***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.
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!!! Wow in five years my 3 boys will be so big…I think I’ll have to go back to work to buy all that food!! I hope to have a ton of things knocked off my bucket list!! :)
Betsy says
FIFTH ME!
A lot can happen in 5 years. I’ll have 2 teenage boys plus 2 almost teenage boys so I’ll probably have a second job to pay for their food!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!
I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost 4 years and we talk about it all the time … so hopefully I will be married to him in 5 years, with possibly a baby, and DEFINITELY a puppy!
A new home and new job would be nice, too. :-)
Becky says
FIFTH ME! in 5 years, i hope to be semi-debt free (all but 1/2 of our current student loan debt and a possible car loan), raising a 10 year old and 6 year old, and hopefully still happily working from home in Williamsburg, VA.
Sue says
FIFTH ME!
Only God knows what 5 years will bring, but I’m hoping a little urchin will factor in somehow!
Sheryl says
Fifth me! In 5 years i hope to be living in a beach town.
Jill says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope that my husband and I will have completely transformed our 80’s house into a beautiful home that we will love for a log time!
Lydia says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, our family of four will be five (since inside baby is due next spring). Hopefully, the mister will have been tranfered to a more pastoral area where we can buy a house on some acerage, with a little barn, and some furry creatures to care for and loads of space of gardening. My eldest five-year-old will be ten (oh mercy!) and all the rest will be springing right up as well. I would love to be tutoring and involved in theatre once again, since the littles will be a bit older and able to cope more without momma.
Danielle says
FIFTH ME!
I think I’ll still be here in our new house (it’s only been a month afterall!), but hopefully all our major projects will be finished (new kitchen, refinished floors, decorate/paint/etc most if not all rooms) and we’ll be on to the next adventure!
Amazing giveaway, btw – you guys rule! :D
Becca G says
FIFTH ME! I don’t really know where I’ll be in five years, but I hope to be happy. I have dreams of what could be in five years, but I also don’t want to limit myself. It could be so much better than I anticipate.
Kristin says
FIFTH ME!
I see us having two kids in elementary school (they are 2 and 8 days old currently), I will either be a stay at home mom or go back to teaching. Hoping my husband still works for the same company but maybe moves higher up.
Christina @ Homemade Ocean says
FIFTH ME!
Everytime I try to predict where I will be in five years….it takes a drastic change!
So can I just say, “In five years I hope to be happy”
Kate says
Fifth Me!!! I see myself in pretty much the same place. The same house (with some more updates, yay!), same husband, same baby girl…but maybe another family member!
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I hope to have added to my family :) and bought a new home by then! Thank you guys for offering these giveaways!
Melissa says
fifth me!
O my, in five years I hope to be a homeowner!!
Nicole Puckett says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope to be done redoing house #1 and moving into house #2:) Fingers crossed:)
Thanks!
Ashlie Mitchell says
FIFTH ME!!!! Hopefully owning our own beautiful home!
Karen @bellacarina.com says
Fifth me!
Gosh…the next 5 years seem like they’ll be busy! Getting married in 3 weeks, so married, probably a couple little ones, and since we’re military we will for sure be in a new city! Fingers crossed for somewhere out west!
Robin M. says
FIFTH ME! I hope to add one more child to our family and be happily back to work teaching!
carrie says
FIFTH ME!
Still happily married, with maybe 2 kids, and living abroad??
nina says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living this life we’re building. Growing up kids. Making our forever house even homier. Working. Playing. Creating. Living our dream. And the whole family sleeping through the night!
Dylan says
FIFTH ME
No idea, but it’s gonna be awesome!
Melissa Breau says
Fifth me! This is an awesome giveaway guys…
In 5 years I expect to be living somewhere very different than i do now—my bf of 8 years is in the navy and should be almost finished with his contract, so we’ll be starting to consider areas to live post-navy. Kind of crazy to think that’s only 5 years away….
Olivia says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years… I’ll have an adorable 5 year old little boy, a loving husband going gray around the temples and not a whole lot else that matters much (in comparison anyway!).
erica h says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully out of an apartment and into a house I can decorate on my own!
Katie M says
FIFTH ME!!
Hopefully a trip to europe before we have kids…. fingers crossed!!
Megan A. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope to be a mom of 2, have a HUGE garden and a home that I can actually paint :-)
Kim says
FIFTH ME!!!!
Well, since I have 2 grown daughters, in 5 years I could possibly have a couple of sons (in-law)maybe even a grandbaby or two!!!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!
I have our first baby on the way, so hopefully in five years we’ll have two little ones running around!
Jacob says
FIFTH ME!!!!! I might be secretly married. Shhhh, Don’t tell anyone. I will say for sure that Buttons my cat will be 7 yrs. old
Kelley says
fifth me! I hope to be in a little bit of a bigger house!
kel says
“FIFTH ME”
in 5 years, i can only hope we’ve added a second child to our family. it would be an added bonus if i could continue to stay at home with my littles and not go back to work :) (and still travel abroad like i would love to do) :)
Jane R. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope we have at least one kid…maybe two!
Zee says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years? Hopefully by that point I will have my dream kitchen!
Megan says
Fifth me!
Who knows! Just had baby #3. I am trying to figure out today!
Marissa says
FIFTH ME!!! in five years i’ll be married (it’s happening in 6 weeks!), hopefully with two children, and in a different state (preferably virginia)!
Valerie Naglich says
Fifth me!
The plan is to be married with kids and puppies and happy! :)
Amanda says
Fifth me!!! I dunno where I’ll be in 5 years, but hopefully still in our lovely wee house :)
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully buying a new home and giving our little boy a new sibling!
Amy Castle says
FIFTH ME!!!
I’ll be living in NYC (after moving from small town KS), married to the current BF, and being super awesome in general.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’m hoping my husband (now fiancé) and I will own our own home instead of renting. I’m dreaming of planting a giant garden in the yard and going wild with paint inside the house!
Salina says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
In 5 years, I hope to be a creative director in advertising, hopefully a mama to at least one babe, and maybe living in Paris – although it would be beyond hard to let go of NYC – I have no idea how you two were able to let go! Regardless, I hope the next 5 years bring about big life changes that fill my heart with even more happiness :)
Brittney says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope to hear the pitter patter of a little one in the house. We love where we live and what we do, so no change there. We have a fixer upper and have done it all on our own.As much fun as it’s been, we really, truly hope that our house will be DONE.
Susan says
Fifth Me! Praying for grandbabies!!!!
Amanda w says
Fifth me!
I’ve got a bin in the oven now. And hopefully we’ll have one more by then. I imagine our world will be turned upside down. Hopefully we’ll be able to buy a new house by then – if we can ever sell ours.
Sarah B says
FIFTH ME!
Angela T. says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I see myself finally in a HOUSE rather than an apartment.
Andrea says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be as happy as I am now!
Jasmine says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be kicking back and enjoying the results of all the home renovations we’re doing right now!
Renee Muller says
FIFTH ME
I see myself still happily married to my super hubby enjoying life with our little girl Anna, and probably another little one running around. I’m pretty sure we will be in a “new” fixer upper house by then also.