***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!
in five years I will be (hopefully) doing something I love, and loving the family who makes me who i am!
LauraBC says
P.S. have you guys thought of giving each of the 5 to 5 different people? I know a $500 would feel like the big-kahoona of excitement (can hardly imagine $2500) but wondered if there was a reason you chose 1 big winner vs. 5 smaller
Katy says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to hike Machu Picchu with my best mama friend, since our kids will be in school full-time and I’ll be able to leave them for a bit.
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!! Hopefully in five years, we will have a couple of little ones running around and a new country home to work on!
Whitley S. says
FIFTH ME!
I’m hoping in five years that I’ll have a place of my own to DIY everything possible. Who knows maybe I’ll even have a ring on my left hand and a man to help me ;)
Christina says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I’d love to have at least two kids, and I’m guessing we’ll be in another location, but who knows!
Laura says
FIFTH ME! We’ll hopefully be in our “long-term” home…so many years of moving around, and I want to be more settled by then. And I can’t WAIT to decorate it! I’ve definitely be inspired by all that you’ve done.
Meghan says
FIFTH ME!
I five years I should be finished with school and working in my new career of dietetics. Can’t wait!
Jennifer O says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my husband and I hope to own our first home, move to somewhere in Europe (my choice – Spain), and start our family! :)
Misty says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I would anticipate having at least one more child. I also hope that we will upgrade to a larger home. Other than that, I plan to be at the same job (LOVE my job!) and married to the same husband. :)
Cathy says
FIFTH ME! I have a few more DIY plans for the next five years. Too many to elaborate here, but happy FIVE, YHL!
Emma says
Fifth me!! Five years is very far away, but my boyfriend will finally be out of law school and we will still be celebrating!
Kate says
FIFTH ME! I’ll likely be in a different city in 5 years, and will hopefully have added a little one to the mix. Happy blogiversary!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be traveling down the same path I am now…just a little older, a little wiser, and still tackling life head on…
Congrats on your blogiversary and your bloggy success!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I will hopefully have my house finally done, I’ll have a college degree finally finished and maybe a new four legged child to take care of? Hmmmm…what else? Who knows!
Amber says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, we’ll probably have another baby (if my 2-year-old doesn’t kill me first) and I’ll hopefully be done with my PhD!
Kim W Rily says
FIFTH ME!
My kids will be 11 and 8, oh, my GOD! (Nearly starting Jr. High.) Don’t think there will be any more kids, but there may be another dog (unless Trinity makes it to 17. Who knows?) I may be working closer to home. Or I may be writing more and taking classes. I could be writing for a sitcom. That would be awesome. :) Hopefully my house will have $1,000 worth of stuff from Z Gallerie and Home Goods in it!
Morgan says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully my hubby will be done with grad school, but I have NO idea where we will be.
SG says
FIFTH ME! I see myself on a new career path as I return to full-time work from being a part-time SAHM.
Jessica says
Fifth me!
In five years the baby in my belly will be four and my one year old will be six. Whoa!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!! In five years, I hope our house renovation will be over and maybe another child to enjoy our new house :)
theresa says
FIFTH ME! In five years we will have completed our backyard renovations hopefully! Thanks for the opportunity to win – could really use some FLOR tiles and all the other goodies!
Crystal says
Fifth Me! I have no idea where I will be in 5 years! Probably with a 5 year old and another on the way :)
Maggie says
Fifth me! And I hope to have at least one more little one and be living somewhere larger than our condo!
Deena says
FIFTH ME!!! (Please?!)
In 5 years, I hope we have a second child, have moved, and my business if flourishing! Eesh… so much can change in 5 years!
Meg says
Fifth me! In 5 years I should be done with grad school!
Madeline Kronfeld says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be married and looking into buying our first home. Would love to have little baby feet waddling around that house, too :)
Shayna says
FIFTH ME! in 5 years I plan to have FINALLY finished college, (I am a bit of a career student) and I hope to be teaching 5th or 6th grade English! I want to get kids interested in reading again, too many video games ruin a kids imagination! And maybe by then the boyfriend will stop having cold feet and pop the question, maybe…
Jennie says
Fifth me!!! I have no idea what I’ll be doing in five years. I just hope I’m still happy with a healthy family!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself with one or two children (I just got engaged!). We’ll either be settled in to the house we have now with (hopefully) a lot of beautiful renovations completed by then, OR we will be living it up in a new house.
Jenny says
FIFTH ME. I see myself in the home we are presently living in, having celebrated our one-year anniversary yesterday, having made it even more ours in terms of personality and comfort.
Lois says
I hope to be done with grad school and be working with my graduate degree AND hopefully have a little one running around :) wouldn’t mind being in the same house since my husband and I have put so much of us into it!
Lauren Mitchell says
FIFTH ME- with another baby!!!
Kellie Hancock says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will be married and have my new deck finished…not going to push my luck by adding more. Small goals :)
Monica says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be happy and settled in my fixer upper home, sitting back and enjoying my years and years of handy work!
Britt says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be finishing my masters degree, living abroad, speaking spanish, and starting a family with my hubbie :-D
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
We just moved into what we plan to be our “forever” home (or at least the next 20 years home), so no moving for us in the next five years, but we hope to have had a couple kiddos by then!
Brooke says
Fifth me!
No idea where I’ll be, but hopefully it’s someplace bigger than my 1 bedroom condo!
Joyce says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now, I hope that my husband and I will find our career jobs and be able to settle down and buy our very first house!
Angela says
FIFTH ME!! Hopefully, in 5 years we will be done having kids and be enjoying our little family without all the sleepless, baby years!
Katie says
Fifth Me! Pretty please:)
Alex says
FIFTH ME!
Five years ago, I had a pretty good idea of where I’d be now, and I was pretty close, so I’d say with some confidence that 5 years from now I will be more-or-less freshly out of school, will just have gotten a research position in some company, and will begin to settle down and think about a family.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
In my years, my kids will be in school (what a crazy thought)
My hubbie and I will be married for 12 years and hopefully we will be decorating our new house!
Amy L says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years, I hope we’ve adopted our first child!
Christina says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years, I see myself married to the love of my life (Greg), in a house that we love, with a bun in the oven, and spending my free-time blogging, and petting our cat, Mr. Meowgi…that’s right, Daniel-san. Mr. Meowgi :)
Emily says
FIFTH ME!!
2 or 3 babies…. either new home or changes to our current home, ie mudroom, master bathroom.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have had our first child and moved into a new home… and a few fun travel destinations under our belt.
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully my family will be in the same place… Just a little bit older.
Katie C says
FIFTH ME!! God-willing there will be one maybe two additions to our family at which point a house upgrade will most certainly be necessary and I hope to have figured out what I want to do when I grow up. 35 is grown up, right?
Laura says
Fifth me! My daughter will be a senior in high school and we’ll be facing an empty nest soon after. Ready for some new adventures with my husband!