***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.
Debbie says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in 5 years I will be a mother :-)
Colette says
FIFTH ME! I think we will be in the same place but I sure hope it doesn’t look the same!
QueenRosh says
FIFTH ME!! Hopefully in five years, I’ll be starting a family and settling down in home of our own!
Katie Beth says
Fifth Me! All I can say is different, very different from the life I live now (hopefully more positive than negative).
Heather says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will be married (well, actually in 12 days!!!) and we’ll have our own house with a garden and a bun in the oven!
Anna- lifefoodfamilylove.com says
FIFTH ME!
In five years the bun in my oven will be four. We will hopefully have a second child already born or cooking. I hope we are able to stay in our current home and make some needed upgrades.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!! In five years, I hope to be working closer to home and for our daughter to have a brother or sister!!
Darla says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years I hope to have every room in my house FINALLY done!! With only 2 rooms left I can see light at the end of the tunnel!
Brad says
Fifth me!
I’d like to be debt free or at least pretty darn close.
Michelle says
FIFTH ME
Congrats on your 5th blogiversary! You guys rock :)
Kiley says
FIFTH ME!
5 years from now I see a 4 person, possibly 5 person family. I hope we’ll have moved to a bigger house and I also hope for lots of nieces and nephews for our kiddo(s) to play with – finger crossed.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I wouldn’t mind if I were in exactly the same place. I love my family and home! We may think of having human children in addition to our fur-babies but either way I am happy with my husband and my home.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years my baby will be in kindergarten. Sniff, sniff.
Karen says
Fifth me! Hopefully five years older. ;-)
Sue says
FIFTH ME! My kids will all be middle school, high school and beyond! Going into new challenges and stages of life. :-)
Annie says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully at least one little one by then, and likely still working on our first home. We have lots of projects included on the “5-year plan” :)
Gina says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I plan on being excited to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary, in our first home, with an expanded family. Those are just my plans…never know what God will throw at ya. Whatever happens, I plan on loving life just as much as I do now!
Jennifer F. says
FIFTH ME! This might sound boring, but if I’m lucky, in 5 years I’ll be in the same house, same job, with the same husband and 2 wonderful dogs. All of these are relatively new right now. Hopefully we’ll have a lot more travel under our belts though!
Elyssa says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I’ll be a few years into my first professor job at some university in some town! Will also begin thinking about starting a family.
Natalie says
FIFTH ME
My significant other is currently working overseas in the Middle East. Upon his return next May (YAY) I hope to continue our journey together, engagement, marriage and family. I currently own a home and in the process of refinancing to make some much needed renovations. Thus, I plan on being married and living in a new and improved home home, oh and how can I forget… completing my MBA! Life is good! :)
Cassie says
FIFTH ME!!
Ahh I will have a 7 and a 5 year old. Holy smokes! And I will be 30. OH my goodness, this is stressing me out. I better win this now that I realize how much will change by then. lol. Kidding.
Awesome giveaway and congrats on the five years. I LOVE this blog!
Carrie says
“FIFTH ME”
Mary Catherine says
FIFTH ME! I will be happily married for ten years by then…we celebrated our fifth anniversary this June. Hopefully we will have children, living int the same city but different house. Happy Bloggiversary to you!
Kate says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I guess the kid inside me now will be starting kindergarten, and maybe there will be another one. Hopefully I’ll have visited Iceland by then!
Kadee says
FIFTH ME! What an awesome give away!
Hopefully in 5 years we’ll be settled in, DIY-ing our new larger home with a little one… :)
Amanda says
“FIFTH ME”
In five years my boys will be 12 & 13 years old. I see us living in the country in some great house, my hubby hopefully at the same job he loves, and me still homeschooling the kids. But if none of that is true and we are having some other grand adventure I’d be just fine with that!
Sara says
Fifth me….in five years I hope to be starting a family and opening my own salon in the dfw area!!
Laura says
Fifth Me!
In five years, I hope to have an almost 4 year old!
Janet says
Fifth Me! In five years our kids would be 16, 11, and 9 years old…and that just sounds too crazy fast. We would hopefully be done with A.L.L of our renovations and sitting by the pool sipping wine in our perfectly chiseled and toned bodies glistening in the FL sun. :)
leyre says
FIFTH ME! :)
Five years from now…hmm…living in a house we own, preferably working from home, and having fun watching my now three year old daughter become her own person!
Jessie says
FIFTH ME! In five years, both kids will be off at school. Yikes!
Abby says
FIFTH ME! – Hopefully my hubby and I will be in our own house with 2 kids (we’re due w/ our first Dec 5th)
Beth J says
FIFTH ME!
Since I’m just pregnant, I’ll be a mom with at least one kiddo, and we will hopefully be living somewhere exciting. The Five Year Plan has us moving in four years!
Kathryn J says
Fifth me!!
Jessica says
Fifth Me! In five years, I hope that our gut job on the house is nearing completion and that I have a bean of my own!
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
Well, I’m not one for much change, so I doubt much will be different. I expect that I’ll still be working at the same place, though perhaps in a different position and probably living in the same place too.
Kate says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years my husband will be finished with his medical residency and who knows where we will plant our roots? Somewhere sunny I hope. I imagine we will have one maybe two more kiddos.
amazing giveaway!!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME! We just celebrated 5 years in our home and in 5 years I imagine we’ll be doing the same thing… working to make it our home. I hope by then we’ll be doing some of the work for the second time….
AleS says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to start a family with my hubby, travel, maybe go back to school to get my masters.
Susan says
FIFTH ME … In five years I see myself and my family living in a larger home on a larger plot of land. I would love to have the place feel much more open inside, as well as outside. I’ll totally have the same job, but I’ll still wish I could stay at home with my son.
Anna says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I hope to finally own my own house to decorate!
Donna says
FIFTH ME! And I hope you get ‘fifthed’ for being so generous!!
Sabrina says
FIFTH ME!
Five Years..New Job, New City, New House! All of which depend on where that Job is :)
Bree says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I would like to be comfortably running my freelance illustration business, in a house of our own, and possibly with a baby on the way. Definitely with a dog. And of course with the two cats we currently have.
Allison says
FIFTH ME! So hard to imagine! Still happily married, hopefully with the same job but maybe with a larger family :)
Kerry says
FIFTH ME!
Julie says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully I’ll be staying at home with our daughter and two (or more) of her future siblings. In our current house that will hopefully be fully remodeled by then.
Kirstin says
FIFTH ME!
Jenny A. says
Fifth me! In five years my kids will be fifteen and nineteen. After contemplating that for a moment, my mind went completely numb…
Andrea says
FIFTH ME! Hoping to be in a new job and new city, and on to an exciting new phase of my career!