***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.
Natalie says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I think/hope…
I’ll be teaching at a public elementary school, will have at least 1 bambino, and we’ll finally be living in our new house {currently waiting on a short sale that is taking FOR-E-VER!}!
:)
Jamie says
Fifth me!!
In 5 years, my little gal will be starting kindergarten!! Hopefully she will have a bother or sister too!!
Jolene says
FIFTH ME!
I hope the hubs and I have a little one or two and are living in a different home in RVA, maybe an older one that requires lots of DIYing . I love my job, so I hope to be working in the same place.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!!
5 yrs … I hope to have my house looking a little more complete and have a nice big deck out back to enjoy the summer evenings a whole lot more!
Kacy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope we are having lots of fun with a new house, Baby #1 and maybe expecting Baby #2.
Emma says
FIFTH ME! I love this! I see myself hopefully having children by that time and still making my way up the corporate ladder.
Sara says
FIFTH ME – I’d love to have a second child by then and have finished remodelling our house… Seems like lofty dreams!
Melissa W says
FIFTH ME ! PLEASE!
My fiance will have been married for 4 1/2 years, ???? CRAZY, hopefully we’ll have a bebe or two bouncing around! I’ll have gotten my MBA. And we’ll have hopefully put a lot of love into the house we bought.
Jana J says
FIFTH ME! I see us in a new home with one or two more kiddos!!!
Lindsy says
FIFTH ME! I see myself in the same area, same job, same great marriage, but definitely a new house (with new DIY projects!) and hopefully a baby in the picture.
Heidi G says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I’ll have two teenagers in my house (and one of them will probably be driving!). I think we’ll be in the same house, but it will continue to feel more “ours” as we finish more projects.
Katie says
Fifth ME! Hopefully in five years we will own our first home together and be expanding our family! :) Happy five years!
Hayley M. says
FIFTH ME!!!! Please? :)
In five years, I would hope to married to the wonderful man I am currently waiting on a ring from. I hope to have been promoted to Training Manager at the company I work for, maurices, and get to travel all over training new store managers. I hope that K and I and our two kitties still have our health. And… I hope to still be reading YHL and awwwwwww-ing over Clara’s seven year, four month picture. :)
Karen Liester says
Fifth Me!!!!!
In five years my baby girl will be turning 5! (She’s due next month) Hopefully I’ll be close to being finished reno-ing our home…who knows though, right?! But maybe I’ll still be enjoying our Flor rug, a new light fixture and some furniture/goodies that we won on your blog!!!
Jen says
FIFTH ME! Still dreaming big and hopefully content with the still unfulfilled dreams yet to be! :)
Angel L says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years I hope that we have finalized the adoption on our 9 year old (she is living with us now as a foster to adopt child) and that we have adopted a sister or brother for her and everyone is healthy and happy!
Catherine says
FIFTH ME!
Maybe in five years I won’t be living with roommates!
Amanda B says
FIFTH ME!!!
I see us adoring our daughter, who will be about 4 1/2 at that point and, hopefully, adoring a brother or sister along with her. And, as we do now and will always, also adoring our fur-baby!
Shari says
FIFTH ME! Not to be a real Debbie Downer on your blogiversary party but I’ve been struggling with some health issues for the past 4 months that have me concerned about my life expectancy. I just hope I’m still around in 5 years…and enjoying good health.
rebann says
FIFTH ME!
It’s hard to know where I’ll end up, but hopefully it’s a fun road to travel!
Kim says
Fifth me!! I see myself with maybe one more baby to add to our already family of four, making a happy, comfy home. Kinda like my life now! It’s so good I hope it continues just as it is :)
nikki says
Fifth me! In five years, we will have adopted a baby girl from Asia! I have two toddlers now, so it’s hard to imagine, but in 5 years I’ll probably be ready another baby girl in my house.
Skittle says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we will still be in our current house, because I am TIRED of moving. And the kids will be 5 years older, which means we will have 3 teenagers!! Yikes!
Michelle E. says
Fifth ME! BEST GIVEAWAY EVER. I’d love to have a baby or two in the next five years :)
Clair says
FIFTH ME!
Still happy and enjoying each challenge that comes my way…one thing at a time :)
Jessica KLein says
FIFTH ME!
Within five years I’ll be done grad school!! Hopefully that means I’ll also have a new career and also started work on a family and home renovations :)
Leeann says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’ll be too close to 40 for my liking and my little boy will be in 2nd grade (which is strange to think about because he hasn’t started school yet!)
Laura says
Fifth Me!!!!
Well, I’m getting married in less than 30 days, so I’m hoping that by my own fifth anniversary, I’ll be a stay-at-home mom, watching after my young’uns and perhaps working on my own (imaginary as of now) blog :)
Jamie F says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be working part-time at my office job, and part-time as a photographer/painter! And would LOVE to be living in a log cabin on a lake somewhere just outside of the town I now live in…though that part is probably more of a 10 year plan…
Cheryl says
FIFTH ME! There are sooo many places I could be in 5 years, but I will definitely have my baby girl heading off to Kindergarten and having just done that this year, I’m ready to take my time over the next 5 years to watch her grow up!
Brandy says
Fifth me…pretty please! I hope my home will look lived in and comfortably chic in the next five years. And maybe a few kids as well!
Danielle says
FIFTH ME! Maybe I’ll have a family of my own by then…and maybe my home will finally be done!!!
Susan says
FIFTH ME! Well, in five years my kids will be in school and maybe by then I’ll have finally started grad school. And be living in a house by the beach! A girl can dream…
Denise says
Fifth me!
In five years we’ll have a 7-year-old and 5-year-old twins. We’ll probably still be in our first (little) house trying to make it work for our family of six (including our Bernese Mountain dog). In five years, we’ll continue to count our blessings, just like we do each day now.
Sara says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to be a mom (maybe twice over… who knows) and to be happy. That simple!
Michael says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in five years, I would have enough knowledge and experience to start my own construction company.
Jennifer C. says
FIFTH ME! Our oldest child will be 10! aaah. I hope we’re in our own home by then, with a swing set in the back yard and a big garden!
Brittany says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll hopefully be settled down into a house with a big yard to grow lots of veggies and plants! I might be married to my current boyfriend but probably won’t have any kids yet.
Jennifer says
Fifth me!:)
My girls will be 12 and 9…hopefully, I will be SURVIVING the tween years.
Emily S says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have a family in five years…
Daniel says
FIFTH ME! New home, maybe new city, and if so new job, also, hopefully the wife will be able to stay at home if she wants since we’ll also probably have a little boy/girl to raise… :) hopefully!
Meghan T says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope to have some little ones running around and hopefully we will have redone the kitchen by then.
Kristin says
FIFTH Me! Congrats on 5 years! In 5 years, I’ll still be living in the same city (Chicago), hopefully in a bigger home (currently live in a loft, love it but growing out of it).
[email protected] says
Fifth me! I see myself happily married to my husband with our 3 dogs! Who knows maybe in 5 years we might have a human child! Still teaching and enjoying life to its fullest!
Harris says
FIFTH ME
New city, new job, same blog-reading habits
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! In 5 Years, I hope we will have a long list of items crossed off our home improvement list, a sweet little family to enjoy it with, and maybe adopt another fur kid. :-) Congrats on your five year blogiversary! Here’s to FIVE more!
Page says
FIFTH ME! Retired!!!!!
Beryl says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 year, i want to have 2 kids, and still live in our current house. Hopefully by that time, we already stain the kitchen cabinets and re-do our backyard patio :)
Carmen says
FIFTH ME!!!
We love our current place, so I imagine we’ll still be right here. Thanks for the great give away!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!