***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.
Laura M says
fifth me!!
hopefully in a long term relationship/starting to look into settling down :)
and have a job i love–that’s be nice!!
Chrissie Whitley says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, both my kids will be in the double digit age range and I’ll be eerily near forty (but NOT there). We’ll lost likely be in the same house but maybe we’ll have traveled around a lot together. Traveling more is always on my to-do list.
Jessica A says
Fifth me!!
In five years, I hope to be sending my little guy off to kindergarten; still in love; and a few more million projects into my first DIY home :)
Jennifer S. says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I’ll have a 15, 12, 11, 9 and two 5 year olds. I can’t even begin to imagine what it will be like to have them all in school!
Dail says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully still happy, healthy & reading YHL!
Stephanie says
Fifth me!!!
In five years, I hope my husband and I have a cute lil house with a garden and a door I can paint a fun color!
Dani says
In five years, I hope to have two kids (currently have none). Same job, same house, same happiness. Maybe new tile in the bathroom. :)
Kristi says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see our family in a new house and me working part time instead of full time with more time for my kids and for writing.
Ruben H says
FIFTH ME! I hope that I have graduated with my PhD, have a job that I love, and have bought a house to turn into a home.
Libby says
FIFTH ME! In the next five years, I hope to settle into my new job and house in the Bay Area. I’m also getting married next summer (on the 5th anniversary of our first date – yay for 5s!), so hopefully we’ll be settled into married life as well. Congratulations on your 5th Blogiversary!!
Anjana says
Fifth Me! Please! I think I’ll be at the same job, in the same city, just loving life and STILL fixing up our house.
Lisa says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’m hoping we’ll have a second kiddo and a bigger apartment to hold all of us, but who knows? Maybe we’ll get out of Dodge (Manhattan) and decamp for Chicago, DC or elsewhere…
Erin says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, hopefully we’ll have a bigger family and our home will be closer to being done! Congrats on 5 years!!
Kelly V. says
Fifth me! We’ll finally be finished with my husband’s residency & hopefully owning a house in the town we’ll live in forever :)
bethybrianna says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully, we’ll still be in our first home, happily married, maybe adopted a few kids (we’re foster parents on our way to adopting our first)…we’ll see! :)
Brianne says
FIFTH ME!!
Our second child is due in March, so in 5 years I hope to still be happily married and have 2 healthy, happy kids in school.
Care says
FIFTH ME!
All I would like is to continue to be happy :)
Amy says
FIFTH ME! Congrats on 5 years!!! In 5 years I will have an 11-year-old and a 7-year-old. Yikes!! I will hopefully be working more.
Jessica says
In five years I’m hoping for a successful business and happy healthy babies!
Jordan says
fifth me! I am pregnant with #1 so I will hopefully have a healthy 5 year old and maybe another one by then :)
jana says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have 2 in college(yikes!), a masters degree and maybe, just maybe, I’ll have figured out how to use my cell phone.
Brooke C says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to still be growing our family (we’re currently pregnant with our first) and HOPEFULLY be staying at home with the kiddos… Or at least working part time instead of full time. :)
Chasta says
FIFTH ME
Elizabeth F. says
FIFTH ME!!! Pretty Please.
I see myself still fixing up our starter home/hopefully our almost forever home. We will at that time (fingers crossed) either be finished or finishing our remodel of our basement; the five year out project. And not at all least, I hope our family has grown, both bean and furry.
Katie says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will hopefully have all of the renovations done on my first home that I am closing on in 2 weeks. My hubs and I will probably have another Fur Kid (what we call our pets) and definitely a little coop with some chickens.
Katie says
FIFTH ME! In five years we will be in the same house in the same city as we will then only be ten years away from retirement :)
Lisa Riley says
FIFTH ME!! Maybe another little one by then? I’m a mom to a 2.5 year old now so maybe another one in the near future?!
Mylene says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be a homeowner.
Andrea says
Fifth me! I hope to have finished painting my living room in five years! :)
Marcie says
FIFTH ME!!!
BW says
Fifth ME! In five years I hope to be celebrating my fifth wedding anniversary–with hopefully our very own home, a baby or two and a job that I love and am passionate about!
Sasha P. says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 years I expect my husband and I will have a little bean of our own running around. I think we will still be in our almost 100 year old little house that sits on Main Street in our little town, but hope that we will have several more large home renovations under our belt!
Gina Wells says
FIFTH ME! we are pregnant with our first, so five years from now, I see us happily building our family and hopefully spending a little less time at work.
congrats on your 5th anniversary!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll have a kid…I’m due in February! And maybe that child will even have a brother or sister. I think we’ll still be living in the house we bought a year ago, and who knows what projects we’ll be working on by then!
Erin T says
FIFTH ME! I have baby #2 on the way, maybe baby #3 in 5 years. And hopefully we’ll be in a home. That also means we’d be debt-free (minus a mortgage). Then again, life has a beautiful way of playing out richer than I could have imagined. :)
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!!!
I will be married for 3 years at that point and hopefully have bought a house with my hubby to be and possibly be on our way to starting a family.
Congrats on your 5th Anniversary!!
renee says
FIFTH ME! I will be retired after 30 years in law enforcement and starting a new job in the corporate world.
Congrats on 5 years! I’ve so enjoyed looking at your blog from day one.
Karen says
Fifth me!
We’re currently living in an apartment, and wishing for a house with a backyard for our puppy… hopefully that’ll happen in the next 5 years.
MaryKate says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years my daughters will be 9 and 5 years old. I see myself finally free from daycare bills! YAY!
22209 says
FIFTH ME! I see myself in the townhouse that I am now in the process of buying, and that desperately needs furnishing assistance from each of these stores :)
Sarah says
Fifth Me! I hope to have found my niche in my professional life, doing work that is motivating and fun.
Britt says
FIFTH ME!
oh wow this is a tough one! Hopefully in a career I love and just having a happy life!
Nina says
FIFTH ME!
Megan says
Fifth me! We’ll likely have another baby and definitely be in a new house by then. Can’t wait to decorate! Hopefully we’ll be at our same jobs.
Angela H says
Fifth me!
I hope we are in our current home, but with some of our big plans complete!
Melissa says
FIFTH ME!
Can we say “grandma” anyone? :)
Lisa P. says
FIFTH ME
I dream about the future a lot and hope that in five years I will have three children (my second is due this April!); we will be living in a bigger space and I hope I am as happy then as I am now.
Happy 5th Blogiversary to you guys!
Dana K says
FIFTH ME! In five years, we will have hopefully added another child to our current two. Today is our 7 yr anniversary! Happy blogiversary to you!
Meghan says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully with a renovated kitchen and updated bathrooms… and a baby or two if we’re so lucky.
Wilani says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years hopefully the hubs and I won’t be so lonely in our too-big-for two home.