***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.
jessica says
Fifth me!
In five years, my husband and I hope to be homeowners and have a little one (or two) of our own!
Congrats on five years!
Jenn says
FIFTH ME!! Still married to my hubby, we have a little one on the way now so hopefully another little one will be here too! Also, I hope to move out to the country by then!
Courtney M says
I hope that we’ll be able to add to our family and move to a new home in the next 5 years.
Kim says
Fifth me! I hope to still be living in our cute new fixer-upper with a child…or two:)
Jen says
FIFTH ME! I am moving into a new house this month, but hopefully in 5 years I will have my home updated (kitchen, baths, flooring, etc), will be a mom, and will still be loving my job as a preschool and kindergarten special education teacher! I looovvveee your blog btw!
Aneida says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I see myself working as an RN with a little one at home, hopefully living back on the West Coast.
Absolutely love your blog! Congrats on five years!
Becky L says
FIFTH ME!
Esther says
FIFTH ME!
Retirement!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Somewhere new with my husband, maybe living internationally…hopefully with a business of our own and seeing as much of this world as possible :)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Five years ago, I started a new job and got married two weeks later. Now, I am still at the job, with a new house, two kids and a bun in the oven! And we just celebrated our 5-year wedding anniversary. In five more years, I hope to have 3 healthy growing children, maybe have built our new house, grow in my career and be celebrating a 10-year anniversary. Very excited!
Ali B says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years, I have absolutely no idea where we’ll be living. My husband is in the military so it could be anywhere! We currently have our first little one on the way maybe by then we’ll have two little ones. It is fun to think about sometimes. Thanks for hosting such an awesome giveaway!
Kelly says
FIFTH ME!!
It hard to say but hopefully we will own our own house and have completed many DYI projects… also hopefully married and maybe even starting a family??
Erika says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will hopefully still be living in Boston, have progressed in my career and maybe have a boyfriend ;)
Stevie @ Lily Makes Three says
Fifth Me!
In five years my family will be one greater (actually, after November, same day as your book baby!) and I will be done with school..woot woot.
Also, ideally we would be living in a well-decorated house thanks to the $2,500 in gift cards I will have theoretically won :)
Dana says
FIFTH ME!
I will be done with grad school and hopefully be practicing as a Speech-Language Pathologist, we’ll probably be in a different house and probably a different city/state/even country. Maybe a kiddo by then too!
Kristin M says
FIFTH ME!
Allison says
Fifth me! Hopefully more baby(ies), feeling settled into our new home and finding professional satisfaction if not financial success!
katie says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see us in a new home, a bigger one….with lots of decorating to be done!
Emily says
FIFTH ME! In five years our son will be in kindergarten and hopefully we will have our own house to remodel one project at a time!
Laura says
Fifth me! In five years I hope we’ll have a baby (or two?) and will probably be thinking about buying a new house. Crazy to think about!
Nicole says
Fifth me! In five years…spending time with my family, traveling more a d enjoying life:)
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME! I’d love to be married to my amazing boyfriend and buy a brownstone in Brooklyn. And maybe a nice summer house share in the Hamptons. Hey, it could happen!
Isabel says
Fifth me!
My baby will be 5 and I think i will be enjoying life with my husband not to mention, I will have done some cool DIY on our small condo to make it even more lovable.=)
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
I would really love to be married and starting a family with my special someone. And finishing up the renos on the house!
Emily C says
FIFTH ME! I plan on being happily married to my best friend, with a kiddo or two on the way! I will be over the moon if a European vacation has been crossed off my bucket list…and maybe even a kitchen renovation too! :)
Jamie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be graduating from grad school!
Lindsay says
Fifth me! In 5 years I will be married to my wonderful husband. Our 2 sons will be older and hopefully will have a baby girl in our family!
Shannon L. says
Fifth me!! 5 years from now Ill hopefully be sewing up some clothes for my dream line of children’s clothing!
Lauren H says
FIFTH ME
We plan to be in a new house so our daughter can attend school with her friends and hopefully have another child to keep her company!
JulieW says
Fifth Me!! In 5 years we hope to be building our dream house.
Ashley C. says
Fifth me! I’ll hopefully be happy wherever it is life takes me in 5 years. So many things are changing right now, I honestly have no idea where to begin imagining what 5 years will bring!
Kara says
FIFTH ME
Sara M says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully our home renovations will be complete, and we will have a cute kitten to come home to!
Christina Krost says
Fifth me! In five years my little girls will be big girls, my husband will be a fully ordained elder, and I’ll be hanging on for the amazing ride.
Leslie says
Fifth Me!
jessica says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope to be married with a child. Ok, actually, I hope that happens in more like a year or two.
Oh, I hope I have new bathrooms, too ;)
Jen says
FIFTH ME! (PLEASE, oh please!) In five years I plan to be ending my child-bearing years.( We already have seven beautiful children and hope to have 1 or 2 more.) A bittersweet transition but also a one that will allow more adventures! Hopefully my husband will be in a new position at work that he is currently applying for or something better and we will be working our way to a house that fits our family a little better with land for some animals! How is that for a list!
Chris says
FIFTH ME!! We hope to be in our forever home :)
Maria says
FIFTH ME!
Oh man…5 years! Eric will be almost done with his PhD, I may be doing a PhD, we will definitely NOT be living where we live now, and we will hopefully be married by then and probably thinking about kids! So crazy! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Maggie says
FIFTH ME, Please!
Caroline says
FIFTH ME…I will probably be right where I am-only with school-age children. Yikes!
Lorelei says
Fifth me! While we newlyweds are already homeowners, in 5 years I hope to see us living somewhere more suburban (less rural) with two littles underfoot.
Esther says
Fifth me!!!! Just started painting the trim with 6 kids whom I homeschool under foot, but it will all be worth it!
Sondra says
Fifth Me! Yikes! Five years? Five years will come so fast, but let’s see…I would like to either advance in my current career or open my own store in 5 years.
Laura Graham says
FIFTH ME! I see myself and our family with another baby in the mix and in the middle of an add on project that will add a master suite onto our house!
Katie McKalip says
Fifth me: My oldest is Clara’s age, and my second is due to arrive in a few weeks, so in five years diapers will hopefully be a distant memory…and I’ll be continuing to work on conservation issues with the same sweet home-office setup I have now!
Vicky says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully happy & healthy and with a bambino or two :)
Amanda Morgan says
FIFTH ME!!
I have no idea where I’ll be in five years, but hopefully, my husband and I will have created a master bath out of an old laundry room. :)
Matt says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, Ill have 3 daughters in their late teens. yikes.
Jeff says
Fifth Me! In 5 years I hope I am a tenured professor…