***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.
Emmy says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope I am living in one of my favorite cities, Madison, WI, complete with a new home and job!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be in this same house…with maybe a new kitchen!
Lauren says
Fifth me! I’d like to think I’d be in the same house in the same city in 5 years, but 5 years ago I would never have pictured myself where I am today – so who knows?!
Maureen C says
FIFTH ME! In five hers we hope to be plus two kids and I want to begin working on my PhD – dare to dream!
Jenny V says
Fifth me! In five years, I hope to be in my very 1st home, purchased on my own as a hard-working single mom. Can’t wait.
Congratulations on your five year blogiversary!
stephanie says
FIFTH ME OMG!
Sheri Miller says
Fifth me!!
Angela says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in a new home in five years… I’m running out of space!
Jen Mathers says
“Fifth me”. In five years I will be the mother of a 12 year old boy and 13 year old girl (god help me!) and married for 14 GLORIOUS years. I hope to be in the same home but finally have our master bath finished. It’s been 3 years already haha! Congrats on 5 years!
Cheryl H says
FIFTH ME, please!
It’s funny, because my life has never turned out to be what I had expected or hoped. This isn’t to say my life is awful– far from it!– but I’ve been taken in directions I never dreamed of. I hope in the next five years to meet my man and marry him, buy a house, and continue to try to make my lil’ ol’ job into a career. Even if this doesn’t happen though, I’m excited to see where life will take me!
Heather says
FIFTH ME!
Maybe we’ll be living in a new house in five years. I’m having fun decorating this one right now, though!
Martha says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll own a house by that time and have a couple of kids, but you never know how life will turn out!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
Five years: I will be the mom of a high schooler (gulp); probably still in the same house/town (we hope); running a (positive thinking!) flourishing jewelry business of my hand stamped designs.
Brianna says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I see us owning our own home, as for the rest, who knows!?
Vanessa says
FIFTH ME
I’ll (finally) be a practicing chiropractor, maybe married?… :)
Abbe says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope our current little peanut (and any subsequent siblings) are all old enough to be letting us sleep through the night again! Such a small but powerful goal for 5 years, no? :)
Michelle says
FIFTH ME!
I will be enjoying life with a 2nd grader and a 7th grader!
Melody Benschoter says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have 5 kids! We have three now and can’t wait to have more!
shelby says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years, I don’t know. Hopefully still very happy in the house that I just bought this week!
Ryan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will have celebrated my 10-year anniversary with my wife, I hope to have my bosses job, and one more child.
Jessica woods says
Fifth Me! Please! I think back on the last 5 of my life (moved from WA to AK and back, and gave birth to my two beautiful children), and it’s hard to even imagine what the next 5 years will bring! Hopefully, we will own our own home to take out my creative frustrations on. And maybe another kiddo…or two…
Hahna H says
FIFTH ME!!!!! Please.
Being an current undergraduate student and expecting in 3 weeks, in 5 years I see my hubby and living somewhere in AZ or CO, him fresh out of PT school and working and me taking care of our two kids at home. Maybe stay-at-home working/blogging on the side too :P
Kat says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll have 2 in high school…which reminds me to slow down and enjoy NOW!
Marisa says
Fifth me!
Hope to see my second daughter married in the next 5 years and see my son graduate from college!
Jennifer says
fifth me! i see myself with the same job (mom), same hubby, and same 2 kiddos. who knows what will change, but i hope those stay the same. :) wouldn’t mind moving closer to family…
Katie Newman says
FIFTH ME! I picture that in 5 years, we will have our 3rd and last kid and hopefully in a bigger house!
Tiffany says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to be running my own business full time, 2 kids and more happiness that I could ever dream of ;)
Brittney says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be in my FINISHED house with one or two children.
Meg says
Fifth Me! Still working on home projects…..:)
Sarah Wilcox says
Fifth Me! We’ll probably have another kiddo and be settling into a new home (hopefully in the north east)!
Ruth says
Fifth Me! Who knows where I will actually be in 5 years. But I’m pretty sure I’ll be in a new job. Maybe I’ll be married, possibly even with a child. Maybe I/we’ll own a home. It’ll be fun to see where God leads!
Krista says
FIFTH ME!
Wow… I have no idea where I’ll be in five years… Five years ago I had no idea I’d be where I am today. :o) I’ll probably still be in the same house though, and HOPEFULLY be finished painting! Haha!
Carrie says
FIFTH ME!
I hope the hubs and I will be in a new everything. Loving my house and even liking work but moving back home is a dream for 5 years from now :)
Emily says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to be starting a family in our own home – we’re getting married in 2 weeks so anything in possible in the next 2 years!
Amanda- The Nutritionist Reviews says
Fifth me!
First of all, great giveaway and congrats on 5 years! Also, in 5 years, I see myself working as a registered dietitian helping people get healthy.
RA says
FIFTH ME!
I kind of hope my life is pretty much the same in 5 years, in terms of house and job and everything. But I do hope to have gone on a couple of awesome vacations, including one yet to be planned for our 10th wedding anniversary in 2015! :)
Tracy W says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be traveling more with my best friend and husband of (then) 15 years, seeing my two sons beginning their lives as young adults and helping them with their own DIY home projects and continuing to enjoy life with my family and friends!
Amy B says
FIFTH ME
We are moving to a new (but old) home in a month and I hope that we will still be there. I would love to have another kid, but only time will tell if that is in our future.
Katie Moors says
FIFTH ME
In 5 years I would like to be finished with my bachelors and married to the man of my dreams. Id also like to be onto a bigger & better home by then!
JR says
Fifth Me!
Congratulations on 5 years of awesome blogging!
In five years we will be married 11 years, the little bun in my tummy now will be a cute 4 year old girl, hopefully we will add a canine and one more human child to our family by then. I definitely want to be in a different, better job that I love. Hope to have made a lot of significant updates to our home. All these and many more lovely changes would have happened in 5 years and yet I would not have aged at all (sigh…)
Rebeka says
FIFTH ME!!
Most likely in a new city with a new home!
Jodee says
FIFTH ME
I see myself at the same place I’m at now. I just bought a house and have a great job.
Danielle D. says
FIFTH ME
Danielle D. says
FIFTH ME
I accidentally hit enter before I was ready! In five years I see myself having just given birth to a baby and walking around on hardwood floors after having survived 5+ years walking around on 20 year old pink carpets. OH what a beautiful time it will be!
Christy Niebaum says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope our little family is living in a bigger house on more land where our little baby bear (who will be nearly 5 at that time) and puppy bear can chase each other around to their hearts’ content.
Can’t wait to see where you guys, Clara and the Burg will be in 5 years :)
Kyle says
FIFTH ME!!!! PLEASE!!!
In five years, my family will hopefully be in a house we own, I’ll have completed my MBA, and we’ll have a little one on the way! That’s the plan, at least =)
Erin K. says
Fifth Me – a two year old now, hopefully one (or two) more! Hopefully a new (forever) house!
John says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully I’ll have a new truck within the next five years, that will make it a lot easier to haul supplies home from the hardware store.
Candice says
Fifth me! I’ll be in the same house we just moved into in June. The kids will be 5 and almost 7 (OMG) and I’ll have to check the “40s” box on your 10th anniversary survey. Hopefully with a job I enjoy more and hubby with a more family-friendly one.
Sara says
FIFTH ME
In five years *maybe* I’ll have settled into the house we just moved into!
Jenn K says
FIFTH ME !! In 5 years, I think my husband and I will be teaching English classes in Turkey or India. And hopefully we’ll have a babe or two in tow!