***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.
Maggie says
Fifth Me! In five years, I see myself hopefully moving into my first home here in VA!
Stefanie says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years, I hope to have a larger home to be decorating, as my little townhome is almost “done” and I’ll need some new projects soon!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!
Who knows, but hopefully happy and healthy wherever I am.
Jessica says
Fifth me! In five years I have no/almost no idea where I’ll be! Maybe still in Boise or possibly somewhere on the East Coast.. And hopefully with a few dogs and an old-new house.
Ashley says
Fifth me! I hope we have a couple of babies within the next five years.
Hilary says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now, I’ll have an (almost) 6 year old son (holy cow!) and hopefully we’ll have moved “home” to Columbus–a not-so-secret dream of mine.
Kate says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I’ll have an almost five year old (!) and hopefully a second child as well. I’d like to still be in the same city and with the same job, but if we moved I’d hope we’d get to move back to our home state to be closer to family. I hope to still be married to my husband and to be working on keeping our love strong. :)
AmberGale says
FIFTH ME!
5 years from now we will have a first grader, and likely another toddler running around! Hopefully in our fully (re)finished current house, or in a new one!
Megan S. says
FIFTH ME
In exactly 5 years I will be heading back to MA from GA….possibly with a little one in tow with my husband and pups :0 What am amazing giveaway!!
Jil says
Fifth ME!!!
I hope to be married in five years, but if not, I will be gearing up to celebrate my Fabulous Forties!!! :)
kristin says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to have a full time job at an advertising firm and be finished with my masters degree.
Megan Sullivan says
FIFTH ME! It’s extremely hard to picture where I’ll be in five years with the things that are currently happening but the one thing I hope is that I love each and every day, enjoy life to the fullest and never forget the past!
Mandi says
FIFTH ME!
Who knows?!? …but it’s fun to wonder. New home, new job and new city – all very possible! :)
Kelley says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years, I hope to have most of my first-time-homeowner’s “To-Do” list crossed off… without too much more added to it! :-)
Candy G says
Fifth me!
In 5 years plan to be still happily married with another child and hopefully in a new and final home for our kids to grow up in!
Mike says
Fifth Me! As long as we are dreaming here, I hope to be on a tropical island sipping a cold beer.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! While I hope to be furhter along in my career…I REALLY hope to be in my first house and decorating and DIYing to make it a home!
Gina F says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years? Man oh Man – I hope to be in a job I love, and in a place where my man and I can take an amazing vacation at least evey other year.
Congrats on your 5th!!!
Leslie says
FIFTH ME! Who knows, but I can’t wait to find out!
Megan S. says
FIFTH ME!!
I see our family in a larger home in five years hopefully!
Caitlin S. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope that our brand new home that we just purchased is transformed into the house we envisioned. As newlyweds, hopefully a little one will come along by then :)
Laura says
Fifth me!
Same job, same darling husband, but plus a baby.
Cat says
FIFTH ME. With little one born this year I hope to be working again and little one in kindergarden.
Amber L. says
FIFTH ME! We’ll be moved into a new city near our family and raising our new family. Hopefully my MFA will be completed by then!
Michelle says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I hope we are in the same place. We’ve moved so much in the last 10 years so I’d like to finally stay put.
ashley says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have my first house in five years and be on my way to DIYing it to perfection!
Blair says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself married, maybe with a kid, and living on the west coast. Although I think I said the same thing five years ago, too!
Brittany says
FIFTH ME!! In five years….married, starting a family, making improvements to a home I OWN, living and loving life :)
Stefani says
FIFTH ME!! :) I hope to have a happy little family! Praying for a babe! :)
Alison says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I’ll be celebrating my 20th Wedding Anniversary with my childhood sweetheart, hopefully on some exotic vacation with our daughter.
Rich says
Fifth me.
Kelsey W says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope… to have a house to call my own, a job that I’m excited to set my morning alarm for, and to at least be *thinking* about a tiny one running around :) (PS – My dream house includes a sunroom, lots of natural light, and a kitchen that can stand up to my baking experiments!)
Kerry says
FIFTH ME!
I hope that in 5 years a lot of things are different: we’ll own a house or condo, we’ll have a baby or maybe 2, and I’ll hopefully have a new job by then!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I five years I see myself married to my wonderful husband and hopefully adding to our family. Bismarck, North Dakota has captured our hearts so our plan to move back to the big city are up for debate! Also, our starter home will hopefully have evolved to a more functional home including a renovated kitchen and bathroom:)
Craig says
Fifth me! I hope to be starting a family in 5 years.
Heidi says
Fifth Me!!! Five years from now…hmmm… still happily married to my husband, a happy healthy mom of one (hopefully two by then) and loving my life! Well see…
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I’m finishing my graduate degree right now, so in five years, I hope to be gainfully employed in a job that I love, and to be spending my life with someone I love. couldn’t get much better than that!
(also, congrats, YHL!)
Melissa says
FIFTH ME -I hope to have a house in Minneapolis and enjoying family life in 5 years!
Bri Frost says
FIFTH ME! Well… in 5 years we will likely have 1 or 2 little people living with us (as in children not dwarfs) maybe we will uh.. make them or maybe we will adopt…we will certainly have our house paid off (woo hoo!) but maybe on to our second home …
Davesanngel says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have at least one more kiddo and to have at least a few rooms in our new house decorated just the way I want. I have the ideas…I just have to find the time/$$/etc. to make it happen! ; )
Cass says
Fifth me! In 5 years I hope we will have moved from our current home in RVA to a new one. We love it, but as our girls get older, we will need a bigger place.
Amanda F says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years our little bundle of joy that is currently on the way will be starting preschool and probably have a sibling, too! My husband and I will still be working on our house!
Steph T says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I still plan to be married to my sweet hubby, we have our first bean on the way (AH! :)) and maybe a second one by then? Who knows! We also hope to get out of our rental house and into one that we can start DIYing in :).
Traci says
FIFTH ME!
Laura Adelman says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years my husband and I are hoping to have a little one running around. We will be celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary on October 6th as well!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! I hope that my new law practice is successful (and still around) and that I’ve got at least one kiddo…
tara says
fifth me!!
my baby-to-be will be 4.5 years old at that point and will hopefully have a younger sibling:) we will stay in the same city, but hopefully have a house with a nice yard. as for my job – i’m hoping to still be photographing but just more successful at it!!
cm says
FIFTH ME!
Let’s see…in five years, I hope to have been to 5 continents. 3 so far….2 to go!
Brooke says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope to be finished with my dissertation and starting a teaching job somewhere. Or at least gainfully employed so I can pay back those pesky student loans… :)
Lynne says
Fifth me!
In five years I will be an empty nester at the ripe old age of 43!