***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.
maria says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to have a little one, and own my own house instead of renting an apartment!
Suzanne says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll have all four kids in school – two in grade school, and two in high school. Crazy!
Chelsea J says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I see me expanding our family (our first little one is due in January) and continuing to personalize the new house we are moving in to in 3 short weeks.
Dana says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see us as a family of 4 (maybe 5?!) and living in Delaware instead of Maryland.
Allison B says
FIFTH ME…
In 5 years…I don’t even know, maybe another kid (or two) maybe a slightly altered job. I guess we’ll see. As long as we’re all happy and healthy it will be great!
Tami says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be spending more time at home with my beautiful kids in 5 years!!
Mary A says
FIFTH ME!
Cayce says
FIFTH ME!
In five yrs the baby i’m currently pregnant with will be almost 5! crazy. Hopefully, there will be 1 or 2 more kiddos after that. bringing our grand total to 4 or 5!
Kristin L. says
Fifth me!
I hope to be finally done with my second round of school, and comfortably employed as an RN. Maybe even have a mortgage to worry about?
Sarah says
Fifth Me! I see myself with more babies, happily married and lovin life!
Genny says
fifth me!!!
5 years….still reading young house love for sure. :)
Lesley L says
Fifth Me!!! I hope to still be enjoying my sweet family and continue to be blessed with what I have. Congrats on # 5!
Keely says
FIFTH ME
In five years my oldest daughter will be in college and our youngest finishing her last year of middle school. We’ll still be in our little house (that’s had a lot of TLC DIY) and be planning our next project.
Robin says
FIFTH ME!
I hope that in 5 years I’m a mother. After some infertility, a miscarriage, and just this past week I lost a baby after 4 days. I had to deliver at 23 weeks due to severe preeclampsia. So at this point…being a mom would be huge.
Sky says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope my growing little family will be in our very first home and decorating the crap out of it! You guys are my biggest inspiration to that end :D
Phoebe says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be solidly established in my career as a librarian, and maybe even owning my own home!
Sara H says
Fifth Me! In 5 years our youngest will be in school full time, which means I’ll probably go back to work part time.
Nina says
FIFTH ME! I picture myself with a Kindergartener….maybe a 2 year old….still 3 pets…and my dear husband of a decade. Maybe we will be doing something wonderful to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, like a great vacation or a big home project!
JH says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, we plan to be living in the same town but hopefully in a house we own, and *hopefully* with a couple of kids, too!
Theresa A says
fifth me!
we are moving this weekend to our first home so i’m hoping we’ll still be in the same house (packing is the worst! it will take me at least five years to get up the will to do it again haha)! hoping there will also be a kiddo or two around by then :) probably same job, still loving it currently so not looking for a change there, but who knows…!
Francine says
FIFTH ME! Sending one of my sons off to college!!!!
Elizabeth says
Fifth me!!!!
I hope in 5 years my hubby and I will have purchased a home and put our stamp on it, and that we’ll have a little rugrat or 2 (or maybe 2, plus another on the way?!).
Shanna says
FIFTH ME!
Five years is about how long we plan on staying in our current city and in our new house. So, I guess five years from now we’ll be looking to move to who knows where. We’ll be up to 2 kids (currently have 1 with a bun in the oven) and I guess we’ll have to have gotten a new (used) car because we’ll outgrow the one we’ve got.
Alison says
FIFTH ME PRETTY PLEASE!
Kathy Z says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself as a world famous author – I just have to start my book!
Really, I like my life now – I’ll probably be in the same house, just with some big projects done. Raising the 1.5 kids I have now. :)
Danielle says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’ll have an 8 year old! Ah, I’m going to go snuggle my toddler now.
Cindy K from North Dakota says
FIFTH ME, PLEASE! Where I hope to be in five years is happily married for the first time. I have found true love for the first time at the age of 53. My wish would be to have had the wedding every girl has dreamed of at any age and to live happily ever after. (I’ll post a wedding picture if this does come true!!)My brother Matthew would give me away and sister-in-law KK would be my wedding planner!
Kelly says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I hope to see my husband owning his own business and myself working on a doctorate in Education. AND both of my kiddos will be in school full time! Ack!! Wish us luck! :)
Nicole says
Fifth me! I see myself traveling to Disney World with a couple of kiddos :)
Holly Yust says
Fifth me!
I hope to feel as thankful for my family and my home in five years As I do now.
beth shepard says
Fifth me! Now that the last child is in college, in 5 years I hope to see retirement and much more time to do more DIY to our home. (Corrected email address).
emilyr says
in five years, starting a family, house finally done, rewarding career?
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we will have an 8 year old and a 6 year old…weird! Ha
Bri says
Fifth me…
Thats simple. In 5 yrs., all I wish is to still be as happy as ever. :)
Erin says
FIFTH ME!!!
My baby just turned five… can’t imagine what life will be like when he is 10. Stop time stop!
Teriann says
FIFTH ME! I see myself splitting my time between my home in Charlotte and hopefully a beach house!
Caroline says
FIFTH ME! I’m a grad student, so I hope that in five years, I’ll have a job in my field! Fingers crossed!
Danica Allen says
Fifth me! Hopefully living here in Milwaukee, WI.
Sushmita says
“FIFTH ME”
I hope to see myself in the same place as of right now – with my husband and 2 girls – happy, healthy and wise(r) :):)
Jayce says
FIFTH ME!!! Please!? In five years hopefully we will have another baby or two, and live in a forever home in the NC/VA area.
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to have 2-3 little ones running around the house (we don’t have any kiddos yet) and hope to live in a bigger home that we can decorate and make ours. I hope to live in a new city, closer to family and friends and just want to celebrate the little things in life with those I love. And I hope to be planning a big trip.
Congrats on the 5th year! I was about to correct you and say you’ve been blogging for 6 years, but I guess I thought I’d been reading this blog longer than I have been! I was wrong, you were right :-)
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see us in a bigger home with two more adoptions completed, so that would make 6 of us total!
Lora D. says
Fifth Me!
Congrats on 5 great years! Been reading since 2008 :0)
In 5 years, Hope to have continued happiness and health for my family.
Megan Foard says
FIFTH ME! I’ll be celebrating my 12th anniversary with my husband, our daughter, and hopeful future bambino to come! And, maybe, we’re living in Europe and I’m working at an international school as a school counselor!
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, my husband and I will be celebrating 7 years of marriage, 5 years of home ownership, and hopefully a new birthday or two :)
Cara says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be in a permanent location to complete raising my two awesome kids. Currently, we are in transition, and feel less than permanent in our community and rental home. Eventually we will own our own home again, near family, and have full freedom to make changes and improvements.
Sandy says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll be the parent of a teenager and a “tween” (yikes!) . I’m also dreaming of a kitchen remodel by then, but who knows….
Amber says
FIFTH ME! My husband and I are moving in December (so we are currently house hunting), starting new jobs in January, AND we have a bun in the oven…so in five years I expect to be slowly chipping away at home improvement projects with one or two little ones running around!
maria says
FIFTH ME!! I hope in five years to own my own house and do my own home styling. I also hope to have at least one child by then, and maybe a bun in the oven!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I see myself still blissfully married to my Eric, both in careers that fulfill us, and a little one would complete the picture :)