***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.
Ryan says
“FIFTH ME” I’ll be done with my masters and hopefully working on a much bigger home.
Ellen says
FIFTH ME! My kiddos will be 11, 8 and 5, so we’ll probably have outgrown the house we’re just starting to remodel!
Jill says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself with 1 baby and 1 on the way, in the same house but ready to move out, and working part time! Lots of plans!
Marci says
Fifth me!
Chaney says
Fifth me! I have no idea where I’ll be in 5 years, but maybe back in Richmond, which would be fantastic!
Mik says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
Hopefully in 5 years we will have a healthy and happy family.
Katie M. says
FIFTH ME!
Wow, in five years I hope that I will be still raising my two beautiful kiddos and loving life and living the dream!
Laura says
Fifth Me!! I hope to have started our family and open up my own interior design business! And buy and renovate our first home!!
Caroline H. says
Fifth me! In five years I will have a 7 and 5 year old (as well as a 16 year old cat- fingers crossed!). I will be a fabulous 39 years old and hopefully still be living in our beautiful 1935 tudor…
Megan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have kids or at least be working on starting a family… and living in a home that I adore!
leslie says
Fifth me!! I see myself…in a new job, with another kid, hopefully with a house I own. How about change everything?
JP says
Fifth Me!
In five years, I will be promoted to full professor (crossing my fingers), I will have one kid in high school and one in middle school (WHAAT?), and I will have renovated my laundry room, updated my stairs, and removed all boob lights from my home.
Melissa Z says
FIFTH ME!!!!
In five years, I hope our family of two will have grown to at least a family of 3…if not 4! If that is the case, I also see us in a new home with a little more space than our 2 bedroom townhouse we are enjoying now.
Regardless of exactly where life leads in the next 5 years, I most importantly just wish to be happy, healthy, and enjoying life!
Cait says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years my 3 girls (under 2) will hopefully be a little easier to handle and our lives will be a little less chaotic, but just as fun! Maybe we’ll even have tackled that kitchen remodel or have taken a vacation? Who knows?Five years ago, when I was just gearing up to say “I do” I never would have guessed I’d have 3 beautiful girls today :)
Allison says
FIFTH ME!
oy… i’m kind of glad i don’t know where i’ll be in 5 years!
Kimberly S. says
FIFTH ME!
Lord willing, five years from now will hold another child in our family, hubby finished with his PhD, and a new home! That would be grand!
Mary Lou says
Fifth Me!
My husband and I just bought our first house, so in five years I hope that we will have a couple kids to help fill up all the empty bedrooms!
Adrienne Niverson says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope our basement remodel is finished, my husband and I will have become parents, and my photography business will be successful and sustainable as a full-time gig!!
Beth says
FIFTH ME! Our cape is currently for sale so in 5 years we will hopefully be in our new house almost completely decorated….
Lisa says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I will be right here, helping YHL celebrate it’s 10 year blogiversary! Love you guys!
Hilary Smith says
I received a weird error when I submitted my first comment…don’t kick me out for entering twice, I just want to make sure I’m in the running for this awesome gift!
Tracie says
FIFTH ME
I imagine I’ll be in a new home, in the same city, with a slightly larger family in five years!
Rebecca Bausch says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see my self hopefully done with the rest of my schooling, and hopefully with children. I’ve been married about two years and those are the next big steps on my list of life. :)
Nicky says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years – I have no idea, but when I get there, today will seem just like yesterday!
Amy D. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my baby will be 8 (wow!) and my oldest will be 11. Hope to be in the same house, maybe teaching a couple more yoga classes than the ones I already teach weekly. And to still be happily married to my amazing husband!
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
in 5 years, I hope my husband and I are buying a home in silicone valley and have added one more baby to our family.
Whitney says
FIFTH ME! Congratulations on your blogiversary! In five years I hope to be living in a small college town, with my husband and hopefully a little one, running my own business and being crafty on the side.
Elissa says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be in a new (old) home with a kid or two. No big moves for me…the city I live in is pretty rad!
Silvia says
FIFTH ME! We just moved into a new house and I need to decorate!
Katy says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be in a similar spot than I am now.
Ginny says
FIFTH ME! Two more babies hopefully (for a total of four!)
Becky Johnson says
Fifth ME!!! In five years we will probably have 5 kids and hopefully own a house!
Joey says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I see myself raising TWO teenagers!! ’nuff said ;)
Emily says
FIFTH ME! I’d like to think that in five years my house will be finished (we just moved in this week!) or at least much more attractive than it is right now.
Caity says
FIFTH ME! I’ll have my teaching certificate and will have hopefully been teaching in my own classroom for a couple of years.
Stacy T says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years I will have 2 kids in elementary school! I don’t see any big changes though time will tell!
Sarah H. says
FIFTH ME! Hmm… In 5 years I hope to be out of my entry level job and onto bigger and better career related things. Perhaps some kids in the mix… maybe moving closer to my family. So many possibilities!
Shara says
Fifth me ;)
We are expecting baby 2 right now, and in five years maybe we will have three…?!
And maybe I will have made a little more progress renovating and decorating this house… Hopefully!
Emily says
Fifth me! Hopefully in my first house in a new city!
katie says
FIFTH ME!!
i hope to be traveling around the world!
Shannon says
Five years from now I’d like to have had some major life change- either a move to a new city or some advancement in my relationship status would be lovely! I’m about to sell my home and rent for a while so that I have a little more relocation flexibility in the coming year, so having a new place to call my own and start personalizing would be a great change for the FIFTH ME!
Loretta Cowan says
FIFTH me! In five years, I will have three children in college. I hope to be traveling more with my husband.
Susan H says
Fifth Me! I envision my husband and myself with a newborn baby(I’ll be 34)and maybe another dog to keep our mutt-alicoius, Maggie Mae company! Hopefully we’ll still be residing in the house we just bought last spring (which could definitely use some sprucing up)
Brittany Shurley says
FIFTH ME! The plan is to have a happy family with two little kiddies – hopefully get to take some time off of work to raise our little family and continue remodeling our favorite teeny little house :)
Laura says
Fifth Me! I hope my husband and I will be blessed with maybe one child and another on the way?!? We’ll see!
Lindsey A. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be working part-time or staying home with my two kids. Also, this prize will be awesome for our current DIY projects around our house. Happy 5th Blogiversary!
callie says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope we can move so my kiddos will live closer to their grandparents!
Arnice says
FIFTH ME! I am close to completing nursing school. In 5 years, I hope to be enrolled in VCU’s nurse anesthecist program, still happily married, and hopefully a family of 6 (we’re currently a family of four…something about big families makes me smile)!
Cara says
Fifth Me!
We hope to have expanded our family and moved into a new house! :)
cindy says
I forgot to say Fifth Me