***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.
Tressa Meacham says
FIFTH ME! I see myself happily married and still trying to slow time as my 3 children grow up too quickly.
Rachael says
FIFTH ME!!
Hopefully in 5 years, I’ll still be enjoying these awesome prizes! ;)
Melissa says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 years, I will likely be planning a move or just recovering from a move to a new city with a new job. currently, I am 3 months into a new city, job and apartment and for the first time in my adult life I am really putting thought into decorating my place and making it a homei love and am very proud of. All those gift cards would more than cover the plans I have for my space and allow me to purchase quality items that I will take with me and incorporate into my new space 5 years from now.
Lauren Dickerson says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have a couple of children and continue to work in the environmental field.
Kiersten says
FIFTH ME!
I’m in graduate school now.. so in five years I realllllly hope I’m done and have a nice job in a new place.
Suze says
Fifth Me! Thanks for the amazing giveaway opportunity! In five years, we will hopefully be homeowners and parents!
Abigail says
Fifth Me!
Well, my little guy will be 7 and hopefully we’ll have another little bitty around here, too. Oh, and my husband and I are closing on a house on Friday so winning this would be a little bit of heaven for our new casa. :)
Abby D. says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope I’ll have the status quo – a great hubby, healthy/sweet kids, and a house that is ours.
Katy says
FIFITH ME! In five years I see my husband and I and my three boys buying a fixer-up cabin and spending summer weekends relaxing and creating memories with our then 9, 7, and 5 year old:)
Meghan says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now, we would like to be in a new house with a kiddo or two running around.
Kelly says
FIFTH ME!!!! Five years from now, I will still be deliriously, happily married to my husband, enjoying every moment of every day with him and my then 9-year old son and then 5-year old daughter while having just published by first children’s book!
Tamrah Ryan says
FIFTH ME!
Whoa, in 5 years I will have a 12 year old, a 10 year old, and a 7 year old. I think I will probably be on the same track career-wise, but hope to find more balance between work and home.
Britt says
Fifth me! Pretty please. We’ll most likely be in a new home and, Lord willing, we’ll have some little ones running around as we plan to add to our family.
Emily J says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I would love to be a librarian on the west coast- Portland would be great. I will have a 2 year old, learning how to raise a family, and loving life!
Carin says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have further solidified my first two loves – family and home! I see us with two kids (we are pregnant with our first right now), and having made significant improvements to my little fixer upper (with plenty of inspiration from Young House Love of course!). Plus I would like to find a job that lets me work with my other loves – animals and plants.
Amy @ a new old house says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have made much more progress on our house. And gosh… my son will be a teenager then (sob, sob!)
Caitlin @ Hardly Housewives says
Fifth Me! I see myself with a 4.5 year old child!
Miranda says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I will be celebrating my fifth wedding anniversary :)
LizS says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have one (or more?) kido with my (soon to be husband), and a better idea of what I was put on this earth to do!
Catherine says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years all of my kiddos will be in school…so maybe I’ll have a clean house:) But I will also be missing these sweet years staying home with them.
Bethany H says
Fifth Me!
I’m hoping in 5 years, we will have added another little one to our family (or maybe 2!) and that we have saved enough to build a house for ourselves out in the country!
Emily M says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to have three kids and be so happy!
Carissa says
FIFTH ME! Happy anniversary!
I’ll be hanging with my five-year-old son, wonderful husband, and nine-year-old pup in five years. In our same lovely, quaint, cozy brick ’60s ranch.
That’s how I found you guys three plus years ago: debating about buying this house and googling, “cute 1960s brick ranch.”
Amanda K says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will have been married almost a decade…that is crazy. I think we’ll still be in the same house, but I will no doubt have changed the paint colors on the walls at least 2 or 3 times.
Natalie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself with at least one baby (bonus if we have twins!) and definitely one more dog that we have now. We hope to move to SF bay area from the midwest this next year.. currently seeking a fixer-upper in the city.
Who knows, maybe we’ll start a blog to document our progress?
Kate says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll have a five year old. Hopefully I can keep up with him!
Callina says
Fifth me! In five years I hope that my husband and I will be settled into our new home in a new state. Our daughter will be five years old and there will probably be another little one around or in the making!
Mike says
Fifth ME!
In a perfect world, I would have my own business with my wife in five years. An architectural design business. That would be awesome. She’ll handle the office stuff, and I’ll handle the design side.
Elizabeth P says
Fifth me! In five years our home renovations/additions will (hopefully) be finished and the home we’ve made will be full of life with our little boy, the babe on the way and maybe another baby or two.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! In five years I imagine I will be in a new house with possibly my first child (gasp!). And my fur child(mini dachshund) will be 11 years old!
Meredith says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be happily married to my fiancé, finally be moved into our starter home, and grow our family by a minimum of at least a dog, but hopefully baby #1!
Jessica D says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’ll probably still be in our new home (we are moving in in November!) and our 6 mo old daughter will have just started kindergarten!
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope our family of 3 (4 in 5 weeks or less!) will be a family of 5. And though I’d be happy to still be living in our house, in our town, I would be five times as happy to have moved to my hometown so we could raise our kids around family.
Jolene says
Fifth me! We will have two kids right in the middle of their teenage years. Yikes! I’m hoping it’s tons of fun and that they’re enjoyable young people – hey, like you said, it’s fun to imagine!
Kimberley says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope to be happily married and trying or expecting a baby to grow our family even more! I’d like to still be living in Brooklyn so further success to my career is key as well!
Suzanna says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years, I hope to have at least one little one, preferrably two, and be looking at our next new home.
bea says
FIFTH ME!!!
It would be great to win this since we are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary this year! We now have 2 kids (it’s been a busy 5 years!), so hopefully just enjoying them over the next 5 years.
Eileen says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I will be closing in on the start of my fifth decade. I hope by then to be wise and compassionate with work that challenges me and an ability to live a passionate and purposeful life. And maybe in five years we will have some type of crazy virtual technology that let’s us have a 3-d view of your blog! Oh, and I really hope I am thinner.
Melinda says
FIFTH ME!
Well I am pregnant now, so there should be an additional family member or two in five years. Also, my husband and I would love to move to a house near Boulder, Colorado to raise our kids – it’s the state I grew up in and miss very much. I do love my job though, so if I could do it remotely, I’d love to keep that aspect of the life the same – but I guess we’ll see. Thanks!
Rebekka says
FIFTH ME!
Man, in 5 years I hope to still be working for myself; finally stop renting and buy a house; and hopefully have a little one (cuz if it doesn’t happen in the next 5 years, it ain’t happening!)
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope the bf and I are happily married, living in a home of our own!
Kristin says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I know and/or predict: my two children will be seven and five. I will be back to work as a teacher and my husband will go back to school to get a job he likes getting up in the morning to go to.
And our house will have $2500 worth of goodies in it that we won five years ago and still enjoy.
Marcy says
Fifth me!
five years, huh? hopefully with more kids than the one I have now but also done with the having babies part of life – I’ll be 37! Maybe I’ll finally have a job again by then but then again maybe not. I really have no idea!
Katie says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years my family will be living in a new city and instead of two kids, we’ll have three (starting in the spring!)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Wow I think I’ve been reading you for three years now! Anyway, we anticipate that we will have moved to a different city – Tacoma? Phoenix? Two of the options we think about. Hopefully we will add another little one to our brood as well (a third).
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I’ll be raising a five year old hopefully closer to where my parents live. My husband will have graduated from business school and maybe another baby???
June says
FIFTH ME! i hope there’s at least one kiddo in the picture. (maybe even two). we love our current home, but we may want to move closer to our families in five years time, so let’s see…
Sarah T. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years our oldest will be 8 (OMG!) and our soon-to-be will be, well, 5 (or darn close). We’re already in our forever home so I’m hoping we’ll have it closer to be what we have imagined in our heads!
Liz says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I dearly hope to own our own home (or condo). Perhaps a little one, too :) But as my husband applies to the foreign service- who knows where we could end up!
Morgan says
FIFTH ME!
Congratulations on 5 years!
In five years we hope our family will have grown from a blessed 3 to an even more blessed of 5. We have also been considering a move from the west coast to the mid-west or Atlanta surrounding to be closer to the husbands family and work, so 5 years could mean a major up-rooting for this Cali born and raised girl. Regardless of what happens we look forward to whatever the next 5 years throws our way.