fine with things staying just the way they are. :)
sara h says
Fifth me!
Wow, what a giveaway! Well, we’re having our first baby this winter, so thinking as far as five years in advance is daunting while I’m just hoping to survive the next one, ha!! We do hope to say goodbye to our current condo by then and hopefully be in a bigger house.
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be married with a child. We will probably still be in our first house as we just moved in this summer!
Sarah M. says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to have a little brother or sister for my son and hopefully be moving into our forver home.
Liz says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years my husband and I will be somewhere near finishing the umpteen renovations we are planning on the house we just bought 4 months ago! I also hope to have a kiddo or two in tow by then :)
gul says
Fifth me!
I am hoping to have finished renovating the house.. we just bought a fixer upper and it feels like a long process!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to have another kid or two and potentially be moving into what my husband and I lovingly term our “forever” home.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have another baby and hopefully be blogging on the website that I started 6 months ago! whoops! Hopefully we’ll just be living life to the fullest!
Katie says
Holy moly!!
FIFTH ME! I see my hubby and I finally taking some time to enjoy all the hard work we’ve been putting into rehabbing our home – maybe with a little one playing along :)
Happy blogiversary!
Briana B says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will have a 4.5 year old child (which sounds crazy right now because we don’t even know if it’s a he or a she!) and hopefully a least 1 more child. We plan on being in the same house because we just bought it, but who knows where God will lead us!!
Molly says
FIFTH ME!
If all goes well–working in the same job and raising a kiddo with my wonderful husband!